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Easy to Be Negative…
Really Hard to be Positive… But I am going to try… Two days ago I did the two five list of the dumbest things indie writers and publishers do. Stunningly easy to come up with five, could have been ten, and then writers sent me even more. Not so easy to try to define what indie writers do well. And I finally figured out why. Asimov’s Rule. “9 Good things, one bad, you focus on the bad.” Human nature and especially the nature of writers. Indie writers, at least the successful ones, do so many things correctly, it is impossible to single out just a few. Sot let me give…
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Top Five Dumbest Things You Can Do In Indie Publishing…
I Did This For Traditional Publishing A Decade Plus Ago… Dave Letterman did a sketch every so often on the five dumbest things in a certain area, so this is just ripped off from that basic idea. I know this will be only five and a lot of you can surely add even more, and of course, this is my opinion and a lot of you will not agree. I will try to explain quickly my opinion in each one. So starting with #5 and working to the dumbest, although all of these are really dumb in my opinion, here are the five dumbest things you can do as an…
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Productivity…
Every Writer I Know Thinks They Don’t Write Enough… Does not matter as to the level of the writer or the years in the business. It is uniform. No writer is as productive as they think they should be, or want to be. I am no exception to that. First off, don’t get the two words Productive and Prolific confused. They are not the same thing. Prolific is a person’s opinion of another writer, based most often on some unknown and unknowable amount of books published. I have seen writers who write one book a year for ten years called prolific. Productive is a relative description of a person’s work…
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January Seminar…
FEAR AND PRODUCTIVITY SEMINAR Preparation for the New Year January Seminar January 5th through January 30th Here is the post again for the January Seminar… Kris and I have been looking forward to doing this for most of the year, but knew that January would be the perfect time. January everyone is excited about the new year and moving forward, making the new year better than the last. So we want to help. And to do that, sometimes all it takes are a few small changes, a focus on a certain mindset, an understanding of what it takes to move past fear and be more productive. That’s what this seminar…
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Write More In the New Year!
FEAR AND PRODUCTIVITY SEMINAR Preparation for the New Year January Seminar January 5th through January 30th Kris and I have been looking forward to doing this for most of the year, but knew that January would be the perfect time. January everyone is excited about the new year and moving forward, making the new year better than the last. So we want to help. And to do that, sometimes all it takes are a few small changes, a focus on a certain mindset, an understanding of what it takes to move past fear and be more productive. That’s what this seminar is all about. It is about craft, publishing, mindset,…
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Three Mentorships Available…
Craft, Kickstarter, and Sales Mentorships… Get yourself really going in the right direction in 2026. Kris has one spot open in her six-month craft mentorships. One-on-one with Kris, working on what you really need to take your stories to the next level. Only one available… Write me if interested and I will hook you up with Kris for her to decide if you would be a good fit. Kickstarter Mentorship… I have done 59 successful Kickstarters and I will walk you through every step and make sure you fund and also help you fulfill the campaign when over. And then do it again. Two campaigns. More information every Friday on…
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Don’t Lose December… Challenge Yourself!
Last Year Kris Did A Challenge… And that challenge helped a lot of people keep writing in December, a time when writing often slacks off. It is much more difficult to start cold in January than to just keep writing from a good pace in December. So we are doing another challenge for December. A really, really fun and helpful one. Here are the details… Level One… Challenge yourself to write 4 short stories in December. Level Two… Challenge yourself to write 2 short stories in December. Facebook Private Group… Kris will start a private Facebook group for only those in the challenge. Dean and Kris will both be in…
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Quitting Comments and Some Learning Sales
Seems I Touched a Few Writers… I got a bunch of email, but two letters were from writers who had quit as well as the other ones I mentioned. Both had less than 20 books discoverability and both didn’t understand why their books didn’t sell more than a few copies. Both had even bought into the myth of doing ads. They had no branding on the covers, dull plot-filled sales copy that no buyer would get past, and the two I looked inside at had no depth of openings at all. Alas, they wrote, but never bothered to learn how to get their books to readers. Sadly, both of them…
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2026 Warm Ups… Craft
Start Getting Ready for 2026 Now! With some craft warm up deals with can’t-miss prices to help out. And remember, you can always give these as a gift to a writer friend. So starting with craft tonight, on the WMG Writer Store, Kris did a series of 5 craft workshops that many missed. They were called The Quick and Dirty Craft Classes. Each was three weeks long with a webinar that Kris answered questions at the end. All of it is recorded now so you can go over them at your own pace and go back to them at any time. Each was $150 each. Each focused on Kris teaching…
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Going For It!!!
Starting Two New Challenges for Myself… Actually, three. And I will be doing every detail of everything all myself. No help from anyone. That’s right. I will be doing my own covers and my own interiors with Vellum or InDesign. I will be listing them all electronically and with Ingram for paper and hardbacks. And I will be working on my store and getting all of them there as well. So what is my challenge? From November 10, 2025 until November 9th 2026… Challenge #1… I am going to write and finish a new novel every two weeks. So 26 novels, but in the actual year I will more than…