Pat is a fucking reject who only got published due to his "stubborn determination", which we can now attribute to extreme retardation

[BudDickman]

Here's an interview where Pat talks about dealing with rejection:

Author Insights: Handling Rejections

Today’s Author Insights is all about that dreaded word: “no.” I had the absolute honor of interviewing Patrick Tomlinson, author of the Children of a Dead Earth series and the upc…

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He reveals that he got rejected over 200 times before being published.

R: Many authors, myself included, get discouraged with rejections. How many did you receive, if you don’t mind sharing?

PST: Over two hundred.

How is that even possible? If you get rejected that many times can't you safely assume that you suck and find another line of work?

 

[guest]

A normal person would, but Rick, despite mountains of evidence to the contrary, thinks he is right about everything and everyone else is wrong. Very stubborn. And fat.

 

[Harry Powell]

Probably made it up to sound cool

 

[JebJoh]

He read the story behind confederacy of dunces and had dreams of being a cult favorite

 

[IGotATreeOnMyHouse85]

Probably made it up to sound cool

I don’t know, I’ve seen his writing and it’s quite bad.

 

[IGotATreeOnMyHouse85]

“I changed it enough so we wouldn’t get sued”

 

[JebJoh]

I don’t know, I’ve seen his writing and it’s quite bad.

Can you tell he’s fat by his writing?

 

[Jims_Maroon_Pants]

Probably made it up to sound cool

That's exactly what happened

 

[IGotATreeOnMyHouse85]

Toughen up says the man who cries like a baby on twitter all day

 

[IGotATreeOnMyHouse85]

That's exactly what happened

Im sure it was rejected but he has an obsession with numbers ending in 0 due to autism.

 

[fusciasomething]

So he basically raped his way into a shitty career?

 

[DominusOdium]

Toughen up says the man who cries like a baby on twitter all day
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Whatever he says do the opposite

 

[RickReternal]

How is that even possible? If you get rejected that many times can't you safely assume that you suck and find another line of work?

What else did he have to do? No kid no job

 

[KaNAMBLA Harris]

Probably made it up to sound cool

No I think this one is plausible

 

[kingship75]

So he basically raped his way into a shitty career?

200 no’s and one, defeated yes is still a yes, child.

 

[DeadWithoutMyDavid]

Mass rejection is normal for even talented writers. Book agents are getting hundreds of submissions every day and most of them are from other Patricks. He is beyond lucky getting one with his clunky writing. I suspect they were interested only because he had a Twitter following. They probably saw it as 50k potential sales, not realizing it's 100% Hindus and other self-absorbed "creatives."

 

[Kurt_Love]

"This ain't flag football" from a fat pussy who never played a sport or got into a fight in his life.

 

[Tyrone McGibs]

If you get rejected by 109 publishers, maybe you're the problem...

 

[Sue Lightning]

Getting rejected happens and it doesn’t matter wether you’re pitching a movie or a book or any other art form. Vince Gilligan (guy who made Breaking Bad) talked about this extensively. That it’s not a bummer to get turned down because thats the job. But 200 times? At that point it’s not about finding the publisher who’s right for your book, you’re taking anything you can get. This is not the brag he thinks it is.

 

[Slackjawed Cow]

Look at him doing his victory lap like all his money troubles have been washed away. Little did he know that he that in a few years he would have a publisher and blew over $50k in failed legal battles.