One is the Loneliest – Advantages of Teamwork for Authors

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As a writer, I spend many hours alone with my laptop and I like it that way. So, when I was first asked to join a group of authors to help promote and market one another, I had to think about it before I jumped in.  With all the constant changes in the publishing industry, [...]

Does Self-Publishing Have a Formula for Success?

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Emails from Aspiring Writers I’ve made ten or eleven sales and I have to say, I’m not feeling that great about myself. I don’t know what to do now. How do people find my book? How did you get readers to find your book? I have no idea how to make that happen. ~~~ I’m [...]

Amazon Bestselling Thomas & Mercer Author Theresa Ragan talks “Promotion and Marketing – What’s New?”

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In the past two years, I have been on a few author panels, I spoke at the BEA, I collaborated with D.D. Scott, I have been interviewed, written blog posts and paid for advertising. And now it’s time to change things up and try new things: ~ My very first newsletter will be released on [...]

Amazon’s Bestselling Thomas & Mercer Author Theresa Ragan Treats You to the Steps She Took to Self-Publish

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MY WRITING JOURNEY I wrote my first book twenty years ago when I was pregnant with my youngest daughter. I was raising four kids and it was difficult to squeeze in the writing time. But I was passionate about writing novels and I knew from the beginning I wasn’t going to give up until I [...]

Amazon Bestselling Author Theresa Ragan says: “Write!”

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Like many writers, I spend too many hours every week reading blog posts and articles on publishing: Are we “indies” or are we “Self-published”?  How are sales? Do you copyright your stories? What’s new in marketing and promoting? How do I get noticed? Should I do a blog tour? Over the past twenty years, I’ve [...]