All Kinds of Fun Things…

Sales, New Challenge, Mentorships…

Quick summary of what is happening right now…

Sale Extended. Was supposed to end Monday, but honestly I got busy and forgot, so going to extend it until next Monday. 5 more days…

So starting with craft, on the WMG Writer Store, Kris did a series of 5 craft workshops that many missed.  They were called The Quick and Dirty Craft Classes.

Each was three weeks long with a webinar that Kris answered questions at the end. All of it is recorded now so you can go over them at your own pace and go back to them at any time. Each was $150 each.  Each focused on Kris teaching you how to write and improve your craft on the specific topic.

The five Quick and Dirty craft classes are:

• Smell and Taste
• Touch
• Sound
• Sight
• Endings

If you go to the WMG Writer Store and along the  top click on “Quick and Dirty Workshops, you can get more information and Kris doing an intro video for each one.

All five would cost $750, but to help you get warmed up and ready for 2026, we are offering them for $350 for all five classes. To get this deal, simply send the $350 fee to PayPal to the email address dean@wmgpublishingstore.com and then let me know and I will put you in all five classes so you can take them at your own pace to get warmed up for writing in 2026.

Wow is this a lot of craft focus learning from Kristine Kathryn Rusch, one of the best and most decorated writers working today in multiple genres.

SALE ON CHALLENGES UNTIL MONDAY December 8th

Yes, this sale extended as well. For those who want something even more substantial to change your new year and how you approach it, ONLY UNTIL MONDAY NIGHT LATE, we are putting all the challenges on sale for 50% off. Sign up now, start on January 1st or anytime, prepare to start over the next month, working on changing the mindset so 2026 does not end up the same as the last few years.

Again, this sale ends when the Mindset class starts on Monday, December 8th.

Sign up now and start any time you want… You accomplish any of these challenges, you get the $10,000 value Lifetime Everything Subscription.

The five challenges are:

• Super Great Challenge (one short story a week for a year, published in the next two weeks after you turn it in.)
• Super Great Novella Challenge (one novella a month for a year, published in the next two weeks after you turn it in.)
• Super Great Novel Challenge (one novel every six weeks for a year, published in the month after you turn it in.)
• Super Great Kickstarter Challenge (five Kickstarater campaigns in a year, each funded and each must be fiction.)
• Super Great Publishing Challenge (publish one major book (novel, collection, omnibus) every three weeks for one year.)

More information about each one on WMG Teachable.

To get any of them in this next week at half price, simply use the code word

CHALLENGE

Hit purchase, put in the code and hit apply and you can get it for 50% off. If you miss, you get $600 in credit you can use for anything on Teachable except another challenge.

Again, the half price is only good for one week on the challenges and you can start any time you like.

Lifetime Everything Subscribers, you can do the challenge for yourself and not the subscription unless you want to pay the fee and try to earn someone else the subscription. If that is the case, let me know. Skin in the game is always a very real motivation.

Change it up, challenge yourself to get different results for 2026.

RAMP UP IN DECEMBER CHALLENGE!!!

Here are the details…

• Level One… Challenge yourself to write 4 short stories in December.
• Level Two… Challenge yourself to write 2 short stories in December.
• Facebook Private Group… Kris will start a private Facebook group for only those in the challenge. Dean and Kris will both be in and out regularly to answer questions and offer help in keeping motivated.
• Webinar Check-in… Middle of the month there will be one live webinar for only those in the challenge to talk about how to keep writing through the holidays and other questions. Date and time announced to everyone.
• The Reward… Part One… If you manage the challenge, when you are complete, you will send all of your stories (2 or 4) at the same time to Dean and he will read them for SALES. Not as an editor, but for how the stories will help your sales, meaning he will look at the opening, read the entire story, and look at the ending to see if it will bring you more readers. He will do this within two days of getting the stories. And unlike an editing read, he will critique the story some in regards to sales.
• The Reward… Part Two… You can send your sales copy with each story and Dean will tell you if it will sell the story or hurt sales. And give suggestions on how to fix it. Again, in two days after getting the stories.
• The Cost… $250 for Level One, writing four short stories in December.
• The Cost… $150 for Level Two, writing two short stories in December.
• How to Get in the Challenge… Send the fee for which challenge you want to PayPal to the email address dean@wmgpublishingstore.com

If you are buying into one of the Really, Really Great Challenges on the half-price sale, this would be a great warm-up to do before starting those challenges in January.

A Facebook private group, a webinar check-in, and the challenge of writing stories through the holiday season. And getting sales feedback on them when finished to help with your sales in the new year.

And yes, if you sign up for the 4 stories challenge and only get two, that counts and you can send in the two. But not saying that to let any of you off the hook, just trying to avoid a bunch of questions because I would ask the same thing. (grin)

Hope to see you in the challenge. With the Facebook private group and the webinar mid-month check in, you won’t be alone battling the challenges of writing in the holidays. And there will be a lot to learn all the way around.

(PS… this is not on Teachable or WMG Writer Store, so no subscriptions or credits apply. This is a stand-alone challenge.)

Also, write me about the Sales mentorship and the Kickstarter mentorship.

And Kris just had one spot open in her craft mentorship. Also, write me if interested.