The Writing Tools of 20 Famous Authors

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It’s no secret that writers can be quite particular about their writing tools. Some might call it an obsession or fetish, but the pens, pencils, notebooks, and other implements that authors have used to create their most famous works endlessly fascinates us. After reading an ode to the beloved Eberhard Faber Blackwing 602 pencil, adored for its smooth, firm graphite, we had to find out more about the tools of the literary elite. Take notes, and save your pennies to purchase these writing instruments for yourself.

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9 Famous Authors Rejected by Publishers

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Manuscript complete, a young British writer dashed off his first novel for review by a publishing house. The premise of his book was simple enough: a band of schoolboys struggles to survive on an uninhabited island. Yet publishers ripped it to shreds. Twenty-one publishers, to be exact. One went so far as to call the author’s work “an absurd and uninteresting fantasy which was rubbish and dull.”

If William Golding had called it quits after collecting a stack of rejection letters, Lord of the Flies would never have made it to bookshelves.

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