Jojo Moyes
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
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And then six rejections come back.
One after the other.
And I'd written three books by then.
And I just thought, clearly this is not going to happen.
I can't use up all my free time when I've got a baby and I've got another one coming.
And I have this very understanding husband who cannot keep letting me, you know, use up half family time to do this.
And I cried for about two days.
A book is a very vulnerable thing because you are giving of yourself.
I used to say it's like someone saying, sorry, your baby's ugly.
Because you've poured everything into it, all your love, all your thoughts, all your, you know, so much of yourself.
And it's just like, no, we don't want this.
So I have huge sympathy for people whose books are rejected because it's not just a piece of work.
It's a piece of you.
They don't want it.
Yes, because I had my second child at 31.
So, yes.
And I just thought, okay, we're done.
We're done here.
I can't keep trying.