Template:Did you know nominations/Michael M. Thomas

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:35, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Michael M. Thomas

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... that it took over a decade for Michael M. Thomas to secure a publisher for his eighth novel, which was rejected by approximately 25 publishing houses? Source: The New York Observer
- ALT1:... that Charlotte Curtis described Michael M. Thomas' early works as "extremely unkind to the rich and fashionable" and magazine articles as "indulg[ing] in gratuitously cruel people-bashing"? Source: The New York Times

Reviewed: Rafael Marchan
Comment: Eligible per Rule 1d, because it is only scheduled to appear in the "Recent Deaths" section of ITN and not as a bold link.

5x expanded by Bloom6132 (talk). Self-nominated at 20:52, 17 August 2021 (UTC).

Long enough, eligible and the hook (ALT0) caught my attention; it's sourced and appropriate. I'm not liking some possible minor close paraphrasing in the article, here, with "Buckley School, where he was an editor of the literary magazine" and "and served on the boards of 20th Century Fox and the Los Angeles Rams". (The rest of what Earwig suggests is just quotes and things like institution names that can't be rewritten.) Otherwise, this is looking great. — Bilorv (talk) 00:33, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

@Bilorv: thanks for the review! I've tweaked the two sentences – hope that's better now. —Bloom6132 (talk) 01:30, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, that's ALT0 approved then. — Bilorv (talk) 10:41, 18 August 2021 (UTC)