Additional information for this memorial provided by Allan D. White of North Manchester, IN.
Crede Haskins Calhoun (1885-1972) worked as a journalist in Panama. He first came to the Panama Canal in 1907 to work as a postal clerk and after a brief return to the U.S. for college, he worked as a reporter for the Panama "Star & Herald" from 1911- 1920, the New York "Herald Tribune" from 1920-1926, and the New York "Times" from 1926-1985. While with the "Times" Calhoun covered Central and South America and Charles Lindbergh's flight across Central America. After 1953 he wrote occasionally for "Newsweek" magazine. In addition to his reporting duties, Calhoun was Chief of Division for Civil Affairs and Director of Posts for the Panama Canal Zone from 1922-1947.
"Collecting Rejection Slips
By Crede Haskins Calhoun
MY first short story was sent to a great magazine and it came back at once with a printed and polite refusal. I knew nothing of such things at that time and I was rather pleased with the courtesy the editor had shown me. The waste basket was my idea of the place for all unacceptable material. Still I had planned differently. Grinning bravely as I could under the weight of the dream castle that had crumpled upon me, I pasted the little paper in the notebook I had intended to use for a manuscript record. Then I decided to collect rejection slips.
By the time my first story had made a second trip I had another one ready to help it. Soon afterwards I put a third collector in the mails. Rejection slips never have depressed me. They act as a goad to spur me on to greater effort. Witness: This article has been refused three times and re-written five times. My collection numbered twelve when a story came back with a refusal that served for five magazines. However, a kind hearted reader had written in blue pencil across the bottom of the slip; "TRY AGAIN!"
The Editor
The Journal of Information for Literary Workers
July 3, 1915 (google ebook)
Crede Haskins Calhoun (1885-1972) worked as a journalist in Panama. He first came to the Panama Canal in 1907 to work as a postal clerk and after a brief return to the U.S. for college, he worked as a reporter for the Panama "Star & Herald" from 1911- 1920, the New York "Herald Tribune" from 1920-1926, and the New York "Times" from 1926-1985. While with the "Times" Calhoun covered Central and South America and Charles Lindbergh's flight across Central America. After 1953 he wrote occasionally for "Newsweek" magazine. In addition to his reporting duties, Calhoun was Chief of Division for Civil Affairs and Director of Posts for the Panama Canal Zone from 1922-1947.
"Collecting Rejection Slips
By Crede Haskins Calhoun
MY first short story was sent to a great magazine and it came back at once with a printed and polite refusal. I knew nothing of such things at that time and I was rather pleased with the courtesy the editor had shown me. The waste basket was my idea of the place for all unacceptable material. Still I had planned differently. Grinning bravely as I could under the weight of the dream castle that had crumpled upon me, I pasted the little paper in the notebook I had intended to use for a manuscript record. Then I decided to collect rejection slips.
By the time my first story had made a second trip I had another one ready to help it. Soon afterwards I put a third collector in the mails. Rejection slips never have depressed me. They act as a goad to spur me on to greater effort. Witness: This article has been refused three times and re-written five times. My collection numbered twelve when a story came back with a refusal that served for five magazines. However, a kind hearted reader had written in blue pencil across the bottom of the slip; "TRY AGAIN!"
The Editor
The Journal of Information for Literary Workers
July 3, 1915 (google ebook)
Additional information for this memorial provided by Allan D. White of North Manchester, IN.
Crede Haskins Calhoun (1885-1972) worked as a journalist in Panama. He first came to the Panama Canal in 1907 to work as a postal clerk and after a brief return to the U.S. for college, he worked as a reporter for the Panama "Star & Herald" from 1911- 1920, the New York "Herald Tribune" from 1920-1926, and the New York "Times" from 1926-1985. While with the "Times" Calhoun covered Central and South America and Charles Lindbergh's flight across Central America. After 1953 he wrote occasionally for "Newsweek" magazine. In addition to his reporting duties, Calhoun was Chief of Division for Civil Affairs and Director of Posts for the Panama Canal Zone from 1922-1947.
"Collecting Rejection Slips
By Crede Haskins Calhoun
MY first short story was sent to a great magazine and it came back at once with a printed and polite refusal. I knew nothing of such things at that time and I was rather pleased with the courtesy the editor had shown me. The waste basket was my idea of the place for all unacceptable material. Still I had planned differently. Grinning bravely as I could under the weight of the dream castle that had crumpled upon me, I pasted the little paper in the notebook I had intended to use for a manuscript record. Then I decided to collect rejection slips.
By the time my first story had made a second trip I had another one ready to help it. Soon afterwards I put a third collector in the mails. Rejection slips never have depressed me. They act as a goad to spur me on to greater effort. Witness: This article has been refused three times and re-written five times. My collection numbered twelve when a story came back with a refusal that served for five magazines. However, a kind hearted reader had written in blue pencil across the bottom of the slip; "TRY AGAIN!"
The Editor
The Journal of Information for Literary Workers
July 3, 1915 (google ebook)
Crede Haskins Calhoun (1885-1972) worked as a journalist in Panama. He first came to the Panama Canal in 1907 to work as a postal clerk and after a brief return to the U.S. for college, he worked as a reporter for the Panama "Star & Herald" from 1911- 1920, the New York "Herald Tribune" from 1920-1926, and the New York "Times" from 1926-1985. While with the "Times" Calhoun covered Central and South America and Charles Lindbergh's flight across Central America. After 1953 he wrote occasionally for "Newsweek" magazine. In addition to his reporting duties, Calhoun was Chief of Division for Civil Affairs and Director of Posts for the Panama Canal Zone from 1922-1947.
"Collecting Rejection Slips
By Crede Haskins Calhoun
MY first short story was sent to a great magazine and it came back at once with a printed and polite refusal. I knew nothing of such things at that time and I was rather pleased with the courtesy the editor had shown me. The waste basket was my idea of the place for all unacceptable material. Still I had planned differently. Grinning bravely as I could under the weight of the dream castle that had crumpled upon me, I pasted the little paper in the notebook I had intended to use for a manuscript record. Then I decided to collect rejection slips.
By the time my first story had made a second trip I had another one ready to help it. Soon afterwards I put a third collector in the mails. Rejection slips never have depressed me. They act as a goad to spur me on to greater effort. Witness: This article has been refused three times and re-written five times. My collection numbered twelve when a story came back with a refusal that served for five magazines. However, a kind hearted reader had written in blue pencil across the bottom of the slip; "TRY AGAIN!"
The Editor
The Journal of Information for Literary Workers
July 3, 1915 (google ebook)
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