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New Year
Hope Everyone Has A Good New Year! I’m coming on early because Kris and I are in for the night and I wanted to wish you all a good start to the new year and a safe night tonight if you are out and about. Onward into a fun new year. I will be at my writing computer right after midnight as I always do, figuring that is always the best way to start any new year. Stay safe… Cheers Dean
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Summary of New 2023 Workshops
Starting Off the New Year with Learning… Lots and lots of learning and really fun new classes. Since I announced them slowly over the last two weeks, figured it was time I put them all together. And also, we have a new web site at www.wmgworkshops.com where you can find direct links to all of these on Teachable, as well as all the rest of the workshops and classes and lectures. So here are the new classes and workshops starting in 2023. STARTING MONDAY MORNING… January 2nd, 2023 — The Decade Ahead. Every Monday morning get videos to help you learn how to keep your writing and writing business going…
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Bite-Sized Copyright
Learn Copyright Every Week Painlessly… Yup, I know. You have been meaning to get to learning copyright, but it just doesn’t seem important enough yet. You are making great money “selling” your stories on Amazon and other places, and the entire licensing thing just seems pointless. Sadly, most writers feel that way right up to the moment something happens. Copyright is like learning craft in fiction writing. The more you know, the more you realize you need to know. And the more you know, interestingly enough, the more money you make overall. But learning it on your own is difficult at best. And for many writers, tedious, so it gets…
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Questions on New Workshops
Got Some Questions… So figured I would answer them here. First off, the Collection Classes have all three years available. And you can get all six of all three years if you want. Each Collection Class is nine weeks long, you write five new short stories for it, and publish the book the last week. So the six 2021 Collection Classes are available for 2023. And the six 2022 Collection Classes are available in 2023 as well. That is also how the Advanced Craft Workshops will work. There are six of them for this year and if you got all six for the price of five, you could take a…
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Advanced Craft Workshops
Now Available!!! Remember last spring when I started posting about thinking of doing advanced craft workshops and somewhere along the way I asked opinions of what topics would be good ones? I got great responses. Well, off and on over the last six months, Kris and I have talked about what advanced craft workshops might even be doable. We figure a lot of this will just beyond most writers, but better to know it is there and grow into it. For those familiar with the term, this will all be Stage Four level stuff. So after a bunch of back and forth, we finally decided to try these, so here…
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Only Two Days Left On The Time Travel Bundle!!
This Is a Great Bunch of Books!! Some really fantastic reading of all sorts of Time Travel novels and a ton of short stories as well. One more time I am going to repost my blog about this great bundle in hopes that some of you who forgot about it will grab it before it is gone. Bundle is at www.storybundle.com/timetravel Here is the introduction blog I did for the bundle. This is a stunning group of writers and a lot of time travel stories. You don’t want to miss this one. Plus I have a Thunder Mountain novel in this one, Kris has a Diving novel, and we put…
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One Last Week
Historically I Find This Week Productive… I hope you all do as well. If nothing else, set yourself up for the coming year. Look back at the past year, set some goals, streaks, or word counts for the coming year. 2022 was one of my worst writing years in my memory, in large part from not being able to write these last 2.5 months because of the eye injury. I’m going to set a daily goal, very small for me, to get back to it starting on the first. But no big challenges or goals for 2023 to start the year. I may change that in March or July 1st…
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Happy Holiday
Hope It Has Been a Good One… And that you are not one of the millions trapped in airports. And are not doing Trains, Planes, and Automobiles to get home. What do two writers do on Christmas Eve? We worked for some hours this morning in our offices, then Kris went out for a run and I walked to our favorite pizza place to meet her. That’s right, wonderful pizza. And a wonderful walk home together. Then into this office to work some more, watch the Raider’s figure out a way to lose once again, them more time back in the office before I cooked us a steak dinner. Kris…
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A Cat Post
With Angel Sitting On My Lap… Posting cat pictures from the past… Why not? With half the country stuck in airports or in homes without power, a few cute cat pictures can’t hurt. Enjoy the holiday and stay safe out there. First up, Angel sitting on my lap as I get ready to record a workshop video. Second up… Gavin (orange kitten) and Suzie, (living with the Yorks for the moment}. Gavin grew into those ears and is now 20 pounds. Grubby who was way way overweight and not bright, but a love of a cat. Spike, my special guy. Still miss him. First appearance of Cheeps… Cheeps, so…
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Last Day!! Flash Sale of Decade Ahead and Regular Workshops!
30% Off!! The last day for the flash sale on the Decade Ahead classes and the January Regular Workshops. Decade Ahead class will work as a continuation of the Motivational Monday posts, only with a focus on what you can do to set yourself up to be ready for the full decade. New videos will be up every Monday morning on business and writing and thinking ahead.. This 30% off applies to only the Decade Ahead and the January Regular Workshops. And yes, it applies to the get a full year of Decade Ahead Bundle. (Decade Ahead can be bought in four quarters, or for a full year.) And yes,…