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Last Day of the Diving Kickstarter…
Ends at 7 PM on Thursday Evening… That is 7 pm West Coast time… IVORY TREES: A Diving Universe Kickstarter. Thursday… Last day to get Ivory Trees: A New Diving Universe novel early, ahead of everyone else. Last day to get the two special workshops on writing science fiction that will never be offered anywhere else. Last day to get the $450 in value in writing classes (so far) from the stretch goals, plus the extra Kris science fiction stories. (This might go up to $600 in value if we hit the next stretch goal.) All for just backing this kickstarter. IVORY TREES: A Diving Universe Kickstarter. Just ONE MORE…
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A Bunch of Kickstarters
I Push Different Kickstarters For Writers… If a person is on the free Kickstarter for Fiction Writers class on Teachable and starts a campaign and lets me know, I try to look at it (and I often back it) and then I write a group letter to all the others in the free class telling everyone about it. There are about 1,500 writers in that class, so sometimes it helps some. (This is that letter.) And I focus on what writers should study about each campaign. If the campaign doesn’t work, I won’t list it, and sometimes a campaign ends before I can get it listed. Just my schedule issues…
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Two Special Workshops In Kickstarter…
They Will Not Ever Be Available Again… So with only a few days left in the Ivory Trees: Diving Universe Kickstarter, don’t miss these. Here is all the information from the campaign about the two special workshops… For the writers who love to write science fiction stories and learn the craft of writing, we are offering some very, very special treats through this Kickstarter campaign. These will only be offered through this campaign and nowhere else, so don’t miss them. — TECHNOBABBLE & COMMUNICATIONS IN SCIENCE FICTION This is a special three-week workshop on how to write about how communications work in science fiction space opera. From making up a universal translator like…
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Hit Special Stretch Goal!
Now All Backers Get Two Writing Classes… And we are gaining on the next stretch goal with another Kris story and another writing class. So check it out at IVORY TREES: A Diving Universe Novel Kickstarter. And check out the two special workshops. They are only offered for the next three days on this Kickstarter. They will be fun and great learning. Also, the Aces’ game this afternoon was great and not close, which made it even more fun. They have now advanced to the semifinals. Kris on her facebook page put pictures. I can’t even begin to imagine the cost of those towels. For two different games. Wow. Watching…
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Saturday Night…
Aces’ Second Playoff Game at Noon… So to get there, I have to be up early, and since I am tired tonight from doing a 5K and working on Pulphouse stories, I think I’m going to go to try to get a full night’s sleep since I have to be up early to make the game. One reminder… Special Stretch Goal for 350 backers by tomorrow night late on the IVORY TREES: A Diving Universe Novel Kickstarter. Everyone passes the word I think we can make it or get close (and in this case close will count. (grin)) Besides, we have some great special workshops with this one, plus great…
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In Person Workshop…
Science Fiction/Mystery Workshop… The dates for the last scheduled in-person workshop that Kristine Kathryn Rusch is teaching is January 15th-18th. That is Monday through Thursday morning. (Fly in Sunday, fly out late Thursday or Friday.) The location is Resorts World here in Las Vegas and yes, we will have a group rate that will get you a better price. It is very quiet and very nice with about 40 restaurants on site and another 100 restaurants within a block or so walking distance. And the weather will be great in January. We have three openings. Just three. The fee is $750 for the workshop and you pay for your own…
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Special Stretch Goal…
On IVORY TREES Kickstarter… Since we just hit the second stretch goal this morning, we decided to add in a special stretch goal on the IVORY TREES: A Diving Universe Novel Kickstarter. Here is is… SPECIAL STRETCH GOAL…350 Backers by Midnight Sunday… If this campaign reaches 350 Backers by Midnight Sunday, September 17th, every backer of any reward will get a free ebook copy of RICK THE ROBBER BARRON by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Also, for writers, the really fun writing class titled Writing About Relativity in Science Fiction. It is part of a new Down in the Details writing series. Each class will have a prompt to write a fun…
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Aces Game Tonight…
First Game of the Playoffs… Kris and I and Lisa Collins went to the Ace’s game tonight after some great pizza. The Aces are defending world champions and also seeded #1 in the playoffs after a record-breaking season. They are fantastically fun to watch. They were playing tonight, for one night only, at the T-Mobile Area, the home of the Stanley Cup winning Golden Knights. (Yeah, fun sports in this town.) The Aces were playing the Chicago Sky and Chicago never stood a chance. At one point the Aces were ahead by over 30 points. And not because the Sky were not playing well, the Aces are just a machine.…
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Paperback Writer…
I Loved the Beatles Song “Paperback Writer”… When I came into publishing almost fifty years ago, what dominated as far as fiction distribution was the mass market paperback. In 1977 I opened a bookstore called “The Paperback Exchange” and did really well, changing the name to “Twice Sold Tales” after I bought a comic store and the towns only album store and moved them all in together. It was a fun place. As a writer, all I ever wanted to be was a paperback writer. And then as the world changed in the early part of this century, trade paperbacks started taking the place of mass market paperbacks and now…
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Down in the Details Classes
I Fell Behind On My Hoped-For Recording Dates… But I will catch up over the next week or so on all three of the Down in the Details classes. I will send a message over the Teachable group on every class when I finish another one. And yes, I know the collections on these sound like fun, but the story you write for each one needs to be out in the mail to major markets first. The collections will never close and if you sell a story to a major magazine, you can write another for me. (I will never know.) Remember, those collections will never close, meaning that if…