• Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    Well, That Happened…

    Now Back to Writing and Publishing and Fun Stuff… Holiday Spectacular Kickstarter is about to reach the second stretch goal and then the stretch goals get really great for writers. Give us a look when you get a chance.  2024 WMG Holiday Spectacular Kickstarter 35 original holiday stories delivered to you every day from American Thanksgiving to January 1st. How fun is that? And they are great stories by professional writers and edited by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. We call that the calendar and you get it with every reward you take. Lots of fun merch and three special workshops. In fact really fun workshops that will not only teach you…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    Classes Starting Tuesday…

    5 Regular and 2 Advanced… Advanced Emotion Craft Workshop and also Advanced Unputdownable both start on Tuesday and go for 9 weeks on Teachable. Advanced Emotion is a critical craft workshop for bringing more readers to your work. Also all five core Regular Workshops are scheduled to start on Tuesday.  Depth, Advanced Depth, Writing into the Dark, Teams in Fiction, and Killing the Critical Voice. Last Day for 30% off Early Bird Discount on new Trademark Class!!! Last few years we have done Motivational Mondays (twice), Creative Survival, and Bite-Sized Copyright with the structure of four videos every Monday morning for the entire year. So for 2025, we are going…

  • Challenge,  running

    Got My Shots…

    Double Flu and Regular Covid… Kris and I went late Friday evening to get our yearly shots. Arm a little sore, and I am moving slowly, and I feel like napping, but basically no real issues. We usually make time in early October, but been a tad busy this year. So finally got them done. Taking care of our health is really critical, no matter how much the world tosses at us. So yay!! Next stop for me on the health train is I have a regular doc appointment in early January to get the clearance to do the Las Vegas Rock and Roll Half Marathon in February. I see…

  • Branding,  Challenge

    Real Basic Trademark Quiz…

    Just Fooling Around This Friday Night… Since we just launched the Bite-Sized Branding and Trademark class yesterday and have an early bird discount on it for the weekend, (See previous post) I thought I would ask a few basic trademark questions. These are very basic… Do you have to register a trademark to own and control it? What makes something a strong mark? What is the Lanham Act? Basic Differences between Copyright and Trademark Registration? Did you get the answers right off the top of your head? Why would writers worry about trademark and branding? Well, simply put, to make a lot more money. Sure you license your work to…

  • Branding,  Challenge,  publishing,  workshops

    Bite-Sized Branding and Trademark

    EVERY MONDAY MORNING FOR 2025 Last few years we have done Motivational Mondays (twice), Creative Survival, and Bite-Sized Copyright with the structure of four videos every Monday morning for the entire year. So for 2025, we are going ahead and really doing a challenge with BITE-SIZED BRANDING AND TRADEMARK. Four videos every Monday morning for the entire year to make branding and trademark for writers easy and painless to learn. Of all the classes we teach, this might make you the most money in both the short run and long term. This will not be legal advice on trademark in any way, but will be advice from one writer to…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  Pulphouse Fiction Magazine

    Advice From A Fiction Editor

    Might Work As A Title… I think I will call this series “Advice from a Fiction Editor.” I have about ten more stories to read that are from workshops as assignments, then I will change out hats and read as the Pulphouse Fiction Magazine editor. Pulphouse is not open for submissions and never will be, so what am I reading? Backers of the Pulphouse Kickstarter in July get monthly prompts and using the prompt can send me a story for consideration. I did this last year and I had a blast and I bought some stories. Great fun. And what is interesting is that the writers are actually (because they…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    Holiday Spectacular Kickstarter is LIVE!!

    JUST LAUNCHED… Give us a look when you get a chance.  2024 WMG Holiday Spectacular Kickstarter 35 original holiday stories delivered to you every day from American Thanksgiving to January 1st. We call that the calendar and you get it with every reward you take. Lots of fun merch and three special workshops. Plus some stunning stretch goals for writers. And watch the fun video Kris did for this featuring Angel Cat.

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    2024 Holiday Spectacular Kickstarter…

    Scheduled to Start At Noon!! Thirty-five original stories by professional writers delivered one per day into your inbox from American Thanksgiving through January 1st. This is the sixth year and going all out on the writer stretch goals. All four quarters of the Bite-Sized Copyright plus two Focus Bundles, so $3,000 in workshops for writers. This campaign will last for two weeks and has already gotten before we launched a Kickstarter Project We Love! And three great ways to write for next year’s Holiday Spectacular. Plus some fantastic Holiday Merch. You can give the calendars as gifts as well so your friends and family can enjoy a story per day.…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    Last Day of Workshop Sale…

    Until April… So it is fine to stock up on a few workshops and take them when you have time. Or get a challenge and start in January. Let me Repeat a Few Things… Kris told me a few nights ago that she had sent out the first assignments to her Kris Reading Program where she gives assignments to a few writers and they have two weeks to write her a story. Then she gives them feedback and a new assignment. She really limited the participants to start, but she said that she thinks she is really going to enjoy doing it and wouldn’t mind one or two more writers…