{"id":96,"date":"2010-01-08T01:30:28","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T09:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=96"},"modified":"2013-06-14T20:19:09","modified_gmt":"2013-06-15T03:19:09","slug":"twilight-was-rejected-fourteen-times-before-being-accepted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2010\/01\/twilight-was-rejected-fourteen-times-before-being-accepted\/","title":{"rendered":"Twilight Was Rejected Fourteen Times Before Being Accepted"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/twilight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16599\" title=\"twilight\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/twilight-340x329.jpg\" width=\"340\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/twilight-340x329.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/twilight.jpg 561w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><a href='http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com' title='Interesting Facts'>Today I found out<\/a> Twilight was rejected by fourteen publishers before finally getting published.\u00a0 In other news, fourteen out of fifteen publishing houses have quality standards on works they accept.\u00a0 Though of course, in this case at least, having no literary standards seems to have paid off for lucky number fifteen.\u00a0 So good on ya to them.<\/p>\n<p>Boggles the mind that a poorly written story about a young girl who&#8217;s trying to choose between necrophilia and bestiality could do so well; especially considering one of the main characters is a 108 year old pedophile who spends his years hanging out around high school aged girls.<\/p>\n<p>But apparently over 17 million young girls and a disturbing number of grown women, seem not to care.\u00a0 Stay classy ladies.\u00a0 Stay classy.<\/p>\n<p>If you liked this article, you might also enjoy our new popular podcast, The BrainFood Show (<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-brainfoodshow\/id1350586459\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/36xpXQMPVXhWJzMoCHPJKd\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/playmusic.app.goo.gl\/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&#038;isi=691797987&#038;ius=googleplaymusic&#038;apn=com.google.android.music&#038;link=https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/m\/Insimdi4g6puyyr4qbt6tup5b6m?t%3DThe_BrainFood_Show%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Google Play Music<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/feed\/brainfood\/\" target=\"_blank\">Feed<\/a>), as well as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/dr-seuss-wrote-green-eggs-and-ham-on-a-bet-that-he-couldnt-write-a-book-with-50-or-fewer-words\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Seuss Wrote &#8220;Green Eggs and Ham&#8221; on a Bet that He Couldn&#8217;t Write a Book with 50 Unique Words or Less<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/05\/the-novel-gadsby-has-50110-words-yet-none-of-them-contain-the-letter-e\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Novel that Has Over 50,000 Words, Yet None with the Letter &#8220;e&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/01\/clifford-the-big-red-dog-was-originally-going-to-be-named-tiny\/\" target=\"_blank\">Clifford the Big Red Dog was Originally Going to Be Named &#8220;Tiny&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/who-was-the-real-mother-goose\/\" target=\"_blank\">Who was the Real Mother Goose<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ad-right\"><!-- wp_ad_camp_1 --><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com' title='Interesting Facts'>Today I found out<\/a> Twilight was rejected by fourteen publishers before finally getting published.\u00a0 In other news, fourteen out of fifteen publishing houses have quality standards on works they accept.\u00a0 Though of course, in this case at least, having no literary standards seems to have paid off for lucky number fifteen.\u00a0 So good on ya to them. 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