• Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  On Writing

    Saturday Night…

    Too Busy Working On a Novel… To spend too much time writing a long, thoughtful post. So basically this is another one of those filler blogs to keep my streak alive. I think this is 3,100 days in a row without missing writing and posting a blog here. Might be 3,101 days in a row. Too busy to spend the time and check exactly. (grin) Now I admit that is silliness. But still going. And the Return of the Fey Kickstarter campaign is still going and Kris and I are putting final touches on a Pop-Up class every day and I am recording one a day. Which is why I…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing,  workshops

    April and May Workshops Now Up

    Room in Both Months for New Workshops… Stay turned if we start a few new workshops in April and May I will announce them here. We have created room in both months. So I will announce if there are new workshops coming. But right now you can jump into any in April and May and if you haven’t taken a workshop yet, start with Depth. That is the basics workshop for all of them. ON ANOTHER TOPIC… Loren’s Crowdfunding Your Fiction: A Best Practices Guide is going great. Folks, you can get the book for $2 in this campaign. Anyone who has ever thought about doing a Kickstarter for a…

  • Cave Creek,  Challenge,  On Writing

    More Reading To Buy

    All Done Now… Finished just as I lost an hour, vanished into some silly idea called “Annoying Savings Time.” I’ve been reading about time travel to different timelines now for a week, so that was kind of creepy. (grin) I wanted ten stories per volume in the Cave Creek Anthologies of Past, Present, and Future. Ended up (since this is getting turned in tomorrow) with nine, nine, and eight stories per volume. That works great, actually. I was thinking I could write a few stories to fill the gaps, but now no time. Into the publishing chain they all go. Deadlines. But there will be more Cave Creek volumes in…

  • Cave Creek,  Challenge,  On Writing

    Reading To Buy…

    Editing… A Very Different Mindset… Right now I am reading Cave Creek stories for three different anthologies. I am most of the way through all the stories and will be turning the anthologies in on Monday to WMG with my introductions. A lot of work and it has been a lot of reading as well. But honestly, I have loved it, because Cave Creek is a shared world I came up with and all these great writers are writing in that world. That, by itself, is a strange feeling. Cave Creek has some pretty set rules and I need different stories to be in the book inside these set rules.…

  • Challenge,  News,  On Writing

    A LOT OF LEARNING…

    Right Now Only in The Fey Kickstarter Campaign… That’s right, The Return of the Fey Kickstarter Campaign has already reached its fourth stretch goal, and three of those goals have a brand new Pop-Up writing class in it that every backer will get. So here are the three new Pop-Up classes that I will be posting as I get them recorded over the next few weeks. And if you are a backer of the campaign, you will get a code to get them for free. You can also buy them on Teachable for $150 at any point after I record and post them. Kris and I built these. Actually more…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  Recommended Reading

    The Return of The Fey

    Kickstarter Campaign…. Off to a great start on its first day, far more than any of us expected, which is great fun. In the first five hours we not only funded (39 minutes) but we blew through the first three stretch goals and are approaching the fourth. Wow, just wow. Check it out at The Return of the Fey. The first four stretch rewards not only gets everyone great books to read, but when we hit the fourth, that will give writers three brand new Pop-Up Classes Kris and I worked out around epic fantasy. That will be a $450 value. And, of course, everyone at every award level gets…

  • Fun Stuff,  On Writing,  publishing

    The Fey Kickstarter Campaign

    Is Live!! Folks, after almost twenty years, Kris is returning to The Fey and she needs your help. Watch her in the video and she explains it perfectly. She needs a deadline. Just with the idea of doing this campaign, she has spent a number of hours each day going back over the big seven books of The Fey, starting to put the entire world back in her head after twenty years. No small task, let me tell you. In the campaign there are some really cool things. Kris has already started a blog series that will go to her Patreon backers that will talk about all the ups and…

  • Challenge,  On Writing

    Last Day of Writing a Novel in Half a Month

    Chapter Fifteen: Day Fifteen of Writing a Novel in Half a Month Last day. Unless I don’t finish the book, then I will have to find a new name for this series of blog posts. So we shall see what happens today. Day Fifteen, Entry One. 11:30 am to 1:00 pm.  I got up an hour early for some reason this morning, even though I went to bed at the same time. Not sure why, but made it to this internet computer by 11:30 am and worked on email and some other issues until 1:oo pm. 1:00pm to 1:45 pm. Over to the writing computer and stopped right at 1,000…

  • On Writing,  publishing,  workshops

    Sale Ends Today!!!

    All Workshops and Classes Half Price!! At least through today, Thursday. Then all finished. This is the last day. So to get a workshop you are interested in, just use the code AGAIN to get anything on Teachable at half price. If you have any questions or problems, just write me directly. And if you know other writers, feel free to pass the code around. Also, yes you can jump into one or more of the challenges at half price and start any time you want in the future. And as I said last night… Stay safe out there. Mask up and six feet. Don’t be the last soldier to…

  • Challenge,  On Writing

    Day Fourteen of Writing a Novel in Half a Month

    Chapter Fourteen: Day Fourteen of Writing a Novel in Half a Month Second time in a row I didn’t get here a few times in the middle of the day to do entries. I just flat got so busy, I forgot. I hope to be less busy by next Tuesday. Today is Wednesday, so going to be a long week coming up. Day Fourteen, Entry One (And only). 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm.  I got out of bed at 11:30 am and made it here by 12:30 with my protein bar. Did email until 2 pm. 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. I cooked lunch and we sat and talked about…