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LAST DAY FOR EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT
Yes, Still Room in the 40K Seminar But today, July 31st, is the last day to take advantage of the early bird discount. And about five days ago I answered a bunch of questions about the 40K Seminar, so check that out and the other posts before that on the basic topics. This is going to be amazing fun. Already is for me and Kris, that’s for sure. THE STRUCTURE OF THE SEMINAR… Five days per week, five or more videos per day. Four weeks long. Questions will be answered either privately or in videos for all to see as extras, depending on the question. Four webinars, one per week…
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2026 FANTASY BUNDLE OF BUNDLES…
This Is Stunning For All Fantasy Readers… Every bundle of fantasy books is exclusive to this Storybundle.com/fantasy. All 15. I am just blown away by the amount of great reading in this one, and I even got to put in two original collections, never before published anywhere, into a bundle and made it exclusive to this. That’s right, two of the collections I have working on and talking about here are now available to read. Kris put this all together so I will let her explain. https://storybundle.com/fantasy THE 2026 FANTASY BUNDLE OF BUNDLES BUNDLE The 2026 Fantasy Bundle of Bundles – Introduction by Kristine Kathryn Rusch When I contacted writers…
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Early Bird Discount Expires Friday Night…
Yes, Still Room in the 40K Seminar But just four more days to take advantage of the early bird discount. Ends Friday night late. And about five days ago I answered a bunch of questions about the 40K Seminar, so check that out. This is going to be amazing fun. Already is for me and Kris, that’s for sure. THE STRUCTURE OF THE SEMINAR… Five days per week, five or more videos per day. Four weeks long. Questions will be answered either privately or in videos for all to see as extras, depending on the question. Four webinars, one per week to focus on each week’s topics and what has…
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The Bad Thinking With Book Sales Numbers…
I Hate Writers Talking Sales Numbers… Actively hate it. Why? Because most writers do not understand that every number is a person who reached for the money and paid for one of the writer’s books. Real people that chances are the writer does not know. I have always personally found it an honor when someone buys one of my books or stories. So writers who talk about only selling 100 copies just can’t imagine 100 strangers lined up paying good money to read their work. Flip the numbers into real people and you will make a lot better decisions. And for me, when the numbers get too high, I have…
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Why Am I So Negative About Traditional Book Publishing?
I Got That Question in an Email… It wasn’t from anyone who had taken a class with us, and I laughed and almost just deleted it as I do most spam emails. Then I looked at it and googled the website that came with it and realized the person was a writer, or in the early stages, and someone had pointed this person to some of my really negative posts about traditional publishing. And this person was honestly having an issue with me blowing up the dreams of having a major publisher sprinkle fairy dust on a book and proclaim they are a REAL WRITER! So being the real ass…
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Questions About the 40K Seminar
Got a Bunch of Good Questions This Weekend… So figured I would answer them here as well. 1… Can I still get in the seminar? Are there places open? Answer: Yes, spots still open. Just follow the instructions I have added in below. 2… Is the early-bird discount still available? Answer: Yes, the price is $400 until the first of August, then goes up to $500. 3… Signing up now includes the updates each year? Answer: Yes, if you are in now, you get access to the yearly updates and new videos and webinars each year. 4… Are the videos and webinars going to be available to anyone signed up…
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Still Taking Sign-Ups for 40K Seminar…
This Seminar Will Be Great Fun! What is this all about? Basically showing writers and indie publishers how to make at least $40,000 per year and even more if you are already making that much. The more we talked about doing this and talked with others, the more we knew it would be fun for us to lay all this out. And help our own business in the process. So many writers are getting discouraged by not making much money, and yet they don’t even realize how the cash streams are built. In essence, this will be an awareness seminar on all the fifty or seventy or more major and…
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GOT A QUESTION ON LAST NIGHT’S POST…
An Honest Question… So figured I would try to answer it here. The question was how much of an advance would a writer need to get to make around 40K per year in traditional publishing when a $50,000 three book deal gets a writer between $4,700 and $9,000 plus per year. Again, the comparison from last night was nothing but bookstore sales, no major licensing, which traditional publishers would keep most of it anyway, unlike indie writers who get to keep it all. Well, the easy answer is just divide all that yearly amount from last night into $40,000 and then multiply it by $50,000 to get around a $350,000…
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Interesting Questions…
BESIDES REGULAR STORE SALES… WHAT TO DO? How to make $40,000 a year regularly with just your writing. But if you are only depending on retail sales like Amazon and D2D and Kobo and such, even if you have far more than 20 books, you won’t make it in 2026. Just the truth. But lots and lots of writers make far past $40,000 per year with just their writing. Actually, far past $100,000 per year. They are not doing ads, not writing that fast or using AI crap, and are not in the cesspool of Amazon Select. They are just building fans, working on their writing craft, and getting their…
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Making 40K With Only Your Writing…
My 20 Books to 50K Post Got Me Some Questions… I tend to use $40,000 instead of $50,000 in any math. Just easier and I know of few writers who would not settle for making $40,000 on their fiction every year. And it is a number that can be grown from. Also a number that will cause you to change your business structure unless you are doing something really stupid like spending 35K to make 40K. The problem is that most of the questions I get about this boils down to: “How?” And that I can’t even begin to answer in five or six emails. Maybe in a three month…