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Chapter Break

From form rejections to 400,000 books sold 📚

Today's guest is USA Today bestselling novelist Joe Siple

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Alyssa Matesic
Feb 12, 2026
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If you’re staring down a pile of rejections, it might feel like your publishing dreams are over.

Rejection after rejection can be difficult to face, especially if you’ve been in the query trenches for years and have queried multiple manuscripts. It can feel like your dream of being published isn’t on the horizon.

But that’s not true.

Success is ahead of yo…

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