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Quick Updates
Collaboration Class Still Open… Still have spots left if anyone wants to first learn all the ins and outs of collaboration, plus write a story with me for a special issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. Find that on Teachable. I will close it when 15 are signed up. And 24 hours or so left on the Kickstarter. The only place you can get the How to Write a Cat Story Workshop. Plus discounts on other workshops and some great reading. Year of the Cat Kickstarter. Also, March workshops are now available on Teachable, including the new Licensing 101 Workshop and last month’s new workshop How to Write Romance Fiction. Plus…
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Just Hit Third Stretch Goal!!
Working On the Fourth… So all supporters now, for sure, get a lecture of their choice for supporting our Year of the Cat Kickstarter. That’s worth $50.00. And you can help us get to the next stretch goal in the next 65 hours and get not only more books, but a choice of Classic Workshop worth $150. And remember, I just moved about eight workshops to classic status a few months ago. So below is the update I just posted to the Kickstarter. I hope you will help us hit that next stretch goal. Thanks!! And the nifty video Gwyneth did about finding Ruby, the cat character in the third…
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Just Three Days Left
On Year of the Cat Kickstarter… And we are gaining on the third stretch goal, which will have a free lecture included, and I think there is time we could hit the next stretch goal as well with a free Classic Workshop. But we need help. Pass the word, grab a discounted workshop, don’t forget the Kickstarter only How to Write a Cat Story Workshop, or the nifty study of all 100 stories over a year class. You can get books, subscriptions to magazines, lectures, all kinds of discounted stuff and help us get this crazy and really fun project off the ground. We have already hit two stretch goals…
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March Workshops Available
They Are Now Up and Live… 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 Also, see yesterday’s post for…
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Year of the Cat Covers
Wow, Are These Cool!!! I wanted to show you these twelve covers. And we are headed toward the second stretch goal with just over a week left on the Year of the Cat Kickstarter campaign. (Thank you, everyone!!) Now, please help pass the word so we can get up to those stretch goals with lectures and workshops involved. And get these twelve anthologies, one per month. And also, on Teachable, every month, I will be doing a Year of the Cat Class for a full year, talking about each story in each anthology and why that story worked and the writing techniques the writer used to make it work. A…
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Licensing 101 Workshop
Coming Next Day Or So… Going to add a new six-week workshop to the list for March. It is called Licensing 101, basically what the name states, a six-week run-through of the basic thinking of licensing your IP. Those of you in the Licensing Transition Class will get this free with the Licensing Transition Class. So no worries there. It will add over 40 videos to the learning there. And, of course, those of you who have a Lifetime Workshop Subscription will get the workshop as well. And it will be available to sign up for normal workshop rate of $300. But if you are thinking of doing that, sign…
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Workshop Updates and Running
Saturday Night Quick Updates… — New video on the Publishing Challenge and new video on the Novel Challenge are both up. Story prompt for the Great Challenge for short stories will be Sunday evening late, as normal. You can sign up for the challenges, even though you don’t intend to start just yet, or aren’t sure when you are starting. Starting any of the challenges is your choice as to when. — Last few days to sign up for the February regular workshops. March workshops will take their place in a day or so. — Licensing Transition Class has five February videos up, more soon. — Decade Ahead Class has…
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Almost To First Stretch Goal
Just Over a Week In… And we are only $400 from the first stretch goal on the Year of the Cat Kickstarter campaign. Thank you, everyone!! Now, please help pass the word so we can get up to those stretch goals with lectures and workshops involved. Not even half way through the time yet, so more than enough time to make it. Thanks again, everyone. Link to Year of the Cat Kickstarter.
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Keeping Track
A Fun System… I heard of this idea from someone, but sadly I can’t remember who, but thank you. A fun idea that harks back to the old childhood days. And I have never tried it before, and considering how many systems and goofy things I have tried, that’s surprising. I have a hanging calendar on my wall now, as of tonight, right behind my business computer and right under a fortune cookie saying that is taped there. And thanks to Office Depot this afternoon, I have about 800 gold stars and about 200 larger colored smiling faces. So the system is simple. For every 1,000 new words, I put…
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Got a Couple Letters
About the New Pop-Up… Called “Nothing’s Good Enough.” Basically, this is about how critical voice creeps in when you least expect it. And ways to identify what is happening and stop it, get back to having fun. We put it as the first Pop-Up in the Decades Ahead Class as well as a regular Pop-Up you can buy directly. Why in the Decades Ahead Class in February? Because right about now is when this evil little part of critical voice starts showing its head and mucking around with your New Year’s resolution. One of the questions from someone who hasn’t taken the Pop-Up was if it would help the critical…