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Two Days Left On Craft and Challenge Sales…
Sales on Craft Help and New Challenge… Four days ago I extended the sale. Was supposed to end last Monday, but honestly I got busy and forgot, so going to extend it until this coming Monday, meaning tomorrow late. December 8th. 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…
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Kickstarter Friday
Usually Some Fiction Campaigns That Are Worth Studying and Backing… I do this every Friday when I have a few campaigns I think are worth putting here. Tonight no one sent me any campaigns to do, and honestly there were a few good campaigns, but ending in hours or one day and not worth mentioning. I will not say much negative about a campaign. If there is too much or it is going to fail, I won’t post it here. And for those wondering where I get off judging Kickstarter Campaigns by fiction writers, I have now done 59 of them, every one funded and made money. My first campaign…
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Three Mentorships Available…
Craft, Kickstarter, and Sales Mentorships… Get yourself really going in the right direction in 2026. Kris has one spot open in her six-month craft mentorships. One-on-one with Kris, working on what you really need to take your stories to the next level. Only one available… Write me if interested and I will hook you up with Kris for her to decide if you would be a good fit. Kickstarter Mentorship… I have done 59 successful Kickstarters and I will walk you through every step and make sure you fund and also help you fulfill the campaign when over. And then do it again. Two campaigns. More information every Friday on…
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Examples R’Us…
Three Examples in Four Days of Mindset Issues… This just had me shaking my head. Now granted, most don’t know we just started a Mindset workshop, and even if they did, many flat can’t afford it. Totally understand that. But three different writers wrote me with very serious questions. And every one of the questions was based on faulty mindset. Two said they could not afford someone to do their covers and had no artistic skill to do it themselves or afford the art if they could. Mindset totally off combined with total lack of research and a wealth of bad information. — Professional art licensed standard for book covers…
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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…
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My New Challenge Coming Into Focus…
Been Exactly Three Weeks… My challenge is to average one new short story collection per week and do 75 major book titles in my 75th year. My first collection is up in the www.storybundle.com/animals and it is called MY SOCKS ROLLED DOWN and Nine Other Stories. I have changed the cover for the publication when the bundle is over. But right now you can get that Exclusive collection by me and 13 other books by great writers for a real deal. Has a brand new collection by Kris in it as well. I now have four ten-story collections put together total in three weeks. Mostly I have been trying to…
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Don’t Lose December… Challenge Yourself!
Last Year Kris Did A Challenge… And that challenge helped a lot of people keep writing in December, a time when writing often slacks off. It is much more difficult to start cold in January than to just keep writing from a good pace in December. So we are doing another challenge for December. A really, really fun and helpful one. 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…
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Two Days Left…
Start Getting Ready for 2026 Now! With some craft warm up deals with can’t-miss prices to help out. And remember, you can always give these as a gift to a writer friend. 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…
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Kickstarter Friday
Some Fiction Campaigns That Are Worth Studying and Backing… I do this every Friday when I have a few campaigns I think are worth putting here. Tonight no one sent me any campaigns to do, so I found three that are worth looking at. I will not say much negative about a campaign. If there is too much or it is going to fail, I won’t post it here. And for those wondering where I get off judging Kickstarter Campaigns by fiction writers, I have now done 59 of them, every one funded and made money. My first campaign was in the very early days of Kickstarter. But if yoy…
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Quitting Comments and Some Learning Sales
Seems I Touched a Few Writers… I got a bunch of email, but two letters were from writers who had quit as well as the other ones I mentioned. Both had less than 20 books discoverability and both didn’t understand why their books didn’t sell more than a few copies. Both had even bought into the myth of doing ads. They had no branding on the covers, dull plot-filled sales copy that no buyer would get past, and the two I looked inside at had no depth of openings at all. Alas, they wrote, but never bothered to learn how to get their books to readers. Sadly, both of them…