Meg Waite Clayton

New York Times Bestselling Author

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If You AREN'T Being Rejected, Perhaps You Aren't Creative Enough

I just came across a rejection letter from the Museum of Art, politely declining the donation of a painting by an artist. The letter is dated October 18, 1956, and the reason stated is “severely limited gallery and storage space.”
The artist is no less than … Andy Warhol. The painting was titled “Shoe.”
His paintings went on to sell for as much as $100 million.
And just in case you’re thinking this was his early work and perhaps not quite up to snuff, rest assured that MOMA eventually found room for not just a single “Shoe,” but for 18 of them – and a total of 137 works by Warhol.
Keep writing – or whatever you do to express yourself creatively. If you don’t believe in yourself, how can you expect anyone else to? – Meg

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Meg Waite Clayton

Meg Waite Clayton is a New York Times and internationally bestselling author of THE LAST TRAIN TO LONDON, a Jewish Book Award finalist based on the true story of the Kindertransport rescue of ten thousand children from Nazi-occupied Europe—and one brave woman who helped them escape. Her six prior novels include the Langum-Prize honored The Race for Paris and The Wednesday Sisters, one of Entertainment Weekly's 25 Essential Best Friend Novels of all time. A graduate of the University of Michigan and its law school, she has also written for the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, Forbes, Runners World, and public radio, often on the subject of the particular challenges women face. megwaiteclayton.com