I originally wrote The Arrow Catcher while a writing major at Stanford. I finished it in 1984. Two supposed friends, who were both teachers (not at Stanford), told me it was so bad that it was unreadable. As a result, I put it in a box, where it sat until around 4 years ago, when I published it and it became a Amazon #1 Best Selling Historical Thriller for several weeks and in their top ten for over two years. It's nice knowing I'm not along, as the following article describes:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/10877825/The-rejection-letters-how-publishers-snubbed-11-great-authors.html
