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 [...]

Amazon Bestselling Author Theresa Ragan’s “Writing 101″

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After writing for 20 years, I have learned that some things never change What works for one author, might not work for another Nobody knows what genre is going to be “hot” next week or next year It’s all about characters and story, so concentrate on writing the stories that bring you joy Word of [...]