• Challenge,  Fun Stuff,  Kickstarter Campaign,  workshops

    3 Days Left!!!

    In the FANTASIES COLLIDE Kickstarter Campaign… And it is doing great, which means all backers of any reward (starting at the first one of $30) get lots of great extra stuff. And three days is a lot of time in Kickstarter land (Think the last five minutes of a football game.) So we can hit some more stretch rewards and get all backers even more. So help us pass the word. You can find it at FANTASIES COLLIDE Kickstarter Campaign. Here is what all backers get extra (besides the award they backed) so far. All five FANTASIES COLLIDE collections in electronic format. ($30 Value) Seven fantasy novels or anthologies in…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    Reminder of Stretch Challenge

    This From Last Night… UPDATE… SATURDAY AFTERNOON… Special Stretch Goal has been hit. Thank you, everyone. Now more fun stuff for all backers. Because it’s Friday night and my brain is too scrambled to finish the copyright valuation blog. So figured I would remind you about the challenge on FANTASIES COLLIDE Kickstarter. I have put updates in all caps and italics. The FANTASIES COLLIDE Kickstarter is doing great at the moment. With 7 days left, we have 155 backers. (ACTUALLY AFTER ONE DAY OF THIS CHALLENGE WE HAVE 167 BACKERS!) So we thought it would be fun that if we could reach 175 backers by Sunday at midnight, West Coast…

  • Challenge,  Fun Stuff,  Kickstarter Campaign

    Fun Addition to FANTASIES COLLIDE!!

    Really Fun New Stretch Goal!! And a challenge…. The FANTASIES COLLIDE Kickstarter is doing great at the moment. With 7 days left, we have 155 backers. (Thank you all!) So we thought it would be fun that if we could reach 175 backers by Sunday at midnight, West Coast time, we would add in another stretch goal. We are calling it a SPECIAL STRETCH GOAL and if we hit the number of 175 backers by the deadline, we will include it for all backers of any reward. What is this SPECIAL STRETCH GOAL? If this campaign reaches 175 Backers by Sunday at midnight, every backer of any reward will get…

  • Challenge,  Cover Fun,  Kickstarter Campaign

    Kickstarter Best Practices

    Finally Able To Do It Again… After two months of not being able to list Kickstarters from the writers on Kickstarter Best Practices free class because of my eye issues, I was able to do so tonight. Sorry about missing those of you who did  campaigns in the last two months. Just not able to do it with the eye issues. Those of you thinking about doing a Kickstarter campaign, give me a chance to look at it ahead of time to help you fund. Just email me the preview link and I’ll be glad to take a look. And yes, I listed my own campaign as well. A Make…

  • Challenge,  Fun Stuff,  Kickstarter Campaign

    FANTASIES COLLIDE KICKSTARTER…

    …DOING GREAT!! A Make 100 Kickstarter Project just like we did the last two years. 50 stories of mine, 50 stories of Kris’s in a massive five-volume set called FANTASIES COLLIDE. Two really cool special workshops that Kris will be reading the stories from since I am behind and still injured. And some fantastic reading, including copies of the last two years of these massive collections, COLLIDING WORLDS and CRIMES COLLIDE. Science fiction short stories, mystery short stories, and now this year fantasy. Take a look at it at FANTASIES COLLIDE. We are almost to another stretch goal, but so far we have given four more books to any backer…

  • Challenge,  Fun Stuff,  Kickstarter Campaign,  running,  workshops

    Today Everything Has Started…

    Stunning Amounts of Stuff… Wow, was this a busy start to a new year for new workshops, Kickstarter, diet, and exercise. I signed up for the tracking of trying to run/walk 2023 miles in 2023. For me that is just over 11,000 steps a day without missing for an entire year. Yeah, that’s a streak. Down two pounds on my first weigh-in of the year on Monday, so considering the holidays, a total win. And I am slowly trying to bring up the running a little without damaging my old knees. Mostly just walking the 5.5 miles a day at the moment. The eye is slowly improving but still really…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    We’re Live With Fantasies Collide!!

    Brand New Kickstarter Just Went Live!!! A Make 100 Kickstarter Project just like we did the last two years. 50 stories of mine, 50 stories of Kris’s in a massive five-volume set called FANTASIES COLLIDE. Two really cool special workshops that Kris will be reading the stories from since I am behind and still injured. And some fantastic reading, including copies of the last two years of these massive collections, COLLIDING WORLDS and CRIMES COLLIDE. Science fiction short stories, mystery short stories, and now this year fantasy. Take a look at it at FANTASIES COLLIDE. And here is the fun video that Kris and I did explaining the project.

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  workshops

    What Workshops Have Started!!

    Since So Much Going On… I figured before the new Make 100 Kickstarter fired up at noon today (Tuesday), I would remind you of all the new stuff that is starting up here on the new year. And you can easily find all of them at our new workshop web site www.wmgworkshops.com For example, the Decade Ahead first week is up and posted. And the first week of Bitesized Copyright is up and posted as well. Those are both 52 week classes that are designed to help writers make a lot more money and keep going for decades to come. You can get more information and links to them at…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  workshops

    Busy Start!

    Wow, Is This a Busy Time… No time off at all the last week or so. Just none except to watch one fun football game. And the fireworks at midnight on the Strip and Fremont Street. (Watched all those from our place, then went back to the computer.) Even with my bad eye (that is slowly improving), I managed to get a lot done, including getting back to my own writing, something I will talk about in an upcoming blog. For example, the Decade Ahead first week is up and posted. And the first week of Bitesized Copyright is up and posted as well. Those are both 52 week classes…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  On Writing,  workshops

    Last Day for Holiday Spectacular!!

    Ends at 7PM Today… That’s right, ends at 7pm today (Thursday). Kickstarter is counting down the hours. The campaign hit the 5th stretch goal and is on the way to the next one. More stories, more workshops for everyone. And every backer this year gets 39 original holiday stories, one delivered every day from Thanksgiving, November 24th, through January 1st. Over thirty professional writers wrote for it. Hugo Award winning editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch did all the editing. Talk about fun. We call the 39 stories the WMG Holiday Spectacular 2022 Calendar. And they make fantastic gifts. Who wouldn’t love to get a gift that goes and goes and goes…