Gary Richardson Author Blog

The Ascension Legacy - Book 1: The Shamed Ranger was my first published work of fiction. When I finished writing the full series I decided to get serious about trying...

I don't know about anyone else but since the release of my first book The Ascension Legacy: The Shamed Ranger in the summer of 2020 (right in the middle of COVID shutdowns) I have fielded a bevy of calls and emails from different people/groups wanting to sell me services to increase my sales, reduce my costs, attract more followers, and even potential movies or tv shows based on my work. Being a self-published author, I try to accept these mostly unsolicited offers with a grain of salt and approach them with the caution and skepticism they deserve while trying to remain open to the potential hope that an offer is legit.

Sadly, it seems that most of them are little more than scams from what I can tell. I have had some give me an email address of XXX@gmail.com but claim that they are an established company with years of expertise in the industry. Really? You claim to be a legit company with dozens and dozens of clients but you use basic gmail as company email? If you can't spring for at least a legit looking email address then how do you expect to sell yourself as a season professional?