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Copyright Stuff!
Going To Make This Basic… As many of these blogs are, this is triggered by comments from writers that make me just shake my head. Writers, especially fiction writers, seem to have an aversion to learning copyright. It is like if they learn and understand copyright, they will catch something that will kill them instead of make them money. So over the next few day or weeks, I am going to point out some head-shaking comments by fiction writers about copyright. Again, this will be basic. Head-shaking comment… “You never want to sell all your copyright.” And that comment assumes it is all right to sell “some” of your copyright.…
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Kickstarter Friday
Some Fun Campaigns I Think Work… It is Kickstarter season again, with lots of new and fun campaigns. I’ve been doing this every Friday now for a long time. And it certainly has been fun studying Kickstarters. Here us a summary of what I look for in a campaign to list here… — I look for fiction campaigns that are not just about “pretty books” but actually want readers. — I look for clarity in the campaign, meaning can I figure out what the hell is offered. — I look for a good story that flows and good art. I do not bother with anyone who is so flipping lazy…
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Challenge Update 32 Days to Go…
Yup, I Am Behind… But this is still possible. I have 32 days to go and 20 books to finish. That is an elephant, to be honest. Numbers of setbacks caused by my ugly disorganization over years with my short fiction. I first thought I would have 50 short story collections, but then with doubling up on titles, a ton of stories I did not want to move into the future, and just my miscounting, I ended up with what I thought would be forty collections. Nope, turns out it is 37 ten story collections. Three hundred and seventy stories I can find and that I want to move into…
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STRANGE SIGHTS KICKSTARTER LAUNCHED!
We Went Live At Noon West Coast Time… And funded about fifty minutes later and now, as I write this after the Aces game, we are within $100 of the first stretch reward. We ended up not only offering the two really cool new special workshops, but for those who missed the great workshops a month ago, we are offering those again for one session. Check it out. Plus three of the stretch goals not only have fiction from Kris, but three writer’s classes. And for those of you who grabbed those Special Workshops a month ago, an email will head out to you this weekend on where to get…
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STRANGE SIGHTS Kickstarter Launching…
Goes Live at Noon Today (Wednesday) This is for a brand new dark fantasy novel by Kris called STRANGE SIGHTS. It is amazing. Plus there are two dark fantasy collections with it as well. Yesterday Kickstarter gave us THE PROJECT WE LOVE designation and we are also in the Witchstarter promotion. Fun stuff. And because the Seavy County dark fantasy Kickstarter was just last month, in this campaign we are giving second chances at some of those, including the workshops. So four special workshops available in this one. And three writer’s classes in the stretch goals as well. Plus, since Kris has a new Fey novel that will be in…
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Just Keeping the Streak Alive
Nothing to Talk About Tonight… I started this daily blog streak on August 1st, 2012 and have not missed a day since. Not one day. So on August 1st, 2026, it was 14 years without missing a day. I was 61 when I started this, I am now 75. An eventful 14 years to say the least. 5,110 days… So now today, this is blog #5,165. So as I said, nothing to really talk about tonight, so figured I would check in on the streak number. (grin) The lesson here is never start a streak you can’t break after 14 years of not missing.
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Special Kickstarter Workshops…
Two Classes Postponed and Will Start October 13th… A slight Teachable problem came up and I will not be able to get the two Special Workshops from the THREE FANTASY NOVELS Kickstarter ready to go by Tuesday, October 6th. So everyone signed up for those I will get you a letter on Thursday or Friday as to how to find them and the passwords to get into them to start the first sessions on Tuesday, October 13th. Sorry for the week delay. And for the new STRANGE SIGHTS Kickstarter campaign, we are going to offer two very, very, very different special workshops. We have had many discussions on these two…
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Kickstarter Fun!
Fulfilling Older Campaigns and Building a New One… Every day or so I send out some letters fulfilling misc rewards from back Kickstarter campaigns. And in short order some of the paperbacks and hardbacks from earlier campaigns will head out from Ingram. Tonight all the backers on our last campaign got the stretch goal workshops and tomorrow all backers who got the special workshops will get letters from me on how to get into them. In the next month or so all rewards of all of this year’s campaigns should be out, plus a lot of this new campaign’s awards as well. Plus sending out awards, at the same time…
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Kickstarter Friday
Some Fun Campaigns I Think Work… It is Kickstarter season again, with lots of new and fun campaigns. I’ve been doing this every Friday now for a long time. And it certainly has been fun studying Kickstarters. Here us a summary of what I look for in a campaign to list here… — I look for fiction campaigns that are not just about “pretty books” but actually want readers. — I look for clarity in the campaign, meaning can I figure out what the hell is offered. — I look for a good story that flows and good art. I do not bother with anyone who is so flipping lazy…
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Aces Win!
Fantastic Basketball On Both Sides… The Fever are a great team, fantastic offense, but in the end just no match for the three-time champions Aces. Even with four of our main players out with injuries. But wow was that some great basketball. Physical as you would expect with the Fever. When one game comes down to going forward or going home for the season, you would expect nothing to be left on the bench. Tense doesn’t describe all the lead changes until the end of the first half when the Aces ended up slightly ahead and then just increased the lead at the end. And as season ticket holders, we…