• Challenge,  workshops

    EVERYTHING…A University Worth Of Classes…

    A Massive Amount of Learning… I got answering a question about what exactly was in the Everything Lifetime Subscription and ended up stunning myself once again as I answered. All of this is on WMG Teachable and half price this week. Use the code HOLIDAY50 How this many classes and workshops happened is because over the years, Kris and I worked to entertain ourselves, keep learning, and at the same time teach what we wish someone had told us 40 years ago. There are now well over 300 classes and workshops of different types and just about every topic of fiction writing and the business of fiction writing and indie…

  • Challenge,  Fun Stuff,  workshops

    Wow! What A Beautiful Store!

    WMG Publishing Started a New Holiday Store And right now it is having a grand opening sale.  Go to https://thewmgholidayspectacular.com/and browse around. I loved the Pulphouse Shopify Store, and the Diving Store, and our main WMG Books store we call “the mothership.” And wow is the new holiday store a great store. You have to see it to believe it. Keep in mind that everything on this new store is on sale, and everything on the Pulphouse, Diving and Main stores are also on sale in honor of the grand opening of the holiday store. Take a look at the new store at https://thewmgholidayspectacular.com You will be stunned. I was.…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing,  workshops

    New Workshop Sale!

    All Workshops Available for Sale!!! The Holiday Spectacular Store is having a GRAND OPENING SALE starting around noon later today (Friday). Check it out when it opens. One amazingly cool store, with lots of deals and discounts on products and everything. (It will be at wmgholidayspectacular.com) I will talk more about the store  after everyone can see it. But right now, along with the Grand Opening Sale of the Holiday Spectacular Store, we are doing a workshop sale. Everything on WMGTeachable is 50% off. Everything. And below are some really cool new workshops, plus the list of the November Regular Workshops. To get 50% off, simply hit purchase on the…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  workshops

    One Day Left!

    WMG Holiday Spectacular Kickstarter 2023… The WMG Holiday Spectacular 2023 campaign funded in 45 minutes, hit the first stretch goal in under 24 hours, and was given by Kickstarter a PROJECT WE LOVE designation that is really hard to get. Now it just went past its fifth stretch goal, plus we added a special stretch goal which it hit. If you have been studying Kickstarters, go take a look at how we did the Story in this one. I think it looks really nifty. And fits the Holiday Spectacular perfectly!! And how cool is all the holiday merchandise??? Since there are three books, with three beautiful holiday covers, we licensed…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    Anthology Workshop Is Back!!!

    After Three Years… Before my big crash and burn and surgery, we had planned to announce on November 1 that we were starting up the Anthology Workshop again. We wanted to give everyone time to make plans. The sales copy is below. I wrote some of it before the crash and burn, but Allyson Longueira at WMG finished it, and Stephanie Writt did the cool flyer. If you want to sign up, here is how you do it…. If you have attended an in-person workshop before, simply send the $900 fee to PayPal using this address: dean@wmgpublishingstore.com Then email me that you have done so.  I will let you know…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  workshops

    Kickstarter Doing Great!

    Gaining on the Second Stretch Goal… The WMG Holiday Spectacular 2023 campaign funded in 45 minutes, hit the first stretch goal in under 24 hours, and was given by Kickstarter a PROJECT WE LOVE designation that is really hard to get. Now it is gaining on the second stretch goal, which not only has more holiday reading, but a writing class included. If you have been studying Kikstarters, go take a look at how we did the Story in this one. I think it looks really nifty. And fits the Holiday Spectacular perfectly!! And how cool is all the holiday merchandise??? Since there are three books, with three beautiful holiday…

  • Challenge,  Fun Stuff,  Kickstarter Campaign,  Uncategorized,  workshops

    Kickstarter Is Live!!

    WMG Holiday Spectacular 2023 Kickstarter! We just went live. WMG Holiday Spectacular. We have some fantastic art and a fun design to this year’s campaign, plus this year we have THREE holiday Special workshops and we have merchandise. And, of course, the Holiday Spectacular Calendar which has 40 original stories in it, one per day from Thanksgiving through January 1st.  You get the Calendar with any reward, including the workshops. The three special workshops you can only get through the Kickstarter are: EDGE OF YOUR SEAT…  Writing short thriller holiday stories. DON’T MESS WITH THE BIG ELF… Writing contemporary or historical holiday stories. MAKE THE READERS SMILE… Writing short romance…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  workshops

    WMG Holiday Spectacular 2023 Kickstarter

    Kris and I Worked on Workshops Today… Actually, we ended up spending a lot of time on them, with Allyson on the phone as well. And during that call Steph got in the sample blankets and a mug and the coasters. Oh, my, are they nifty. (All offered on the campaign.) Kris wanted to make sure that we were getting the workshops in the best shape we could so the writers will write great stories for the Holiday Spectacular next year. We are offering THREE special three-week workshops this year. And each will have a third week short story assignment that Kris will read as a possible for the 2024…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    All October Workshops Have Started

    I Have Writing To Do… So this is a quick post tonight letting everyone know that all the October regular workshops have now started. The special workshops from the Ivory Trees kickstarter will start next week and I will be writing everyone signed up later in the week with the details on those. But now the October classes are firing up. #32… Oct 3rd… Depth in Action (Last month as Regular class.) #33… Oct 3rd… Writing into the Dark #34… Oct 3rd… Magic Bakery #35… Oct 3rd… Teams in Fiction #36…Oct 4th… Writing with Depth (Start with this one.) #37…Oct 4th… Plotting with Depth (Last month as Regular class.) #39…Oct…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    Going To Classic…

    New Workshops Planned For Next Year… So we have to make room in the regular workshop schedule. So here is how it will go. All nine are available starting tomorrow and Wednesday. That will be the last time for two classes… Depth in Action Plotting with Depth Both will go to classic workshops the first of November. Then the first of December the following workshops will go to Classic… Magic Bakery Applied Depth So if you want those two to be regular workshops with assignments, you need to take them either in October or November. That will leave the five core regular workshops in place going into the new year…