A nice tribute to an old-school editor here.
I went for an interview with John once. I didn’t get the job, and indeed I never heard from him again. I guess he couldn’t bear to tell me I wasn’t good enough, just as he hated rejecting first-time authors’ novels. When he did eventually turn down a book, John would write a six-page letter to the author, telling where he’d gone wrong and suggesting improvements.
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