• Challenge,  workshops

    Lifetime Everything Subscriptions Offer…

    Kris Asked Me A Good Question Today… We were talking while getting lunch and I mentioned that the Lifetime Everything Subscription on the WMG Writers Store needed to be bumped to $5,000 as we intended to do last spring, but honestly forgot, leaving it a $3,500. More and more stuff there now and we are planning even more. Kris asked, “Have you ever offered the Lifetime Everything Subscribers on Teachable a deal to get the one also on the store?” Uhhh, no…. Oops…. Some Classes On the Store… Most everything that takes a webinar, since Teachable can not handle a webinar recorded. Too large. — So 27 weeks of Writer’s…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  workshops

    FOUR THRILLERS CAMPAIGN NOW LIVE!!!

    THIS IS A REALLY FUN CAMPAIGN I am so excited to see these four thrillers coming back into the light of day. Actually they never were in the light of day since I published them without telling anyone. Just put them out and kept on writing. FOUR THRILLERS KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN All backers of any reward get all four thrillers. All backers. Any reward. So check it out and writers, this one is a gold mine for craft. You want to keep readers from ever putting down your books and keep readers wanting more of your work, these two workshop taken together, will do that.(Yes, we are highly recommending these two…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  workshops

    FOUR THRILLERS Kickstarter Campaign Launching!!!

    Fires Off At Noon on Tuesday, September 2nd! This is a really fun one. I am so excited to see these four thrillers coming back into the light of day. Actually they never were in the light of day since I published them without telling anyone. Just put them out and kept on writing. FOUR THRILLERS KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN All backers of any reward get all four thrillers. All backers. Any reward. So check it out and writers, this one is a gold mine for craft. You want to keep readers from ever putting down your books and keep readers wanting more of your work, these two workshop taken together, will…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    One Day Left on Workshop Sale!!

    50% Off All Teachable Workshops!!! JUST ONE MORE DAY!!  Goes until Very Late Tuesday Night, September 2nd.  See all the sale information below… Now here are a bunch of the new classes Starting Septembe 2nd and after that are available at half price. WMG Teachable ADVANCED CRAFT CLASSES ADDED… There are eight Advanced Craft Classes now available in this sale. They are all nine weeks long with assignments. September/October ADVANCED TENSION SUSPENSE CLASS ADVANCED GENRE CLASS ADVANCED CONFLICT CLASS November/December UNPUTDOWNABLE CLASS ADVANCED EMOTION CLASS January/February 2026 ADVANCED RULE OF THREE CLASS ADVANCED DIALOG CLASS ADVANCED PACING CLASS INDIE PUBLISHING PROMOTION 2025 CLASS A step-by-step guide to understanding how promotion…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    Adult Back-To-School Sale Still Happening!!

    50% Off All Teachable Workshops!!! Goes until Very Late Tuesday Night, September 2nd.  See all the sale information below… Now here are a bunch of the new classes Starting Septembe 2nd and after that are available at half price. ADVANCED CRAFT CLASSES ADDED… There are eight Advanced Craft Classes now available in this sale. They are all nine weeks long with assignments. September/October ADVANCED TENSION SUSPENSE CLASS ADVANCED GENRE CLASS ADVANCED CONFLICT CLASS November/December UNPUTDOWNABLE CLASS ADVANCED EMOTION CLASS January/February 2026 ADVANCED RULE OF THREE CLASS ADVANCED DIALOG CLASS ADVANCED PACING CLASS INDIE PUBLISHING PROMOTION 2025 CLASS A step-by-step guide to understanding how promotion is done for books in 2025.…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    Advanced Craft Classes Added…

    First Off… Extending the Early Bird 60% Discount Until Very Late Monday Night.  That is because I was late getting up these Advanced Classes and also the Indie Promotion Class. See all the sale information below… ADVANCED CRAFT CLASS ADDED… There are eight Advanced Craft Classes now available in this sale. They are all nine weeks long with assignments. September/October ADVANCED TENSION SUSPENSE CLASS ADVANCED GENRE CLASS ADVANCED CONFLICT CLASS November/December UNPUTDOWNABLE CLASS ADVANCED EMOTION CLASS January/February 2026 ADVANCED RULE OF THREE CLASS ADVANCED DIALOG CLASS ADVANCED PACING CLASS INDIE PUBLISHING PROMOTION 2025 A step-by-step guide to understanding how promotion is done for books in 2025. You don’t need to…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing,  workshops

    New Promotion Class and Extension of Early Bird Discount…

    Yes… We Are Doing A Promotion Class It is called… INDIE PUBLISHING PROMOTION 2025 A step-by-step guide to understanding how promotion is done for books in 2025. You don’t need to waste money on Facebook or Amazon ads. There are more great promotions than you have time for that you can do for your books that work and build a real fan base. 9 week class given by New York Times bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith and planned by both Dean and New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch together. This will have some information talked about in the Writing Summer Camp, but a lot more added plus assignments…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing,  workshops

    List of Workshops Starting September 2nd…

    Some Really Great Classes and All On Sale! All of these are on WMG Teachable. All start either September 2nd or 3rd. I have put the links with most of them, but if the link doesn’t work, you can scroll through on Teachable and find it. (Search function on Teachable is not great.) Sale information at the bottom of the post. REGULAR WORKSHOPS… 5 available starting on September 2nd… 6 weeks long with 5 assignments… I respond personally to all assignments… $300 Four of these are available every month. This month Heinlein’s Rules is added in for one month only. To find them just go to WMG Teachable and hit…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    ADULT BACK TO SCHOOL SALE

    50% Off On Teachable! Anything on WMG Teachable. We are calling it the ADULT BACK TO SCHOOL SALE. Why? Because the television and radios are all going on and on about back to school for kids and college and Kris said to me we should do something for the adults who want to keep learning as well. (Kris is starting back at UNLV next week. Follow all that on her blog and Facebook page.) So great idea and we are going to do it for the adults who want to keep learning publishing and the craft of storytelling. Regular workshops, collections workshops, and advanced craft classes for September will be…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    A No-Nothing Night…

    Almost Forgot To Do This Blog… Got to keep the streak going for some reason or another. I was working on different workshops tonight, plus some Kickstarter work, and just spaced this along the way. Workshops I am working on are Promotion (nine weeks on Teachable) and another on “Clearing Your Mind of Can’t.” Also putting up some Advanced Craft classes and Regular workshops. All starting first of September. So stay tuned. And Kris took a great photo of me slouched in my big chair, watching the end of the Raiders Game, with a beautiful white cat asleep holding onto my stomach. Was going to put it up but my…