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The Myth Lecture Bundles
First Bundle of Five Lectures Done… It is five of the myths that swirl around creation of words. And this week I will be finishing up the last three lectures in the Roadblocks bundle. I want to do the last two bundles (10 lectures on myths) but not one person has bought a bundle, not one. Lifetime subscribers to the lectures get them, so I will finish the last two bundles for them. And that is the best way to buy these, as I have said. So still going forward with them, clearly mostly just for my own entertainment. (grin) And in the Licensing Transition, Kris and I have a…
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Great Dinner
With Ten Writers… Well, I was number ten, so I guess I had dinner with nine other writers. There were ten of us, total, and then we headed to a brew pub so Kevin and a few others could have a beer. Talking went on to almost midnight. These were all successful writers, indie writers, and fun people. Amazing how many writers we are seeing here in Vegas, and missed a couple last week who came through. Fantastic fun after all the years living a long ways from anywhere. So because of all the fun conversation, I was very late getting to the assignments tonight, but just got them done.…
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Ramping Back Up Everything
And Getting Caught Up… Working on a big project we will launch in two days, which was part of the reason I went north to Oregon last week. That and a dozen other things. But now that I am back, I spent today getting caught up on email, ramping back up the running, and working on some writing. Weird how a simple three-day trip can cause so much extra work. Or it seems like it is extra. I guess I just automatically do things along every day and when something stops that flow, it reminds me how much I do by piling it all in one place. And I got…
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Lots of Meetings
Some Days That Just Happens… Today was one of those days. But when talking publishing and promotions and licenses and writing, meetings are often fun. Today they were fun. And educational. And not even stressful. This new world of publishing and writing and licensing is just flat exciting. I think one reason for me is that I love learning. And the challenge of business. So on this blog and in different places I will be relaying some of the stuff I am learning over the next months. But tonight my brain is full, so headed to get some sleep early.
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RACING THE CLOCK
New Story Bundle Now Live… I’m really proud of this bundle. I love thrillers of all sorts and I got a chance to work with some of the best writers of fast-paced fiction working in all sorts of different genres to put this together. So check it out at Storybundle.com Over the next night or so I’ll give more information about the bundle and the great writers in it. But at Storybundle.com you can read the blog I did about the bundle and putting it together. If you love fast-paced books in just about every genre, this is the bundle for you. Nine novels, one collection. And I have one of…
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No Comments?
Sort Of Surprised… We have the woman who runs the international licensing expo coming to the Master Business Class to help us all, and no comments. Not sure what I was expecting, but dead silence, even in private emails, sure wasn’t one of the expectations. No need to comment now. Just found it interesting with all the excitement among so many writers about licensing opportunities. So now off I go to work on more chapters of Trademark for Fiction Writers. Night…
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Last Call for August Workshops
They Will Vanish Monday Evening… September workshops will replace them. And yes, there is a new Pop-Up and the Pop-Up on Flash Fiction has one week left on the deadline to write a piece of flash fiction for Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. Best way to get those is in the bundles because we have a couple more really good ones planned over the next two weeks or so. But remember, to turn in a story, the deadlines come quickly. For #12 the story deadline is August 18 and for #13 (also a chance for Pulphouse) is August 25th. And now, for one more day only, the August Regular workshops… August Workshops…
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Trademark for Fiction Writers… Chapter Two
CHAPTER TWO… (Please read the introduction and first chapter to this book before reading this. You can find that at… Introduction and First Chapter.) If, after the introduction and first chapter, you are starting to question why you would ever need to do a trademark for anything in your fiction, let me simply say…”Good.” As I learned more and more about trademark, I started to understand that this area of the law is very similar to all the myths pushed by traditional book publishers. In other words, most of it is just flat wrong for fiction writers. But there are places and times it is right, and understanding that is…
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Trademark for Fiction Writers… Chapter One
CHAPTER ONE… (Please read the introduction to this book before reading this. You can find that at… Introduction.) The hardest part of writing a book on Trademark for Fiction Writers is where to start. I finally figured out that I do need to start with the fact that I am not an attorney, and nothing in this book is legal advice. I’m just trying to help other fiction writers understand this concept of Trademark in Intellectual Property. To do anything in this area, consult a real IP attorney. But my hope is after this book, the attorney won’t have to waste a lot of your money explaining basics to you.…
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Myth Lectures
The Sixth Lecture Is Up… It’s the first one in the Roadblocks bundle. The other four later this week in that bundle. So here, once again, is all the information about the myth lectures… Fiction Writing Myths Lecture Series… The first six lectures on the myths of fiction writing are now available on Teachable.com. There will be twenty lectures total, twenty different myths in four different lecture bundles. This first bundle of five lectures we are calling Creation. There will be three other bundles of five lectures each, totally twenty different lectures of nine or so videos each lecture. (They will appear as I get them recorded.) In other words,…