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Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
I’ve noticed that when entering the writing and publishing journey, people have a lot of assumptions that aren’t necessarily true. Here’s a little true/false quiz to pinpoint some assumptions you may have. Do they need to be …
Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
Do authors ever have to pay back their advance? This is a question agents hear a lot. Often a writer is nervous about possibly being asked to pay back the advance if the book doesn’t sell enough …
Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
Thomas Edison, in talking about inventing, is quoted as saying, “the first step is an intuition—and comes with a burst—then difficulties arise.”
To me this is similar to the bursts of inspiration and motivation we sometimes get …
Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
I’m a literary agent, but I have a side hustle as an online educator teaching a course for writers at Author School. These days, lots of people have “side hustles” including those who are full-time parents …
Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
I often hear writers debating whether it’s best to write what you love, or try to write to the market. I think this is a false dichotomy. You need both. To build a long-term writing career:
Pay …
Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
Once you’re a published author, you’re going to have a target on your back. You will offer up your words to strangers, and not everyone will like what you write. You’ll be vulnerable in front of the …
Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
Dear friends, I am heartbroken to tell you that our dear friend, Books & Such client Rachel Held Evans, died early this morning at the age of 37. She became ill in mid-April, then took a …
Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
Several people have told me about how their friends and family don’t quite understand the process of publishing. One writer wrote:
“If you even mention an agent or editor is looking at a proposal, my family wants …
Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
If you’re like most writers, you’re probably not writing just one book. You’ve written multiple books, possibly in different genres. You may have a whole 3 or 6 or 9-book series planned. So the question naturally arises: …
Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
Are you the kind of writer who has several book ideas (or even written several books), possibly in different genres? If so, you may be wondering where to start. Which book should be the first one you …
