Frances Hodgson Burnett

I see that Frances Hodgson Burnett sold every word she ever wrote, from her first story at eighteen, to her last work fifty four years later. All of them were accepted on the first offer.

I had no idea writing was so easy. Falls about laughing.

I'm sure all my writer friends can confirm that this is their experience as well, especially the bit where various editors wrote to her voluntarily offering her more money than was in her contracts.