Hey Shelvies! In this week’s episode, we are joined by Gail Villanueva, an award-winning, Filipino writer of middle-grade fiction. As we listened to Gail’s story, we came across so many delightful insights that we deemed it worthy of a double podcast! And so, in part 1 of her interview, Gail shares how she dealt with the rejection inherent to being a writer, how she chose her genre and which stories were hers to tell, and how sometimes, editing your story means cutting half of it and starting over. Oh, and we all have a laugh at how bad our first queries were! Come listen to the first part of Gail’s thought-provoking story, and then share your own! We’re looking forward to hearing about your shelved book too!

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