• Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    Bundle and Kickstarter

    Two Things Happening At the Same Time! First off, a brand new Storybundle starting called VISIONS OF THE FUTURE. Ten great books and I curated it. Just started tonight and I will be back here in two days to talk a lot more about it. But here is a nifty image of all the covers of the books you can get for very little money in this Storybundle. Second… JUST TWO DAYS LEFT IN THE HOLIDAY KICKSTARTER with all its fantastic stories and books, all its amazing workshops, and 38 original holiday stories delivered one per day every day over the holidays. Lots of information in the last number of…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    Only 60 Hours Left!!

    Just Hundreds Away From Next Stretch Goal!!! More free books and another free Pop-Up writers’ workshop when we hit it. And I think we can hit two or three more, actually. There are just 60 hours left on the WMG Holiday Spectacular 2021. But that is enough time. And the higher we go, the more free stuff every backer gets. And classes writers get. And remember the two special classes in this one. And discounts for other workshops. Plus the really cool part of getting an original holiday story every day from November 25th to January 1st.  That is 38 original stories. Yes, original stories!! If you are going to…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  workshops

    Workshops Available in Holiday Spectacular Kickstarter

    There Are A Bunch of Workshops… And All Get You the Calendar!! We have two special workshops for writers in this campaign. And the only place you will ever be able to get either one is right here.  You can buy either one or you can buy them both together at a discount. No matter what you will also get the 2021 Holiday Calendar with 38 stories delivered to you daily. Both workshops are three weeks long, and the final week’s assignment for both workshops will be to write a short story that Kris will read for the 2022 Holiday Spectacular. We will offer both workshops twice. You have your choice of…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    Hit Third Stretch Goal!!

    Almost Halfway to the Next One. Wow!! More free books and another free Pop-Up writers’ workshop. There are five days left on the WMG Holiday Spectacular 2021. And the higher we go, the more free stuff every backer gets. Plus the really cool part of getting an original holiday story every day from November 25th to January 1st. 38 original stories. And yes, if you are going to give the calendar as a gift, it needs to be given early so the person who gets it will love it over the entire holiday season. But if you do give it late, we catch the person up by sending out what…

  • Challenge,  Fun Stuff

    Some Fun Pictures

    Writers of the Future Awards Ceremony… Got some nifty pictures in so thought I would share a few since I don’t have time tonight to do a real blog because I have to be up early in the morning for a fun run. Getting up at the crack of dawn is not fun, but the 5k runs always are. I had signed up for the 10K tomorrow, but I am too heavy still to try that. Anyway, some fun pictures. Hope this makes those of you eligible to not miss a deadline. First off a picture of the awards ceremony with me standing at the podium doing a presentation to…

  • Challenge,  Fun Stuff,  Kickstarter Campaign

    Gaining On the Next Stretch Goal…

    Which Means More Free Books… And another free Pop-Up writer workshop. There are six days left on the WMG Holiday Spectacular 2021. And the higher we go, the more free stuff every backer gets. Plus the really cool part of getting an original holiday story every day from November 25th to January 1st. 38 original stories. And yes, if you are going to give the calendar as a gift, it needs to be given early so the person who gets it will love it over the entire holiday season. But if you do give it late, we catch the person up by sending out what they have missed every Monday.…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    One Gift To Rule Them All!

    WMG Holiday Spectacular 2021… This might be the most perfect gift for this year anyone can imagine. The cost for the Holiday Spectacular Calendar of Stories is just $25.00. That gets your family member or friend or boss 38 short stories delivered from November 25th through January 1st. One original story per day they can read on any device. 38 Original holiday stories by over 30 different authors. All you have to do is add $25 to any award in the kickstarter and then in the survey we will ask where you would like the extra calendar to go to. Or you can add as many as you want at…

  • Challenge,  Fun Stuff

    Five Collections

    Part of My 70 in 70 Challenge That’s right, five collections published in one day. I had a lot of fun putting these together. And I did the covers and everything, just as in the collections classes. I seldom, and I do mean seldom, ever tell anyone here about books I publish, but having five collections in one day is kind of fun. So figured I would mention it. And yes, I will tell you the exact titles and dates of publication of all 70 books when I hit it. Still going, but these five take me to 66 books of the 70 needed. And a little under a month…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    WMG HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR 2021 KICKSTARTER

    Headed for Third Stretch Reward!!! This is the third year we have done this original fiction advent calendar and we think this one might be the best. WMG HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR 2021 KICKSTARTER 38 original holiday stories of one type or another delivered to your device from November 25th through January 1st. Not even the authors know when their stories will appear in reader’s hands. Here is how the calendar looks… Every day a brand new original story. Also in this Kickstarter for the writers there are two great special workshops that Kris and I put together and Kris will read stories from for next year’s calendar. And, of course a…

  • Challenge

    Exhausted and Behind

    You Know… As Expected… But had hoped to get more done, but alas, it will take me a couple more days to get caught up. First trip out in 0ver a year-plus (15 months, actually), so no surprise. My life and work and writing here is pretty balanced, so suddenly tossing a five day excursion into that schedule will cause problems. So please just be patient with me for a few more days. I have a couple of deadlines I have to hit and then I can start cleaning up email and other stuff and get back on track. So now going to call it a night and be back…