Rachel Rener's Blog, page 37
November 26, 2018
Free Autographed Copy of TLC!
Happy Cyber Monday, everyone! Now’s your chance to win a 
FREE autographed copy of THE LIGHTNING CONJURER: THE AWAKENING, the addicting new contemporary fantasy that readers say they -cannot- put down.
Check out our FB page for more details! https://www.facebook.com/thelightningconjurer
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October 25, 2018
Thanks for supporting an indie author!
Publishing a book these days isn’t easy. You can’t reach out to publishing houses directly anymore; you first need to acquire a (paid) agent to represent you. Thanks to the advent of email, these literary agents get hundreds of manuscripts a day, so you need to win them over in about five pages. If you don’t, you won’t even hear back from them. (Or if you do hear back, it’s in the form of a template rejection letter.) It’s a highly-subjective industry, so much so that many famous authors have accumulated sacks of rejection letters before their manuscripts are ever even touched. And, as is the situation in my case, if an agent likes your work, but you don’t have a significant social media following in this highly-competitive day and age, they won’t work with you until you accumulate one. Hence why many modern writers – myself included – opt to self-publish. It’s a grueling, oftentimes-expensive, lonely, and frustrating business to self-publish, market, advertise, and sell your own book in order to gain a following (and/or snag an agent for something you’ve poured your soul into).
Anyhoo, from the bottom of my heart, I want to thank my friends, family members, and strangers alike who have helped me spread the word about The Lightning Conjurer by buying a copy, liking the social media pages, sharing news of the book with friends, leaving book reviews, etc. Truly, you outspoken champions make such a difference in the life of an indie author!
Fondly, Rachel
PS – Good news – I’m about 125 pages into book two 
October 18, 2018
Geek Friends Forever
Big thanks to Smitty for sharing The Lightning Conjurer on the Geek Friends Forever podcast, and for her “nerd worthy” recommendation! And Colfax asked an apt question! If you were frozen for a hundred years, what questions would you ask upon waking up and who would you trust?
Click here to check out the Geek Friends Forever podcast (available on the iHeartRadio app).
