• Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    We Funded!! Very Quickly!

    Wow, Thank You!! Kris and I really love doing these “Collides” projects, and this is the 6th one, so at 100 stories per year, that is a lot of stories. And in this one, if you have the desire, you can get all 31 books in either electronic, paper, or hardback. And if you get the hardbacks, it is free shipping and Kris and I will sign all 31 books on the title pages. So here is the information again. Hope you take a look. And remember this has a few special workshops only available through this campaign. And at the same time, remember Kris opened up one more mentorship…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    DETECTIVES COLLIDE KICKSTARTER IS LIVE!!!

    DETECTIVES COLLIDE: A Make 100 Kickstarter Project For six years now, Kris and I have been doing this Collides Series of 100 of our short stories. 50 of hers, 50 of mine. On different subjects and topics each year. This time, for the sixth year’s topic, we are doing DETECTIVES COLLIDE. The detective stories move across all genres for both of us and there are a bunch of original stories in these books this time, plus stories never seen in any of the other Collides volumes. Yes, we do have that many stories. The previous five Collides Series volumes of five books each are: Colliding Worlds (6 books) Crimes Collide…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    Kickstarter Friday

    Four Campaign That Will Start This Week… I have one of them and there are three others that I think would be worth taking a look at the promotion page and hitting save. I do this every Friday when I have a few campaigns I think are worth putting here, but normally with running campaigns. Since a bunch of campaigns are starting next week, I wanted to give you all a heads-up on following them and backing them when they start. I will not say much negative about a campaign. If there is too much or it is going to fail, I won’t post it here. And for those wondering…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    New Fun Project…

    DETECTIVES COLLIDE: A Make 100 Kickstarter Project For six years now, Kris and I have been doing this Collides Series of 100 of our short stories. 50 of hers, 50 of mine. On different subjects and topics each year. This time, for the sixth year’s topic, we are doing DETECTIVES COLLIDE. The detective stories move across all genres for both of us and there are a bunch of original stories in these books this time, plus stories never seen in any of the other Collides volumes. Yes, we do have that many stories. The previous five Collides Series volumes of five books each are: Colliding Worlds (6 books) Crimes Collide…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    Kickstarter Friday

    One Fiction Campaign This Week That Is Worth Studying and Backing… I do this every Friday when I have a few campaigns I think are worth putting here. Tonight there is one good one, a holiday campaign and some great reading. I will not say much negative about a campaign. If there is too much or it is going to fail, I won’t post it here. And for those wondering where I get off judging Kickstarter Campaigns by fiction writers, I have now done 59 of them, every one funded and made money. My first campaign was in the very early days of Kickstarter. But if yoy are going to…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  publishing

    Learning Curve Day…

    Combination of Frustrating and Fun Been a while since I did a full book cover, spine, and back cover with InDesign, but worked out great even though I had to totally build it from scratch since previous administrations of WMG didn’t see fit to save a flipping template. Sigh…. Then went from InDesign to Canva, to start learning what everyone says is so easy. Well, not so much. Going to take me some time there. Got a hunch it is the InDesign learning making it more difficult as it did with Vellum. So put the cover for the first volume of DETECTIVES COLLIDE that I did into 3d and worked…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    Kickstarter Friday

    No Fiction Campaigns This Week That Are Worth Studying and Backing… I do this every Friday when I have a few campaigns I think are worth putting here. Tonight no one sent me any campaigns to do, and honestly there were a few good campaigns, but ending in hours or one day and not worth mentioning. And one big one that is doing all right but will lose a ton of money. Not something to study. I will not say much negative about a campaign. If there is too much or it is going to fail, I won’t post it here. And for those wondering where I get off judging…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    Kickstarter Friday

    Usually Some Fiction Campaigns That Are Worth Studying and Backing… I do this every Friday when I have a few campaigns I think are worth putting here. Tonight no one sent me any campaigns to do, and honestly there were a few good campaigns, but ending in hours or one day and not worth mentioning. I will not say much negative about a campaign. If there is too much or it is going to fail, I won’t post it here. And for those wondering where I get off judging Kickstarter Campaigns by fiction writers, I have now done 59 of them, every one funded and made money. My first campaign…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    Kickstarter Friday

    Some Fiction Campaigns That Are Worth Studying and Backing… I do this every Friday when I have a few campaigns I think are worth putting here. Tonight no one sent me any campaigns to do, so I found three that are worth looking at. I will not say much negative about a campaign. If there is too much or it is going to fail, I won’t post it here. And for those wondering where I get off judging Kickstarter Campaigns by fiction writers, I have now done 59 of them, every one funded and made money. My first campaign was in the very early days of Kickstarter. But if yoy…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    Kickstarter Friday

    Some Fiction Campaigns That Are Worth Studying and Backing… I do this every Friday when I have a few campaigns I think are worth putting here. Tonight three campaigns. I will not say much negative about a campaign. If there is too much or it is going to fail, I won’t post it here. And for those wondering where I get off judging Kickstarter Campaigns by fiction writers, I have now done 59 of them, every one funded and made money. My first campaign was in the very early days of Kickstarter. But if yoyu are going to study campaigns that I have done, study the last year or so.…