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Fun Addition to FANTASIES COLLIDE!!
Really Fun New Stretch Goal!! And a challenge…. The FANTASIES COLLIDE Kickstarter is doing great at the moment. With 7 days left, we have 155 backers. (Thank you all!) So we thought it would be fun that if we could reach 175 backers by Sunday at midnight, West Coast time, we would add in another stretch goal. We are calling it a SPECIAL STRETCH GOAL and if we hit the number of 175 backers by the deadline, we will include it for all backers of any reward. What is this SPECIAL STRETCH GOAL? If this campaign reaches 175 Backers by Sunday at midnight, every backer of any reward will get…
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Kickstarter Best Practices
Finally Able To Do It Again… After two months of not being able to list Kickstarters from the writers on Kickstarter Best Practices free class because of my eye issues, I was able to do so tonight. Sorry about missing those of you who did campaigns in the last two months. Just not able to do it with the eye issues. Those of you thinking about doing a Kickstarter campaign, give me a chance to look at it ahead of time to help you fund. Just email me the preview link and I’ll be glad to take a look. And yes, I listed my own campaign as well. A Make…
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FANTASIES COLLIDE KICKSTARTER…
…DOING GREAT!! A Make 100 Kickstarter Project just like we did the last two years. 50 stories of mine, 50 stories of Kris’s in a massive five-volume set called FANTASIES COLLIDE. Two really cool special workshops that Kris will be reading the stories from since I am behind and still injured. And some fantastic reading, including copies of the last two years of these massive collections, COLLIDING WORLDS and CRIMES COLLIDE. Science fiction short stories, mystery short stories, and now this year fantasy. Take a look at it at FANTASIES COLLIDE. We are almost to another stretch goal, but so far we have given four more books to any backer…
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SPECIAL OFFER FROM ME…
Workshops Are In Second Week!! I realized that yesterday after doing the post about the workshops closing later in the week, and then tonight I was doing assignments and starting the second weeks. As I was doing that, I realized that almost no one would jump in after missing the first week and the first assignment. Especially with the Collection Classes. So I talked to Kris about my idea and she said, “If you don’t mind the extra work.” So my SPECIAL OFFER IS THIS… If you jump into one of the Regular Workshops, Collection Classes, and Advanced Pacing Class, and send the first assignment with the second one this…
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Workshops Still Open!!
All Of Them, Actually… But most for only a short time. The January Regular Workshops are all still open. Still in the first week. And remember, these are all videos, so you can watch them on your own time. And write me if you sign up and want to turn in the first week’s assignment and can’t get to it by the deadline. No issue. You can get to all of these easily through www.wmgworkshops.com The Regular Workshops still open are: Writing into the Dark Teams in Fiction Writing with Depth Applied Depth Killing Critical Voice Advanced Depth THESE WILL CLOSE IN A WEEK. Advanced Pacing Workshop still open and…
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And a Lawyer Friend Said, “I Told You So.”
Writers Insist They Know Copyright… Without even beginning to learn it. Right? Copyright seems so simple on the surface. My work is mine, all mine, and nothing else matters. At least until it does. And then writers, full of bad information, make the worst decisions and someone takes advantage of them and they often lose their work and wonder what happened. But for a writer to get prepared for critical and money-making decisions ahead of time… that is just too much work, too much time, too much money. Kris and I came up with a way to make the time and work easy with Bite-Sized Copyright every Monday morning, and…
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More IP Valuation
Thought I Better Do a Basic Friday Night IP Quiz… Before moving on to the second and most commonly used way to value IP, in this instance copyright. So be honest with yourself And do not tell me how many you got or didn’t get. These are so basic, if you are a professional fiction writer, these are silly easy. The answers will actually be at the bottom of this post, but don’t cheat doing them for yourself first. 1… When Publishing a Book wide, which elements contain copyright protection? a…the overall story b… the cover c… the sales copy 2… In your story, which elements contain copyright protection? a……
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Forgot One Thing… Writing
That’s Right, But Not Really Forgot… Just left it out of that massive list of things starting the first part of the year. Writing is the most important thing, and for the first time in going on 50 years, I did not have an open lane to write as much or as little as I want starting the first of the year. Back in late October, I injured my one good eye and was basically blind for a couple of days which was damned scary. Turns out is is something that happens, has no cause (unless you are coming down with MS), and has no treatment. Basically the eyesight in…
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Today Everything Has Started…
Stunning Amounts of Stuff… Wow, was this a busy start to a new year for new workshops, Kickstarter, diet, and exercise. I signed up for the tracking of trying to run/walk 2023 miles in 2023. For me that is just over 11,000 steps a day without missing for an entire year. Yeah, that’s a streak. Down two pounds on my first weigh-in of the year on Monday, so considering the holidays, a total win. And I am slowly trying to bring up the running a little without damaging my old knees. Mostly just walking the 5.5 miles a day at the moment. The eye is slowly improving but still really…
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We’re Live With Fantasies Collide!!
Brand New Kickstarter Just Went Live!!! A Make 100 Kickstarter Project just like we did the last two years. 50 stories of mine, 50 stories of Kris’s in a massive five-volume set called FANTASIES COLLIDE. Two really cool special workshops that Kris will be reading the stories from since I am behind and still injured. And some fantastic reading, including copies of the last two years of these massive collections, COLLIDING WORLDS and CRIMES COLLIDE. Science fiction short stories, mystery short stories, and now this year fantasy. Take a look at it at FANTASIES COLLIDE. And here is the fun video that Kris and I did explaining the project.