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Pulp Speed Post Forward Again…
Been Over Two Years… A number of writers over the last six months have asked me to bring forward the old explanation of Pulp Speed in writing. So here it is… (I wrote this post around 2014, then brought it forward to 2016, then 2017, and just about every year or so since, skipping 2022.) Not at all sure why this idea of writing at Pulp Speed sort of hits me right. I think because it flies in the face of all the myths. A writer has to have all myths and critical voice under control to even attempt Pulp Speed One. So this post might just make you angry…
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Pulphouse Subscription Drive 2023…
Coming Next Tuesday!! Pulphouse Fiction Magazine is going monthly! That’s right, after a short break to let my eye heal enough so that I could read again, we are coming back stronger than ever. Monthly! And we need your help to get subscriptions as we do every year in our subscription drive Kickstarter Campaign. Plus we have all sorts of great books and workshops and even some great merchandise this time. And as normal for us, no matter what product you back, you will get a six month subscription with it. The titles of the two special workshops really fit Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. Known and Strange Things is one three…
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How Writers Fail…
A New Writing Book By Kris… Just released… How Writers Fail… Analysis and Solutions by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. This a blunt, straight-forward book that might save your career or at least help you head off some really, really ugly bumps in the road. It is focused at indie writers. (If you are headed toward traditional publishing, you have already failed.) Here is the sales copy… “Everyone fails at times. Writers fail in predictable ways—ways both foreseeable and preventable. In this WMG Writer’s Guide, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Kristine Kathryn Rusch addresses the pitfalls writers face and offers solutions to help them overcome those obstacles. Because the best writers push…
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Valuation of IP
I Have Been Focused On IP Valuation… … A lot lately, especially when it comes to estates. (No, nothing wrong with me or Kris, just sort of waking up in this new indie reality.) You see, when I came out of traditional publishing, the value of my couple hundred short stories and few novels (all the rest were work-for-hire or media) was not enough to hurt anyheir who got it when I died, even with a simple will situation. So I didn’t give it much thought past putting all the basic estate stuff in place. Which we did. And updated it fairly regularly. Then one day I sort of started…
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Coming Up With Titles
I Love Titles… Anyone who knows me knows I often start stories or novels with just a smashed-together bunch of half titles and fire up writing. But tonight I was coming up with Pulphouse Fiction Magazine anthology titles. Anthologies of stories from the pages of the magazine to use as stretch rewards for the new Pulphouse Fiction Magazine subscription drive Kickstarter we are putting together. Most of you know Pulphouse has been on a short break while I regained my eyesight. It is back, as much as it is coming back, so now Pulphouse can return. But with a nifty change. Pulphouse Fiction Magazine is going monthly. Yup, monthly, meaning…
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Almost Forgot…
3:30 A.M. I was headed for bed when my little tired voice from writing and working on workshops said, “You didn’t do a blog.” Well, hell. So computer started back up, lights back on, here I am. Stupid streak. So only thing I can think to do at this point is just remind anyone who still might be interested that the sale goes through Sunday evening. Here is the information one last time… Repeated information again on the Workshop Sale… We made the 50% off sale cover any class, workshop, lifetime subscription, everything on WMG Teachable. Everything! The code to get 50% off is: Products Just hit purchase of anything…
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Workshop Sale Extended to Sunday Evening…
Sale Extended to Sunday Evening Late… Well, interesting time here in the States to do a sale. So many people traveling, and with the holiday on Tuesday, they just went for the entire week. So got three different emails tonight asking us to extend the sale until Sunday, and we decided to do it. This sale was only a lark in the first place because we love the Product’s classes and wanted enough writers in the first run through to make it valuable down the road. So with the mug, we figured a sale would be fun. We never know when we will do a sale. Only when something strikes…
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Last Day of the Workshop Sale!!!
Sale Ends Friday Evening Late… We made the 50% off sale cover any class, workshop, lifetime subscription, everything on WMG Teachable. Everything! The code to get 50% off is: Products Just hit purchase of anything on Teachable you want, put in the code on the next page and hit apply and you will be able to get the class for 50% off. Sale will run one more day until late Friday night, July 7th. And yes, folks, you can get 50% off the Everything Subscription as well in this sale. And if you already have another lifetime subscription, we can give you another slight discount. Write me for details. REALLY…
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Magic Bakery Plus…
I Got To Watch a Magic Bakery In Action… On the 4th, Kris and I had lunch downtown and stopped by PinkBox Doughnuts to get her a snack. (I am losing weight, so no snack for me at this point.) We were standing in line (never seen the place without a line) and I was staring at the amazing thirty-foot long display counter of four shelves high of a variety of doughnuts of all colors and shapes. Plus at least thirty-foot long glass cabinets full of shelves and trays of doughnuts behind the counter. And besides all the doughnuts, everywhere you looked there was a ton of licensed products, from…
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July Workshops Starting Up…
With a Sale Going On!! Very Unusual… There is an amazing list of writing and business workshops that are starting right now. And at the same time there is a half-price sale going on. We have almost never done that. All the subscriptions, challenges, workshops, lectures, pop-ups, and regular classes are on WMG Teachable. And to get anything you want at half price, simple hit purchase of the course you want and then on the next page put in the code: Products And hit apply and you will be able to get it at half price. We are doing this sale because of the new Indie Writer’s Product class that…