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Rachelle Gardner

Do You Have a Holiday Writing Plan?

November 20, 2019 //  by Rachelle Gardner//  27 Comments

Blogger: Rachelle Gardner

No getting around it, the holiday season is here. Next week is Thanksgiving, families are gathering, and stores are already playing Christmas music. The joys, the stresses… here they come.

What does this mean for writers? This …

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Does Age Matter for Writers?

November 4, 2019 //  by Rachelle Gardner//  11 Comments

Blogger: Rachelle Gardner

Hi Rachelle, I’m 62 and about to retire; I’m preparing to dedicate my retirement years to writing full-time. I wonder whether “age discrimination” would enter into my efforts to get published. I realize the quality of the …

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Questions to Ask a Small Publisher

October 16, 2019 //  by Rachelle Gardner//  4 Comments

Blogger: Rachelle Gardner

If you’re reading this, then there’s a good chance you’re a writer and you’re going to be published someday if you’re not already. In today’s publishing environment, there are plenty of options (as you know) and if …

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Botched Communication

September 29, 2019 //  by Rachelle Gardner//  10 Comments

Blogger: Rachelle Gardner

I want to tell you about an incident at a writers’ conference that was sort of heartbreaking for me. We agents have a lot invested in these conferences, just like the writers do, and sometimes we have …

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Challenging Our Assumptions

September 11, 2019 //  by Rachelle Gardner//  6 Comments

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 …

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Will I Have to Pay Back My Advance?

July 21, 2019 //  by Rachelle Gardner//  4 Comments

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 …

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The Power of Negative Thinking

July 3, 2019 //  by Rachelle Gardner//  10 Comments

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 …

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Side Hustles for Writers

June 17, 2019 //  by Rachelle Gardner//  11 Comments

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 …

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Where Your Passion Meets the Market

May 29, 2019 //  by Rachelle Gardner//  4 Comments

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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 …

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When a Writer Becomes a Target

May 12, 2019 //  by Rachelle Gardner//  19 Comments

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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 …

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