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Reminder About Down in the Details Classes
All Three First Classes Are Up… Each week one more class will be filled in all three genres. The second ones in a few days for each one. Thought I would remind you all about them since there is only three more days in the sale to get them at half price. The brand new series is called DOWN IN THE DETAILS series and it has eight fantasy classes, eight mystery classes, and eight science fiction classes. There is no deadline to take the classes or to turn in a story. Just one story per class per author, but no deadlines at all. If we fill one of the anthologies…
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A Really Fun and Great Thing…
Writer David H. Hendrickson Runs for A Great Cause… Award-winning mystery writer and regular contributor to Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, David H. Hendrickson has decided to run the New York City Marathon in early November. Now some of you might remember that in my last half-marathon in February here in Vegas, Dave had already finished and because I was having back issues, came back for me and helped me get through the finish line, to a medical tent, and then to the car. Dave is amazing and he just completed a Half Iron Man race. That just hurts my head. Dave is running the full New York Marathon and he is…
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Katy Perry
Kris and I Went to Her Show Tonight… Katy Perry has had a residency at the Resorts World Hotel and Casino here in Vegas for the last two years. It is called “Play.” And it is a whacked out version of Toy Story combined with Pee Wee Herman’s Playhouse, twisted a couple dozen more times and then put on steroids. For the entire first two acts I sat with my mouth open in shock and awe at the writing and the over-the-top everything. And the background animation and the between-acts animated transitions were just stunning and clear. Sometimes the animation in the back screens I could not tell if it…
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Having Too Much Fun…
I Had No Idea How Cool Products Can Be… Today, I got a Pulphouse Fiction Magazine mug in the mail. It is even better than I had hoped. You can get one and a subscription on the Pulphouse Fiction Magazine Kickstarter 2023 Subscription Drive. Or you can just add on one to a workshop or something. And after the Kickstarter is over we are planning a Pulphouse Shopify Store Grand Opening Sale. Stay tuned for details on that. It will have even more merchandise. But at the same time we got the mug, WMG Publishing sent me a wonderful picture of Stephanie Writt, who is working full time for us…
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A Little Group Help…
Looking for Anyone Who Has Tried This… Or bought something from them. There is a new place that you can crowd fund a limited edition plushie. It is called Makeship.com. I have not signed up for an account to get behind the scenes, so I was wondering if anyone out there has tried it yet, either as a customer or started a campaign? Or has other information about them and their business. I know the campaigns run for 21 days, are very basic with one product (the plushie), and charge the customers retail value. I have figured out that they are limited editions and will not even start production unless…
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Got a Good Question…
Why That Art on the Top of this Web Site?? To start off, that art is by the fabulous Philcold, who does all of the art for my Seeders series. The art up top here is on the cover of my Thunder Mountain novel called Melody Ridge that I wrote back in 2018. But that novel is much more than another Thunder Mountain time travel novel. Here is the short version of the story. Way back in the 1970s, I wrote a story about a jukebox that takes a listener back physically to the memory of the song. First one I wrote I sent out without a sale and the…
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The Heat…
Yeah, Stupidly Hot! Here and all over the West, plus in a bunch of places in Europe. Don’t worry, most of us here in Vegas are set up for the heat. 110 to 115 and 5% humidity. We just don’t go out much in it. We have our cars in an indoor parking garage for our building. So yesterday, for example, I went to the grocery store after dark, had to walk in 105 degree heat from the car inside the store and then back to the car. Actually felt good coming out of the air-conditioning in the store. Kris today had to go from the car to the health…
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Special Workshop Sale!!!
All Because of the Product’s Class… Kris and I, since the Licensing Expo, have been working on a large new class called… Indie Writer’s Products Class It has so much stuff to cover, it turned into TWO (2) Nine Week Classes with eight assignments each and six recorded webinars each. Part One and Part Two. These two classes are an attempt to help indie writers take their business and their income to the next level. And with the webinars in each class, it will allow us to all work together to move forward and share ideas. Note: The webinars will be recorded and posted on the class and will only…
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Preparing for Product Class…
Announcing Later In the Week… Kris and I are doing a lot of preparing for a fantastic Product Class(s) that will end up being two nine-week classes. Both will have weekly webinars. One class will be offered in July/August and the second in September/October. Sort of a part one and part two kind of thing. (Yes, from the production to the business side of products with your books and in your store, there is a ton of stuff to cover and with the webinars we can cover it together at times.) The webinars will be recorded so everyone can see them so you don’t have to make a certain time,…
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Keith Urban
Amazing Show! Kris and I fought our way down to the Planet Hollywood Casino tonight through all the construction around the Formula One site. Luckily we gave ourselves plenty of time. Yikes. Friday night in Vegas and construction do not mix. We had tried to see Keith Urban for three years. First cancelled by the pandemic. Rescheduled during Cowboy Christmas when most attending would be without shots, so we cancelled on that. This was our third attempt. Neither of us had ever been in Planet Hollywood or the Miracle Mile Shops, let alone a very strange parking garage not built for far too many large pick-up trucks with big wheels.…