J.K. Rowling has shared two rejection letters she received from publishers as she attempted to get her post-Harry Potter novels released under the name of ‘Robert Galbraith’.

The 50 year old author was attempting to find a publisher willing to release the crime novel ‘The Cuckoo’s Calling’, penned under a pseudonym. She shared the picture of two letters turning the idea down via Twitter, in what she says is designed to encourage young writers to not feel disheartened by initial rejections.

JK RowlingJ.K. Rowling revealed two rejection letters she received while trying to get her 'Robert Galbraith' crime novels published

One of the letters, from publishing house Constable & Robinson, says it “could not publish [‘The Cuckoo's Calling’] with commercial success”, suggesting that Galbraith “double check in a helpful bookshop” or in the twice yearly “buyer's guide of Bookseller magazine” in order to find more suitable publishers.

It also says that “a writers' group or writing course may help”. Probably a good idea they didn’t know to whom they were really talking there…

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The other, from Crème de la Crime publishers, explains that they are “unable to accept new submissions at the moment” having just been merged into the Severn House Publishers group.

Rowling removed the signatures from the letters as she didn’t want it to be viewed as a revenge tactic, and revealed that she was never going to give up on her ambition easily. “I wasn't going to give up until every single publisher turned me down, but I often feared that would happen,” she wrote.

‘The Cuckoo’s Calling’ was eventually published in 2013, selling approximately 1,500 copies before the real identity of Robert Galbraith was revealed by The Times later that year. Unsurprisngly, it shot from 4,709th to 1st in the Amazon best-sellers list. A follow-up entitled ‘The Silkworm’ was published the following year.

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