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The Magic Bakery and a Disappearing Bundle
Full of Magic Pies… I have been working with Kris on the Strengths Workshops and in both the business and the sales workshops, the concept of the magic bakery keeps coming up in varied ways. I had forgotten how powerful the concept actually is. I haven’t talked much about the magic bakery here in the last few years. And to really understand all the ramifications of it and how to use it, you will need to take the Strengths Workshops, both business and sales. But for those of you who do not have a clue what I am talking about, imagine your finished story is a pie. The copyright property…
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A Giant Ape Kind of Day
How was that for a silly blog title?… But that’s what it sort of was, actually. Kris and I decided we needed a day doing something different. Can’t call it a day off when our job is having fun writing and playing in publishing. But we do need to do something different at times. So we drove into the valley and saw King Kong: Skull Island. Fun. Exactly as expected. I ate too much popcorn. Then we had a nice dinner, found a good pie shop for pie, then headed home after walking around a big discount store for a time to make sure we had our steps. When we…
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Why Is The Strengths Workshop Hard?
A Couple People Asked That Question Today… I will be announcing the new Strengths workshops (yes, there are more than one this time). And I said in the comment yesterday we don’t do these except once every few years because they are so difficult ON ME AND KRIS. Kris and I have writing to do, a business to run, life to enjoy. We contain our help of other writers to our blogs and to the online workshops and only four coast workshops a year. It might seem like a lot from the outside, but actually it’s not bad from our side. However, to do service to the writers signing up…
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March Online Workshops Starting
March Online Workshops Starting… Still room to jump in. Also, in the next day or so I will announce something Kris and I are doing once again, against our better judgement, but because we got a great deal of requests to do it again after two years. Strengths. Only this time we will be doing it more extensively in a series of workshops to figure out where you are at and what you are strong at and areas you need to work on. The four areas will be Craft, Business, Sales, and Genre. Both basic and advanced in all four. (I’ll explain it all.) They will be very similar to a…
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March Online Workshop Letters Sent
A Lot of Workshop Stuff… Not only did the wonderful coast Anthology Workshop end today, but tonight I got all letters out to the March online workshop folks. So if you think you are signed up for a March online workshop and didn’t get a letter from me, write me. Still room and time to jump into any of the ten of the workshops in March. See below. ————— March Workshops Start Tuesday and Wednesday!! All March workshops have spots open. In fact, only the business workshop is close to filling. So for information on how to sign up, go to… www.wmgpublishingworkshops.com Any questions at all, feel free to write me.…
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More Interesting Conversations
Even More Really Interesting Conversations… Not only did I have a fun conversation at lunch today with three other professional writers, but tonight four of us found an area off to one side of the Anchor and talked for almost two hours. All about business. The workshop has a policy of no blogging about the workshop until after it’s over, so thus the vagueness of these posts. But one more day of fun, then back to normal here. And to some fun posts and announcements that might just surprise a few of you. I know it’s been fun here. ————— March Workshops Start Tuesday and Wednesday!! Below is the list…
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Another Short Post
Even More Really Fun Stuff… I have been having some wonderful lunch discussions with professional writers all week long. And tonight dinner discussions and after hours discussions. Got even more topics from the discussions I’ll be giving opinions on here as soon as the dust clears a little next week. Great fun for me. Stay tuned. ————— March Workshops Start Tuesday and Wednesday!! Below is the list of online workshops for March and all have spots open. In fact, only the business workshop is close to filling. So for information on how to sign up, go to… www.wmgpublishingworkshops.com Any questions at all, feel free to write me. And if you are confused…
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Fun Lunch Discussions and Other Stuff
Really Fun Stuff… I have been having some wonderful lunch discussions with professional writers all week long. Got a number of topics from the discussions I’ll be giving opinions on here as soon as the dust clears a little next week. Great fun for me. Stay tuned. ————— March Workshops Start Tuesday and Wednesday!! Below is the list of online workshops for March and all have spots open. In fact, only the business workshop is close to filling. So for information on how to sign up, go to… www.wmgpublishingworkshops.com Any questions at all, feel free to write me. And if you are confused as to which workshop to take first, we…
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Filler Tonight
Day 1,257… Not doing a full post tonight because I have spent the entire day either reading or on this computer and my eye needs a rest. But it was a fun day and a good one. And had to keep the blogging streak alive. (grin) Can’t break it after 1,257 days. Starting tomorrow (March 1st) I will be back posting full blogs with all the data. You remember… it looks like this… I got a lot of writing I want to do in March, so should be fun to track. Tracking Running… March 1st, 2017 — miles. No running. Weight 193. Month to date distance: — miles ————– Tracking Word Counts… March…
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March Online Workshops
Great Workshops This Coming Month… Stunning March is almost here. Wow, just wow. Below is the list of online workshops for March and all have spots open. In fact, only the business workshop is close to filling. So for information on how to sign up, go to… www.wmgpublishingworkshops.com Any questions at all, feel free to write me. And if you are confused as to which workshop to take first, we have a full curriculum posted on its own page. Class #21… Mar 7th … Author Voice Class #22… Mar 7th … Business Class #23… Mar 7th … Endings Class #24… Mar 7th … Ideas Class #25… Mar 7th … Writing and Selling Short Stories Class #26……