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From: leonardsma at aol.com <leonardsma>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:17:57 -0400
I know only what she told me, but I think she sometimes let her imagination run away with her in interviews. Her papers are at Wheaton College, in Illinois, and I would want to check there for a better answer. But what she told me was that the editor recommended that she drop one chapter and that she did so, and then added one longer chapter, and that that was that. I wouldn't assume that this is what really happened, though. One of the tricky things about what I do is having to question just about everything that people tell me before accepting it as fact. At this point, I'm probably about ready to set up as a private eye.
Leonard S. Marcus
54 Willow Street, #2A
Brooklyn, New York 11201
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From: Norma Jean Sawicki <nsawicki at nyc.rr.com>
To: CCBC <CCBC-Net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu>
Sent: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 5:55 pm
Subject: [CCBC-Net] A Wrinkle in TIme
Yes...legend has it that A Wrinkle in Time was turned down 28/29 times but it has always been my understanding that Madeline L'Engle revised the manuscript after it had been rejected. I do not know how many times it was revised, nor do I know if the version she submitted to FSG was dramatically different from the manuscript she submitted the first time round. Leonard, do you know anything about this? Norma Jean _______________________________________________ CCBC-Net mailing list CCBC-Net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Visit this link to read archives or to unsubscribe... http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/ccbc-net
Received on Mon 21 Jul 2008 07:17:57 PM CDT
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:17:57 -0400
I know only what she told me, but I think she sometimes let her imagination run away with her in interviews. Her papers are at Wheaton College, in Illinois, and I would want to check there for a better answer. But what she told me was that the editor recommended that she drop one chapter and that she did so, and then added one longer chapter, and that that was that. I wouldn't assume that this is what really happened, though. One of the tricky things about what I do is having to question just about everything that people tell me before accepting it as fact. At this point, I'm probably about ready to set up as a private eye.
Leonard S. Marcus
54 Willow Street, #2A
Brooklyn, New York 11201
tel 718 596-1897
e-mail leonardsma at aol.com
web www.leonardmarcus.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Norma Jean Sawicki <nsawicki at nyc.rr.com>
To: CCBC <CCBC-Net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu>
Sent: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 5:55 pm
Subject: [CCBC-Net] A Wrinkle in TIme
Yes...legend has it that A Wrinkle in Time was turned down 28/29 times but it has always been my understanding that Madeline L'Engle revised the manuscript after it had been rejected. I do not know how many times it was revised, nor do I know if the version she submitted to FSG was dramatically different from the manuscript she submitted the first time round. Leonard, do you know anything about this? Norma Jean _______________________________________________ CCBC-Net mailing list CCBC-Net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Visit this link to read archives or to unsubscribe... http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/ccbc-net
Received on Mon 21 Jul 2008 07:17:57 PM CDT
