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You can write the perfect book — and still get rejected 😬
There’s so much about publishing you can’t control.
You can’t control which agents just picked up a similar project. You can’t control whether the market is currently hungry for your genre.
You can’t even control whether your book —...
The #1 reason writers lose their voice 🎤
Do you know what your story truly is about?
When you’re starting a new project, it’s easy to think possibility means leaving everything wide open. But sometimes the most generative thing you can do is define what your story isn’t.
Who...
Write the story that scares you 😱
Readers can tell when you’ve done the work.
Readers know when a writer has truly lived inside a topic — when the emotional details are pulled from real experience, real research, real conversations.
That’s what makes a book feel alive...
This author landed a two-book deal. But then...🫤
Getting published once doesn’t guarantee you’ll get published again.
You can write an excellent book. You can publish with a major house. And your next manuscript can still get rejected.
Not because the writing isn’t there — you’ve al...
My book deal did NOT go how I expected...😳
The surprises of working with an independent publishing house
Big Five publishing is like the Ivy League. Everyone wants in, but most get rejected.
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