• Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    Holiday Spectacular Kickstarter is Live

    Just Went Live This is the third year we have done this original fiction advent calendar and we think this one might be the best. WMG HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR 2021 KICKSTARTER 38 original holiday stories of one type or another delivered to your device from November 25th through January 1st. Not even the authors know when their stories will appear in reader’s hands. There are two great special workshops that Kris and I put together and Kris will read stories from for next year. And, of course a bunch of books and Pop-Up classes for stretch goals. EVERYONE will get the full calendar with any reward. And we have included some…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    WMG Holiday Spectacular 2021 Kickstarter

    Launching at Noon Tuesday!!! This is the third year we have done this original fiction advent calendar and we think this one might be the best. WMG HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR 2021 KICKSTARTER 38 original holiday stories of one type or another delivered to your device from November 25th through January 1st. Not even the authors know when their stories will appear in reader’s hands. There are two great special workshops that Kris and I put together and Kris will read stories from for next year. And, of course a bunch of books and Pop-Up classes for stretch goals. EVERYONE will get the full calendar with any reward. And we have included…

  • Challenge,  Fun Stuff,  Kickstarter Campaign

    Busy Day But Not As Expected

    Original Plan: Run Two 5K… I have so much stuff to do to get ready to leave on Tuesday, I decided to skip the first run and stay home and work. And for the second 5K I walked a mile. Kris and Lisa did both and I am impressed. But doing both runs would have wiped me out and I needed the hours of writing and work. Most of the time I just powered on finishing the new Thunder Mountain novel. And I am finishing up all the refunds on the game. (Not done yet, so no panic. Still got a lot of letters to send.) And tomorrow I will…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  On Writing

    Surveys Out for Kickstarter

    Very Quickly This Time… The surveys were sent out today for the Spade/Paladin Kickstarter campaign. If you didn’t get one… — First check your spam filter. — If not there, check your other email address in case you used that for Kickstarter. — If not there, just hold on until Monday. It might appear as email sometimes does. — If you were a backer of the Space/Paladin kickstarter and your pledge went through all right, and you still did not get your survey by MONDAY or TUESDAY, contact Josh at WMG Publishing and he will fire you another one. Subscriptions@wmgbooks.com ON ANOTHER MATTER… Today I managed to get another 4,000…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  On Writing,  workshops

    Ends at 7 PM Tonight

    West Coast Time… At every award level you get a great new book from Kris called TEN LITTLE FEN. And every backer at $5 and up gets seven stretch goal rewards. That includes seven new books and six new Pop-Up writing classes for no extra charge. But the real key is you don’t want to miss the last few hours of getting two special workshops that will never be available anywhere else again. Only through this campaign. So here one last time is the information about the two special workshops and the six Pop-Up writing classes. This ends in just hours. Spade/Paladin Kickstarter Campaign. EXCLUSIVE TO THIS CAMPAIGN — How…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    Might Make Stretch Goal #7!

    Getting Close!! Stretch Goal #7 not only has a free copy of a great Fiction River anthology for everyone, but it also has a Pop-Up Class for writers that a number of writers have written me about. Spade/Paladin Kickstarter Pop-Up: Stamina and Strategies to Write a Lot. You wouldn’t think there would be a lot to learn about that, but this idea for a Pop-Up came about one afternoon as Kris and I were headed somewhere and we got talking about writing a lot and how we both do certain things that allow us to not only write a lot each day on a bunch of projects, but keep it…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  workshops

    The Workshops of Spade/Paladin Kickstarter

    SOME AMAZING WRITING CLASSES… This ends in 2 days. Spade/Paladin Kickstarter Campaign. — How to Make a Place A Character In a Story… 3 week workshop with assignments and a story to write. ($150 or both for $250) — The Rule of Three and How to Use It... 3 week workshop with assignments and a story to write. ($150 or both for $250) — Pop-Up: How to Make Your Red Herrings Invisible. (Stretch Goal #2 hit… $150 value but free to all supporters at any award level.) — Pop-Up: How to Use an Existing System to Add Tension. (Stretch Goal #3 hit… $150 value but free to all supporters at…

  • Challenge,  Fun Stuff,  Kickstarter Campaign

    Kickstarter Ends Thursday

    Don’t Miss This One… It has already funded and hit five stretch goals. Check it out at… Spade/Paladin Kickstarter Campaign. And remember there are two special workshops in this one that are going to be great. How to Make Place a Character in Your Story and also The Rule of Three and How to Use It. So many people write me wanting to get into these special workshops after the campaign is over and we just don’t allow it. Only way into these is through this campaign and there is only three days left!! Both workshops are three weeks and you can take them either starting October 26th or November…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    So Close to Stretch Goal…

    Maybe We’ll Hit it By Morning… On the Spade/Paladin Kickstarter campaign, we are almost to the last stretch goal we had posted when we started. But no fear, Kris and I tomorrow (Friday) will post two more. We’re just trying to decide what to post. So right now I am having ups and downs on the computer connection again, so going to get this up quickly. Back tomorrow with the new stretch goals even if we don’t hit it tonight. UPDATE: Told this didn’t actually show up until this morning… So kind of a silly post since we did hit the stretch goal and I will be back shortly with…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  workshops

    Coming Up With New Stretch Awards

    Not An Easy Task… The Spade/Paladin Kickstarter Campaign is about $2,000 away from the top stretch goal we have listed, which includes a Pop-Up class called Automatic Depth. So Kris and I have been working to come up with one or two more stretch goals since there is still nine days left on the campaign. Now not complaining at all. The fact that we are needing to do this is very, very cool. So we will be listing some more books for readers and Pop-Up classes for writers in brand new stretch rewards on Wednesday or Thursday. So if you have any ideas of a Pop-Up you would really love…