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We Have a Ghost.. Movie
On Netflix… Kris and I watched it and not only is it funny as hell, but actually has good family stuff and emotion and a great ending. The movie is based on a short story called “Ernest” by Geoff Manaugh who is a well-known writer of architecture articles and articles on cities and such, mostly for the New York Times Magazine, among other places. He is also a. major blogger in that field. The story was first published in Vice in 2017 and optioned almost at once for a movie, but not by Netflix. I have no idea how it ended up in Netflix. And the story is not at…
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Write Stuff Story Bundle
Another Guest Post By Kris This is on the new Storybundle full of great books to help you with your writing and most importantly your writing career. Get it at www.storybundle.com/writing THE 2023 WRITE STUFF BUNDLE Curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch These days, anyone can write and publish a book. The rise of electronic books has made publishing easy and quick. However, not everyone can have a writing career. Writing careers take patience and a willingness to learn. Writers must learn the basics of craft, which they’ve always needed to know. But now, writers also need to learn how to run a small business. They must also understand that…
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Last Day of Cattitude Bundle!!!
Ten Amazing Books Featuring Cats!! You do not want to miss this one, Fantastic books. Go to Storybundle.com/cats to see the amazing selection. And here is the blog once again that Kristine Kathryn Rusch did for the bundle. She describes it all really well. THE 2023 CATATUDE BUNDLE Curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch My cats have gotten out of control. During the lockdown, I promoted a series of projects using my co-workers as a hook. The only co-workers I had at the time were the the cats who boss me around: The Mighty Cheeps, and his buddy Gavin, a.k.a The Boys. I’d post a picture of them on Facebook, write…
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Get a Masters in Publishing
That’s Right, A Real Master’s Degree From a real university. Western Colorado University. New York Times bestselling writer Kevin J. Anderson teaches it with the help of WMG Publishings publisher Allyson Longueira. Kevin and Rebecca Moesta also own Wordfire Press. They also have a ton of guest speakers at times, including me, Mark Leslie from Draft to Digital, and so many more. You never know who is going to show up online in a class any given week. Stunning amount of knowledge and hands-on experience. You want to learn how to be a publisher in 2023, this is the class for you. Plus you get a real live Masters Degree…
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Wonderful Cat Bundle
Ten Amazing Books Featuring Cats!! Go to Storybundle.com/cats to see the amazing selection. And here is the blog that Kristine Kathryn Rusch did for the bundle. She describes it all really well. THE 2023 CATATUDE BUNDLE Curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch My cats have gotten out of control. During the lockdown, I promoted a series of projects using my co-workers as a hook. The only co-workers I had at the time were the the cats who boss me around: The Mighty Cheeps, and his buddy Gavin, a.k.a The Boys. I’d post a picture of them on Facebook, write a funny or wry bit about their terrible office behavior, and end…
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Saturday Night Filler
Giving Myself a Rest… Yeah, I know. Shocking for a person who basically works from morning to late at night seven days a week all year. But just completed a ton of projects, starting a few others, so figured I would just give myself a day. I sort of got the hint when I took a second nap that I might need some down time. You think? (grin) So last day of the special blog workshop sale. All March workshops have started On Tuesday the two special workshops will start. I should have email to everyone on Monday on those. Still haven’t gotten all the information from Kickstarter on that,…
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Last Day!!!
On Storybundle.com This is a great bundle folks. Kris put this one together and it has ten amazing books in it. (Yes, I am calling my novel CARD SHARP SILVER amazing. It is in my opinion.(grin)) But all the others are amazing as well. Three of the books are original to the bundle. And it has one more day and then it will vanish forever!! Here is what Kris said about the bundle after she put it together… The Fantasy Steampunk Bundle – curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch: The best steampunk gives us fantasy with an attitude and weird mechanical somethings or other. When we expect magic, we get machines. When…
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Almost March
Fun New Classes Starting In March!! The big one is the nine-week Advanced Character Development class in the advanced series. This will be on the same level as Advanced Pacing. Expect to really stretch yourself. And get better and deeper and richer characters when you are finished. I’m excited about this one. And you can still get all six of the Advanced Classes, since we will make sure there will be a time to take them all again down the road if you missed one or two this year. Go directly to Teachable to look for them. COLLECTION CLASSES… Four different nine-week collection classes also start in March. You write…
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Diving Universe Kickstarter Doing Well!
Launched at Noon on Tuesday… So as I write this, it is less than two days and it is about to hit the second stretch goal and trigger the new series of workshops that will be on Teachable. To say that Kris and I are excited to teach some basic concepts and tropes of science fiction with the help of Rocket-Fuel Rachel and Space-Cowboy Pete would be an understatement. That is going to be so much fun. And got a hunch those two will be around in different genres and in different forms in different classes. So back the Kickstarter, get Kris’s wonderful new Diving Novel called COURT MARTIAL OF…
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Funded and Flashed Past First Stretch Goal!!!
A Fantastic New Novel and Kickstarter Campaign! Here is a fun ad first!! Court Martial of the Renegat Renegades is Kris’s new Diving Universe novel. Even if you have never read a Diving novel before, you can read this one. And it is amazing. Get to the New Diving Novel Kickstarter here… Also in this one are two really cool science fiction writing workshops, plus discounts on regular workshops and a brand new lifetime subscription to everything on Teachable. And no matter the award you pick, you get a copy of the new Diving Universe novel and the stretch goals as we go higher. Plus something really fun…A brand new…