Mr. Cinderella: From Rejection Notes to the Pulitzer

“Mr. Cinderella: From Rejection Notes to the Pulitzer - http://nyti.ms/cgrR3h - for those who missed it!”

"The story’s genesis came from Mr. Harding’s own grandfather, who grew up in rural Maine and whose epileptic father abandoned the family when he learned that his wife, Mr. Harding’s great-grandmother, planned to send him to an asylum."

Best reason I have seen for running.

“I sort of feel like I know how I got here, every step of the way,” Mr. Harding said. “Something like this can befall me, and it won’t be catastrophic success.”


I will not "Tell it as a lie". I have no end for it yet.