哈利波特之母罗琳晒曾经退稿信激励其他作家

浮躁2013

　　The Harry Potter author JK Rowling has shared some withering rebuffs publishers sent to her alter ego Robert Galbraith, in an effort to comfort aspiring authors.
　　《哈利．波特》系列作者JK．罗琳为激励其他作家，自曝数位出版商对其署名为 Robert Galbraith的作品的冷酷无情的退稿信。

　　Rowling posted the rejection letters on Twitter after a request from a fan. They related to The Cuckoo’s Calling, her first novel as Galbraith. But Rowling also saw Harry Potter turned down several times before the boy wizard became one of the greatest phenomena in children’s literature, with sales of more than 400m copies worldwide.
　　应某位粉丝的要求，罗琳在自己的推特账号上贴出了这几封退稿信。这些信件的内容全部与《布谷鸟的呼唤》这本小说有关。《布谷鸟的呼唤》是罗琳以 Robert Galbraith的笔名发表的首部作品。而罗琳的《哈利．波特》系列在全世界已卖出了4亿余本，成为了儿童文学史上的一座高峰，在此之前也曾数次遭到出版商的拒绝。

　　Asked how she kept motivated, she tweeted: “I had nothing to lose and sometimes that makes you brave enough to try.”
　　当问及如何保持自我激励之时，罗琳回复道：“我没什么好失去的，有时这样的情况令人有足够的勇气去尝试。”

　　When she pitched under the name Galbraith without revealing her true identity, she faced many more snubs. Since then, Galbraith has published three successful novels but the first was rejected by several publishers, and Rowling was even advised to take a writing course.
　　罗琳在隐瞒真名并使用笔名投稿后收到了更多的退稿信。此后，罗琳以该笔名发表了三本成功的小说，但第一本小说还是遭到了几位出版商的拒绝。有的出版商甚至建议罗琳去上一堂写作课。

　　Rowling erased the signatures when she posted the letters online, saying her motive was “inspiration not revenge”. She did not reveal the full text of the most brutal brush-off, which came by email from one of the publishers who had also rejected Harry Potter.
　　罗琳隐去了