Writing

I write to challenge ideas about societal norms, traditionally accepted views of socioeconomic status, ethics, morality, work, marketing, religion, gender, and identity. Basically, if there’s a rule I wanna know why and ya know, if it should be dismantled. 😉

My work has been published in DAME, TheWriteLife.com, Role Reboot, JaneFriedman.com, SeeingBeauty.com, Bindercon.com, ESME, Winter Tangerine Summer Workshop Anthology, and Storia, as well as many client projects (as a ghost). I’m also working on a memoir.

A graduate of UCLA Extension, I  received the Creative Nonfiction Writing Certificate (with distinction) and is was a 2014/2015 UCLA X Writers’ Program Scholar.

I also served as the Brand Director for the literary non-profit,  Out of the Binders, Inc. – a non-profit conference and community for women and gender variant writers.

In addition, I helped new writers improve their work as a Judge on the short stories contest site MashStories.com.

How to Build a Personal Brand While Staying Authentic to Your Craft

The Write Life

You’re a writer, a change-maker, someone who influences culture — not a boring old corporate brand. You roll your eyes when it comes time to talk about working on your personal brand.

I get it; It goes against your anarchist, artist nature.

A few years ago after nearly two decades as an entrepreneur, I came back to my love: Writing.  Read the full article.

Social Media for Writers: 5 Quick Fixes To Build Your Brand

The Write Life

Your social media presence is often the first point of contact for your brand online, so it’s important to be purposeful in how your profiles portray you.

Even though social media can sometimes feel like an intimidating snowball of doom, it can also be a great way to connect with other writers, editors, agents, and readers. Today I’m going to melt that snowball down a bit by sharing some quick fixes to vastly improve your writer brand social profiles in a just a day (or heck, even a few hours). Read the full article.

Why I’m Finally Ready to Talk About My Depression

Role Reboot

In 2001, my life from the outside looked pretty great. I was 21, my marriage seemed happy, my husband was in graduate school, and though money was tight, we had a nice apartment and two healthy kids, a 3-year-old son and baby daughter. But it took everything I had to get out of bed.

Read the full article.

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Other writing here on AndreaGuevara.com:

Writing on Author Branding & Marketing as well as Mindset & How to Keep Going

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Two Crucial Ways to Make Time for What’s Important

It's great to have a plan, but in order to actually execute the plan, you need to make room for it in your life. Here are a couple of tools that have helped me execute time and again. Time Blocking & Batching are concepts that have personally…
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2023 Bruin Business 100 - Andrea Guevara, honoree

Andrea is a UCLA Bruins 100 Business Honoree!

I'm so delighted to share that I have been named a Bruin Business 100 Honoree for 2023! While it might seem like a small educational goal to those who've achieved masters and doctoral degrees, obtaining the UCLA Extension Writers Program certificate…
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True Growth Comes through Being Supported

Just before throwing a party at my house last spring, my 25-year-old son said, “Mom you’ve grown so much, you’re not as stressed out like you usually would be back in the day.” I laughed and thought for a moment. Yes, I’d grown some,…
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When is the Right Time to Work on Your Author Brand?

Real Talk: When is the right time to work on your author brand? First of all, I'm an author brand strategist, so that means at least two things: 1) I should know what I'm talking about (lol) and 2) if I'm doing my job right, I am going to give…
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The Real Reason You’re Not Marketing Yourself

What's the real reason you're not marketing yourself? Maybe you hate social media (or at least you do when it comes to promoting your book or yourself). Let’s face it, it’s more fun to post pics of your cute dog, or your vacation than it…
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Here’s How to Survive Your Book Pub Week

You've dreamt of the day your book would finally be printed and in the hands of readers. Maybe that idea is often the thing that kept you going when you were in the depths of the writing or editing process. But now that the time is almost here...it…
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Client Stephanie Land’s memoir MAID inspires Netflix series!

It's been so much fun to be a part of this wild ride of watching Stephanie's book become an instant bestseller, then to have President Obama select it as one of his Summer Reads, and now the moment we've been prepping for, for so long: the Netflix…
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How to find more readers - authorsAndrea Guevara LLC
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How do I find more readers?

If you were to Google the phrase "How do I find more readers for my book?" you'd end up with approximately 461,000,000 results. There is no shortage of advice out there. I'm going to share with you the ONE thing that you absolutely need to…
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