How to Get a Book Deal (without losing your mind!)
Caroline Madden is the author of The Marriage Vendetta (HarperCollins/Bonnier 2025) and The Village (out April 2027). She is represented by Katie Shea Boutillier and Rachel Saylor of the Donald Maass Literary Agency, and CAA for tv/film.
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If you’re new here, welcome to Rising Tide Writers, a newsletter community of 2.1k aspiring and published authors. I’m Caroline Madden, author of THE MARRIAGE VENDETTA (2025 HarperCollins/Bonnier) and THE VILLAGE (May 20th 2027). It took me more than a decade to get my first book deal, and in this newsletter I’m sharing all the things I wish I’d known back when I was getting buried under rejections!Morning fellow writers,I’m on a high this week because my editor se
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