Chapter Break

Chapter Break

This author landed a two-book deal. But then...🫤

Today's guest is author and editor Elayne Audrey Becker

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Alyssa Matesic
Jun 04, 2026
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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 already proven you’ve got the chops — but because publishing is an incredibly subjective and ever-changing business.

So fall i…

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