Gary Richardson Author Blog

Potential Scammers Are Getting Smarter

Over the past few years I have received a number of emails and phone calls from various groups offering me varying services from digital marketing to book-to-screenplay conversion. Many of...
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About Me: Getting My New Ears: Part II

You can read the first part of this journey here. I won’t recap the events that led up that first part so if you’re curious, start there. It has been...
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OpEd: Colin Kaepernick and the Jets

I recently ran across a news article discussing the letter Colin Kaepernick sent to the New York Jets after Aaron Rodgers got hurt in Week 1 of the 2023 NFL...
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My Publishing Journey (Part IV)

After the publishing of book 4 of my The Ascension Legacy series 100% independently, I decided that my future releases would published similarly unless a good deal came my way....
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Parkes + Macdonald Production

Okay, here’s a fun one. I have nothing but my suspicions at this point but I think someone has created a fake profile for a real company to solicit fraudulent...
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I Worry About Newman Springs

I'm sad to say this but I do worry about the future of Newman Springs Publishing, LLC I worked with Newman Springs to bring my first three books in The...
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Why a Writing Schedule is Important

One of the most common recommendations for writers that I’ve seen over the years is this: create a schedule that lets you write regularly and stick to it. For a...
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An Interesting Story (at least to me)

I’ve written in the past about the many unsolicited sales calls, emails, and texts that I’ve received since putting my first book out. There are several posts and pages throughout...
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