Today was a bit of wish fulfillment as me and my new wife and longtime fellow author, TJ Perkins, did our first joint book signing in Westminster, Maryland.
It was my first public appearance doing a book signing in promotion of my short story collection, Coming of Rage, while TJ was knocking it out of the park cross selling her various books for differing age brackets including The Healthy Witch (book and oracle card set), Four Little Witches, Wound Too Tight, Mystery of the Attic and her ninja fantasy Shadow Legacy series. TJ will be joining me at my publisher, Raw Earth Ink, for an upcoming re-release of her Kim and Kelly mystery series sporting all-new covers.
Many years ago, when we were just friends, we supported each other’s writing endeavors and used to daydream back then about sharing a space together at a future book signing. When we re-met years later and became an actual couple, we raised the proposition of a joint signing once again. Today, we made it a reality. I can’t think of a finer way to start a marriage.
TJ is a natural salesperson and her gift of gab pushed more than half of her stock off the table. Coming of Rage did rather well in its own right. The most refreshing element to the signing other than doing it together and dropping a lot of bookmarkers into prospective readers’ hands was meeting so many sweet and cool people in attendance.
The Pushcart Prize-nominated Coming of Rage and TJ’s works are available for purchase at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Likewise for Revolution Calling, scheduled for release this coming December.
If you’re interested in a review copy of Coming of Rage and/or my upcoming novel, Revolution Calling, both released through Raw Earth Ink, please drop me a message!
TJ and I thank all of our supporters.
–Ray Van Horn, Jr.
Roads Lesser Traveled 
Awesome.
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It really was.
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Congrats to you both my friend@
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We appreciate you, Tammy!
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Congratulations 🎊
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Thanks!
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Truly a dream come true.
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You are 100% correct. This is something we always wanted to do and hopefully we’ll get to do it again, since we write very different things, but we’re always promoting each other and fighting for one another.
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Isn’t that wonderful! Total opposite of what we tragically often find, in the arts and in life.
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Well-said!
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Congratulations 🎊
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Thank you!
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Very nice
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🙂 Thank you!
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Congratulations to you both! A happily ever after in the making for sure.
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Thank you! She is my absolute partner in all things. 🙂
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How amazing that you could support each other in promoting and selling your books!
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Absolutely. What a wonderful thing we have and were able to do.
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Congratulations!
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Thank ya!
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How cool is that? 😃 I never did a book-signing event as it would have required too much interacting with people I don’t know … 😉
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LOL, I get it totally, but I used to interview bands and musicians, actors and film directors. I learned to get over that, even though I am still nowhere in TJ’s league. She just goes right for it, she’s a dynamo.
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