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3 EPIC FANTASY NOVELS…
WRITTEN BY KRISTINE KATHRYN RUSCH… That is the Kickstarter we have starting tomorrow. Brand new editions of THE WHITE MISTS OF POWER, HEART READERS, and TRAITORS. All three books stand alone and are fantastic epic fantasy, so in bringing them forward into the light, Kris felt they all belonged together, so we branded them together. Turned out fantastic. And the two special writing workshops in this one are great. One is HOW TO REVIVE GREAT OLDER NOVELS AND STORIES. I noticed as we were working on this project, there were a bunch of steps to bringing a book out of the dark. So we thought we would show all of…
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Not Much To Say About the Story Challenge…
I Just Manage to Work At It Every Night… Sometimes also during an afternoon. Taking me from 2 to 3 hours a day. Often in the first 45 minutes I manage around 500 words, then take a break and I get about 1,300 words an hour from there. Kris is reading a story as she has a chance. She has read about thirty or so of them. And I am using some of them to fill up the last volume of the third Marble Grant collection. (Thought I had enough without checking… so wrote some in January and some this month to fill the collection.) They should be out later…
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Story Challenge…
Still Going Fine… Yesterday it was a Thunder Mountain story (Time travel historical) called “The Summer House” and tonight it was a Mary Joe Assassin story (crime/fantasy) titled “An Eye for Death.” I see no signs of slowing down and have managed to keep the first 20 stories in February as short stories. Yay… EXERCISE… This weekend is the Rock ‘n Roll Race Series here in Vegas. A bunch of us went to pick up our race bibs and such at the expo. I am going to do the 5K on Saturday and attempt the half marathon on Sunday. I am still 20 pounds overweight from my fall a year…
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Marble Grant Kickstarter Ends Today!!!
Ends At 7 pm West Coast Time… Here is the link to it. Marble Grant Kickstarter Also the two workshops in this one might be the most fun workshops we have done. I know I am going to have a blast with them, since Marble Grant and Sims are both ghosts in Las Vegas who love to party, love each other, and love to help people. These two workshops will never be available again after today. Don’t miss these… — Workshop #1… HOW TO WRITE GHOST STORIES — Workshop #2… HOW TO WRITE PARANORMAL CREATURE STORIES Also we have hit all the stretch goals so you get an extra ten stories…
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Clocks Ticking…
40 HOURS LEFT ON MARBLE GRANT KICKSTARTER We hit the special stretch goal and are close to another that also includes a free workshop. But just less than two days to go. Ends at 7pm Thursday night. Here is the link to it. Marble Grant Kickstarter Also the two workshops in this one might be the most fun workshops we have done. I know I am going to have a blast with them, since Marble Grant and Sims are both ghosts in Las Vegas who love to party, love each other, and love to help people. Here is the information from the campaign about the two special workshops… These will…
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Back to the Future…
The Next Kris and Dean Show… That’s right, Kris and I are going to take apart on video the 40-year-old-movie BACK TO THE FUTURE. We watched half of it tonight and will watch the other half tomorrow and then record the three hours of videos on Monday and Tuesday and it will come out the next day. Wow does this movie still stand up perfectly. We are going to be talking about plotting, information flow (a lot), pacing, characters, and so much more. And I hope in an entertaining way. The Kris and Dean Show Does Die Hard is also still up. So until this launches on Wednesday, you can…
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Kickstarter Special Stretch Goal!
SPECIAL STRETCH GOAL… Reach 125 Backers by Monday late… If this campaign reaches 125 Backers by Monday Night Late, every backer of any reward at $20.00 and above will get two free electronic short stories by Dean Wesley Smith. You will get “Cat Leading the Way”and “The Story of Jean.” For writers, since Marble Grant is a well-developed and a fun character, you will also get the CLASSIC AUTHOR VOICE workshop worth $150 to learn how to create a character such as Marble Grant. You can take it at any time and at your own pace. So pass the word and help us reach 125 backers by Monday night. Also…
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Story Challenge and Storage Unit
A Disruptive Day… Started off with Kris waking me up suddenly because the fire alarm people doing their regular checks of sprinklers and fire alarms were here. I am glad they do it, just wish early mornings would not be the case. Got a couple more hours of sleep before having to get up early for the cleaners to show up. So while the cleaners were here, I headed out to storage to look for author copies to bring to the office. Found a dozen boxes while only moving one massive stack. Also got a bunch of half titles from some old Venture magazines and also some 1960s Hitchcock Magazines.…
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Stories #4 and #5 for February…
Somehow Managed to Do Them… So the challenge is still going. I have totally failed at trying to write during the day, but will get that changed as well shortly. Tomorrow, since we have cleaners swarming all over our place in the afternoon, I will be heading out to our storage unit for two reasons. I will be looking for more of our author’s copies (missing dozens and dozens of boxes of them… yes, the storage unit is that big…) and at some point I will dig into a bunch of boxes of digests and do more sheets of half titles. I have a good thousand or so half titles…
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Marble Grant Kickstarter Live!!
SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS ONE!! Marble Grant is one of my favorite characters, so it feels great to have her stories take a step out into the world. Four books… three brand new collections. Plus we decided to do Marble Grant on mugs, t-shirts, sweatshirts, and totes just for fun. And two really special workshops, one on writing ghosts and one on writing other paranormal creatures. Plus on this campaign you can jump into the full year of Publishing Mondays at half price. And more fun stuff. Here is the link to it. Marble Grant Kickstarter Take a look at the fun little video Kris did for Marble. (Might have…