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Going Running
Very Early In the Morning… After Daylight Savings Time switches… Yikes… So nothing to talk about tonight, other than I was told earlier that fulfillment for the Year of the Cat Kickstarter will be going out this coming week. And I hope everyone who got the nifty How To Write a Cat Story special workshop got my letter and codes. If not, write me. And the Cave Creek Kickstarter campaign is going toward the first stretch goal at a good pace. And it is in the second stretch goal that we started to put writer rewards. So pass the word. And the special workshop that you can only get in…
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I Think This Is Cool!
Three of My Collections… As most of you know, I seldom talk about my books or what I am publishing here, except when I am doing a challenge or writing in public on a project. But last year I did do a nifty Make 100 Short Stories Kickstarter that many of you backed. And you should have gotten two of the three large anthologies promised. But when I looked at all three of them together on WMG Publishing site, I found it very cool. So take a glance. I love the branding and the look and am proud of those three collections.
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Two New Projects
I Am Having A Blast… Working on two new projects. One you will see in a day or so and has a lot to do with the Shared World Class. And I am madly working on finishing a new Cold Poker Gang novel for a coming bundle. Yes, it is a cat novel. Not kidding. I seldom talk about books and stories I am writing here. But got a couple short-challenges coming up I may do the old daily writing report I haven’t done for a while. We shall see. And speaking of cats, if you got the Special How to Write a Cat Story workshop reward in the Year…
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A Great Writing Article
Talking About Human Normal Actions… Wow, does this article give you some great writing stuff. Especially on how normal humans react to what we are facing with this virus threat. Nothing ugly, I promise. Very much worth the read for your writing. So thought I would share it. http://www.psandman.com/col/teachable.htm
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First Of The Month!
Good Time To Start A Challenge… Publishing Challenge, Short Story Challenge, or Novel Challenge. All are open and a great way to keep your goals on track for the year. And a number of writers are in sight of lifetime subscriptions on the short story challenge, one on the novel challenge, and one has already gotten a lifetime subscription on the novel challenge. Keep going, folks. Only four people are signed up for the Publishing Challenge. That one seems to scare hell out of writers. (grin) This weekend I will be doing a bunch of posts about the first of March in the Decade Ahead class. And also a bunch…
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Visions of the Future
Only 20 Hours Left… This is a fantastic deal, folks. And it is about to expire. Get ten fantastic science fiction novels and collections, including my novel Dust and Kisses, a prequel to my Seeders Universe series. And you can get Kris’s novel Consequences, a Retrieval Artist novel. You can find all ten at Storybundle.com until about 10 pm West Coast time. And don’t forget to toss in an extra buck or two for Ablegamers.com, one of the great organizations of all time.
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A Group of Writers
From a Long, Long Time Ago… The picture below is of Kathy Oltion, Jerry Oltion, Kent Patterson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Wesley Smith, Robert J. Howe, Christina York, Steve York and Kij Johnson in Rockaway Beach, Oregon. We had all gone to that house for a weekend of writing short stories. The picture was posted by Nina and I think was about 1991 or so. I wrote “In the Shade of the Slowboat Man” at this weekend gathering along with two other stories. And yes, wow were we all young. Wonderful to see Kent Patterson again. He died from complications of polio just a fews years or so after this was taken. I am publishing a story by Kent, Jerry, Kris, and…
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Up Too Late…
Way Too Late It Seems… Except that I am only up to my normal time, but since I have been getting up early, Kris is worried. I hate to make her worry, but honestly I can make it on five hours of sleep a night for five days just fine. Past that, not so much, but for a major workshop like the anthology going on right now, talking with people late into the night is great fun. And only another day. And I am learning a ton and feeling very blessed for some good friends as well. If I haven’t responded to a letter you sent me today, please bare…
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March Workshops Available
They Are Now Up… Including the new workshop, Licensing 101. It has also been loaded into the Lifetime Workshop Subscription and also into the Licensing Transition workshop. That’s right, inside the $500 year-long workshop you get a $300 workshop as well. Cool, huh? You can sign up for them on Teachable. Class #21… Mar 3rd … Writing RomanceClass #22… March 3rd… LICENSING 101Class #24… March 3rd … Writing into the DarkClass #25… March 3rd … Writing Sales CopyClass #26… March 4th … Depth in WritingClass #27… March 4th … Writing Short StoriesClass #29… March 4th… Writing with EmotionClass #30… March 4th… Advanced Depth Available on Teachable. Check out the Collaboration…
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Got A Tiny Bit of Reading…
Just the Last Reading for the Anthology Workshop… Wow, are there some great stories this year. I’ve been enjoying the reading a great deal, to be honest. I sit in a recliner with floor-to-ceiling windows on two sides of me, looking out over the city of Las Vegas, my feet up, manuscripts on a coffee table beside me. I’ve been reading like that now for a number of weeks and finally to the last twenty or so stories. Life sucks, getting to read professional stories every night in that setting. (grin) Honestly I am bummed the reading is almost over for this year. And we are working hard on figuring…