ASK THE SOPHIST: IS MY BOOK TOO BORING?

How to feel about literary rejection

ADVICE DEP’T.

Ask The Sophist

Dear The Sophist, 
Like many this past year, I lost my “not enough hours in the day” excuse and finally wrote a novel. Though it began as only a personal exercise, once it was finished, I figured I should at least make a go of having it published.

To my surprised delight, after sending the opening chapters round a few places, s…