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Goodreads asked Rival Gates:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Rival Gates Learn that rejection is not personal. You will be rejected ...a lot! Imagine a giant cafeteria line with publishers or agents going by looking at millions of literary works. Yours is just one of the options. If someone passes by your work and doesn't take it, that's all right. There is a long line and odds are someone is going to want what you have to offer. You just need that one person.

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