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Comments and Questions Here…
Using This Blog For Comments and Questions… On the class called Attend the 2023 Licensing Expo with Dean. I will try to answer any question here so that those who didn’t take the class (but still have interest in licensing) can understand. It is still possible to sign up for the class. And in a couple of weeks I will add this class into the Licensing Transition class from a few years back as the last thing to be added in there. But not for two or three weeks. So did I learn anything this year? Yes, a ton. Am I going to make changes because of what I learned…
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Licensing Expo 2023 All Done!
Put Up 59 Videos from the Expo… Plus other regular videos. I will be spending the next two days in the class adding videos talking about some things that came clear this year, some observations, and some plans going forward. As expected, a smaller year because of the move to June and the fashion focus which made little to no sense at all. Very, very few booths had any kind of fashion. Still a massive experience. Expo is back in May next year. 21-23. More than likely WMG will have a suite for writers to get together and talk after dinner each day, including the day before. One thing I…
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Write Stuff Story Bundle
Another Guest Post By Kris This is on the new Storybundle full of great books to help you with your writing and most importantly your writing career. Get it at www.storybundle.com/writing THE 2023 WRITE STUFF BUNDLE Curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch These days, anyone can write and publish a book. The rise of electronic books has made publishing easy and quick. However, not everyone can have a writing career. Writing careers take patience and a willingness to learn. Writers must learn the basics of craft, which they’ve always needed to know. But now, writers also need to learn how to run a small business. They must also understand that…
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Attending Licensing Expo…
You Can Join Me Through Videos… A couple days of groundwork now up. A day of getting my badge. And now today 17 videos about what the place looks and feels like overall on the first day. Second day. (Wednesday) I will do more of that as well as get down into more details and sample cases and such for idea for writers to use. Third and final day even more down into the weeds with ideas. Then a couple days of how to think about it all from your IP perspectives. So if you are thinking of ever attending the Licensing Expo at some point in the future, I…
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Guest Post By Kris…
This is from Kris’s regular business blog series, but I thought it important enough that I asked her if I could reprint it here. Important mind set change for indie writers. Thanks, Kris… ———- Business Musings: Stars Kristine Kathryn Rusch Me and the Google spent what I almost termed a “dispiriting” hour as I searched for the 21st century’s superstars in a variety of fields. I say “almost termed” because, when I think of it, “dispiriting” is the wrong word. Adult me, who loves this modern world of indie publishing and going directly to the reader, doesn’t mind the lack of superstars or “big names” as most people call them.…
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More Licensing Expo…
Attend the Licensing Expo With Me… Virtually… Great dinner tonight with friends in for the Expo. Lunch and dinner tomorrow with friends as well. I have three days of groundwork now up on the class. More Monday when I go to get my badge. This will be me attending the Licensing Expo and taking pictures and movies and describing things every day when the day is over. If you are thinking of ever attending the Licensing Expo at some point in the future, I would suggest you jump into this. It is still open on Teachable. It is called ATTEND THE 2023 LICENSING EXPO WITH DEAN. Direct link is https://wmg-publishing-workshops-and-lectures.teachable.com/courses/licensing-2023…
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Attend Licensing Expo With Me…
Just Started Up… A couple days of groundwork now up. More tomorrow and then more on Monday when I go to get my badge. This will be me attending the Licensing Expo and taking pictures and movies and describing things every day when the day is over. If you are thinking of ever attending the Licensing Expo at some point in the future, I would suggest you jump into this. It is still open on Teachable. It is called ATTEND THE 2023 LICENSING EXPO WITH DEAN. Direct link is https://wmg-publishing-workshops-and-lectures.teachable.com/courses/licensing-2023 Again, it will be videos and photos that I will upload each night when I get home, along with videos…
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A Nothing Much Day…
Watched Far, Far Too Much Television… Only got about three miles of exercise. I managed to do some email, had a great lunch talking Kickstarters, and worked on recording some workshops. But just too much television. And for some reason, doing nothing is more tiring than doing a ton of things. So no blog of interest or length tonight, but certainly was an interesting day, to say the least.
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Quick Note On Author Tag Lines…
This Is 2023… As I have been saying in my series of posts about decisions young authors have to make, we are in a transition time between Traditional paperback distribution and Indie electronic distribution. And the two different ways of doing business. One of the major changes is the author tag line. You know, that line you put above your name on a cover that no one can read, but it needs to be there for cover design. For a decade, I have put above my name USA Today Bestselling Writer. Not one reader of my books knows what that really means, and that list is gone now. I am…
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Oh, my…
All I Can Say… I was sent a couple days ago a court case about one author taking the work of another author. This has been a public case and I am going to make no comments on the case itself or let any comments through about the case. I do not know the facts beyond what I have read in the suit. Of course, there is an agent in the middle of the entire mess. And also named in the action. No comment there other than I stand by my solid belief that all agents are crooks and steal writer’s money. So why am I writing this… why am…