• Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  On Writing,  publishing,  workshops

    One More Time Before Moving On…

    All Kinds of Great Learning… Putting this here again because honestly it is quick and the internet at this time of the morning is going and coming… Oh, fun. So I am doing these and only one person so far has signed up on the Kickstarter Mentorship and still have two on the Sales Mentorship. After this post moving on to other fun stuff. KICKSTARTER MENTORSHIP… That’s right, one-on-one, I will help you build and launch a book kickstarter in the next three or four months that will fund, (I guarantee if you do as I say) and get you readers for your books, then I will continue to help…

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    Buried the Lead Yesterday

    YES, HALF PRICE ON ALL WMG TEACHABLE CLASSES… Code is FallHalfPrice That should have been up front. And if interested in getting a Lifetime Everything, I can make you a good deal if you have taken a few classes already. https://wmg-publishing-workshops-and-lectures.teachable.com/ Hit see all courses… KICKSTARTER MENTORSHIP… That’s right, one-on-one, I will help you build and launch a book kickstarter in the next three or four months that will fund, and get you readers for your books, then I will continue to help you with how to fulfill the campaign. Yes, I said it. If you do what I say, both campaigns will fund and make you money. I promise…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  On Writing,  publishing,  workshops

    Fall Indie Writing Festival Starting…

    Five Videos Plus Extras About Reviews on First Day… Just getting started and this time around, instead of offering the 20 or so people signed up (yes, still room to jump in), we are making all of WMG Teachable Courses half price. All six hundred plus of them. For everyone… And we will give you an even better discount on the Lifetime Everything Subscription to WMG Teachable. Ask me if interested. This first week is all on Readers and Fans and getting more of both, which also means you will make more money. Here is the basic information on the Fall Indie Writing Festival followed by the basic information on…

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    Last Day for Fey Kickstarter!!!

    Don’t Miss This Book and Two Workshops!! The new Fey novel campaign ends Thursday at 7 pm West Coast time. Last Day!!! Counting down the hours… And wow does this have two great special workshops with it. The first one (which does not seem to be exciting too many, but excites me and Kris) is CREATING FANTASY MERCH WORLDS, meaning building a bunch of merchandise around your book or books or you. They can be fantasy or sf or mystery or romance. It all applies. For example, just on my store alone, (www.deanwesleysmithstore.com) which is still being built out, I have a bunch merch with Marble Grant and Poker Boy. …

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    TWO DAYS LEFT…

    THE UNEXPECTED HERO Fey Kickstarter in Last Days!!! When you only do nine day campaigns, they sure go fast. And now the new Fey novel campaign ends Thursday at 7 pm West Coast time. Just two days!! And wow does this have two great special workshops with it. The first one is CREATING FANTASY MERCH WORLDS, meaning building a bunch of merchandise around your book or books or you. They can be fantasy or sf or mystery or romance. It all applies. For example, just on my store alone, (www.deanwesleysmithstore.com) which is still being built out, I have a bunch merch with Marble Grant and Poker Boy.  We have  a…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  publishing,  workshops

    Fall Indie Festival Start Postponed One Week!!

    Festival Will Start Monday October 20th… We sort of didn’t account for when we set the start date that we would still have a wonderful Fey Kickstarter going until Thursday and we don’t want this Fall Festival to overlap or distract. So check out Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s new Fey novel, The Unexpected Hero. Check out the campaign page here… The links to get into the Fall Indie Writing Festival will be sent to those of you signed up this next weekend. And yes, there is still room to get in and sign up.  Just follow the instructions below. FALL INDIE WRITING FESTIVAL… Online October 20th through November 14th Going to…

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    Last Day for Early Bird Discount!!!

    FALL INDIE WRITING FESTIVAL… Online October 20th through November 14th Going to put this basic information here again since we still have more than enough spots open. We will have a minimum of five videos a day, often over ten when we do special focus things. There will be between 150 and 200 learning videos in the four weeks you can do on your own time. No assignments at all. But staying up with the videos as they go along also allows you to ask questions, which is an important part of this. Kris and I will answer the questions either in an email if personal, or in a video…

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    Now Half Full!!…

    FALL INDIE WRITING FESTIVAL… Online October 20th through November 14th Going to put this basic information here again since we are now just over half full. Plus today Steph at WMG made an oops and sent out a newsletter saying there was one video per day. She corrected that at once, of course. We have a minimum of five videos a day, often over ten when we do special focus things. There will be between 150 and 200 learning videos in the four weeks you can do on your own time. But staying up with the videos as they go along also allows you to ask questions, which is an…

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    Questions on Fall Indie Writing Festival

    A Number of Good Questions… Basic festival information is below… First question I got is how many videos to watch over the four weeks if you want to keep up? The Summer Indie Writing Camp had about 150 videos. A ton of information and nothing in the fall one will be repeated from the summer. Just added to and a bunch of brand new topics we did not reach in the summer. But remember, there are no assignments so you can watch the videos at any point, but if you want ot ask questions, you will want to keep up. Second question I got was why was it limited to…

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    FALL INDIE WRITING FESTIVAL…

    FALL INDIE WRITING FESTIVAL… Online October 20th through November 14th 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. With our regular workshops and classes and such, there are so many gaps of large areas we are missing that we want to cover. Really important gaps to indie writers and publishers. So this last summer in our INDIE WRITING CAMP, we did our best in an orderly fashion that we hoped helped writers of all levels…