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4 Spots Left In WRITING CAREER CAMP!
Starts On the 15th!! Only Four Spots Left… Here is the information. WRITING CAREER CAMP… Online July 15th through August 12th Since we did the last master class back six or seven years ago, we have been trying to come up with a way to bring everything in indie publishing and writing together. And have it all presented in a way that makes sense. And unlike the old master class, can be accessed at future times. So for four weeks, we are going to do our best to cover everything we can, in an orderly fashion that will help writers of all levels make sense of this new indie world.…
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Worked on Writing Career Camp
Kris and I Spent Time On Details We Will Cover… We have been doing that lately, since it starts on the 15th and we want to have most things ready or even recorded. We will be recording answers to questions every day and a bunch of other things, but for now this is great fun for me and Kris to work on the organization of how to present indie publishing. We do have one major change. We will do some basics, some regular, and some advanced information every week instead of leaving all the advanced to the last week. And yes, when we are done there will be a guide…
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ADVANCED MAGIC BAKERY… Chapter Twelve
Chapter Twelve… More Than One Magic Bakery Authors desperately need to learn branding. It is a major promotion tool when done correctly. Just saying… Authors also do not realize that the name above the door into their magic bakery is their author name. Not their publishing name which is for business like licensing agreements. No one ever cares about a book title, they only care about author’s names, even when the writer is only on their third book. All systems of searches boil down to the author’s name. So Dean, how do pen names work here in the magic bakery world of 2025? My first knee-jerk answer is that you…
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ADVANCED MAGIC BAKERY Chapter Eleven
Chapter Eleven… Talking Real World Business Fiction writers create stories out of mixing elements of public domain into something original to them, The form is protected with copyright, and over time and the right business, also might be protected under trademark. Both are intellectual property. In this book I have been calling these stories magic pies. And they really are magic in so many ways, and your magic bakery is magic in so many ways. But for one short chapter, I want to talk real world business terms. Yes, I will keep it simple. In the real world, the money that just appears in your cash register when your story…
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1 Day Left At Reduced Rate
Writing Career Camp… One day left at the reduced rate. And still spots open so no problem there. And yes, you can be on vacation. No assignments to do, everything recorded so you can be on vacation for part of it without missing a thing. And most importantly, since a lot of this will be advanced, you can come back and watch the recordings in the future at any point. So here is the full first post once again. A lot of great questions answered four or five posts back. And remember, the reduced price is only good until July 1st. Just 1 day left… And spots still available. —–…
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ADVANCED MAGIC BAKERY… Chapter Ten
STARTING OFF WITH LINKS… I am getting a hunch that many people have started this series in the middle and have not read all the chapters and such. And are reading like every third chapter. Now I am pretty good at helping readers understand things, but only reading every three chapters is beyond my skill to help you. So for quick reference, here are links to the other chapters before jumping into Chapter Ten… Introduction: Chapter One: A Magic Pie Chapter Two: Market or No Market Chapter Three: Moral Rights Chapter Four: Starting a Business Chapter Five: What You Sell Chapter Six: Who Are Your Customers? Chapter Seven: The Magic…
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3 Days Left At Reduced Price!!
Writing Career Camp… And yes, you can be on vacation. Getting that questions a lot, especially since it is summer. No assignments to do, everything recorded so you can be on vacation for part of it without missing a thing. And most importantly, since a lot of this will be advanced, you can come back and watch the recordings in the future at any point. So here is the full first post once again. A lot of great questions answered four or five posts back. And yes, still spots available. —– WRITING CAREER CAMP… Online July 15th through August 12th Since we did the last master class back six or…
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THE UNUSUAL HEROES STORYBUNDLE…
THE UNUSUAL HEROES BUNDLE The Unusual Heroes Bundle – Curated and Introduction by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (This is her introduction…) The best heroes are unexpected. In life and art, it’s often the unassuming quiet person in the corner—not the square-jawed alpha male—who usually comes to the rescue. If you look, you’ll find a lot of unexpected heroes in the world around you. But fiction takes unexpected from that unassuming mousey person in the corner to an actual mouse. Who goes on adventures of his own. Or an actual square-jawed hero who got demoted and spends his life saving kittens. Or a menopausal demon hunter with one more fight left in her.…
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Still Spots Open In Writers Career Camp…
Reposting This… Not sure how many people saw this originally and we still have some spots open. Just follow the instructions under the details to join in. No assignments to do, everything recorded so you can be on vacation for part of it without missing a thing. And most importantly, since a lot of this will be advanced, you can come back and watch the recordings in the future at any point. So here is the full first post again. A lot of great questions answered four or five posts back. —– WRITING CAREER CAMP… Online July 15th through August 12th Since we did the last master class back six…
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Advanced Magic Bakery… Chapter Nine
Chapter Nine… Easy Promotion That Makes Money So you have over 20 pies in your magic bakery and also some short story pies. (If you have not read the previous eight chapters plus the introduction, don’t blame me if you are confused and lost.) Most importantly, you have stopped all your anti-promotion of your bakery. (I bet any amount of pie crust you have not.) So going to spend this chapter on easy, money-making promotion that costs very little to nothing. In a future chapter I will bring up ads and such, but for now if you think you have to spend much money at all on promotion at the…