• Challenge,  workshops

    In-Person Workshops Announced…

    Just Two of Them… Because Kris is just finishing up the in-person workshop here, and she had a blast doing it with 14 really great writers at Resorts World, we decided to announce another two in-person craft workshops. FANTASY DETECTIVES… May  6th through 9th… Resorts World in Las Vegas.   Taught by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Cost is $750 for the class. Must be paid to hold your spot. Limited to only 14 writers. SPACE OPERA… January  13th through 16th, 2025… Resorts World in Las Vegas.   Taught by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Cost is $750 for the class. Must be paid to hold your spot. Limited to only 14 writers. If you have…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  workshops

    Available….

    Some Classes Started And Still Available… I just posted the third week of 52 weeks of both the MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY and CREATIVE SURVIVAL classes. Every Monday morning you have four videos each class. All year long. This week on CREATIVE SURVIVAL was basically about standing up for your own work. MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY was uplifting with a great quote from Charles de Lint as the pithy comment of the week. Both of these are still available on Teachable to get either as a full year or by the quarter. Now that the first of the year has settled in a little, these might help you keep on track. DIRECTED STUDY…. Also…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    Working on the Challenges from Last Year…

    Yes, I am slow… Mostly because things like not even getting into this office until after eight this evening. PT and doctors can really suck up a day. (grin) So I am reading the stories for Pulphouse and also alternating with doing the letters to get everyone credit for last year’s challenges. And we have an in person workshop starting here on Monday (with the Study Along) and also doing some work on the anthology workshop next July. Less than ten spots open for that. Filling quickly. Write me for information. Still don’t have an exact week but we hope by the first of February. It will be in July.…

  • Cave Creek,  Challenge,  On Writing,  workshops

    A Second Shared World Class

    SHARED WORLDS: Part One and Now Part Two What Are Shared Worlds, How to Do Them, and Why?  Part Two… More Information and Advanced! For years now, Kris and I have tried to figure out how to teach shared worlds as a topic to writers to get the most benefit for writers. Both of us have written in so many shared worlds, we couldn’t begin to count. From the major shared worlds of Star Trek and Star Wars, to the more subtle shared worlds of say the WMG Holiday Spectacular. And everything in between. There are thousands of reasons indie writers and publishers would want to set up one form…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    Workshops Starting…

    Today Last Day To Join Challenges… A bunch of workshops started today that seemed to have gotten lost in the shuffle of the challenges. And a couple will start next Tuesday. Shopify Part Two and the Kickstarter Special Workshop will start next week. Those in the Kickstarter special class, expect a letter from me this weekend. The January Regular Workshops just started today. #4… Jan 2nd… Writing into the Dark #5… Jan 2nd… Teams in Fiction #6…Jan 3rd… Writing with Depth (start with this one) #8…Jan 3rd… Killing the Critical Voice #10…Jan 3rd… Advanced Depth The two nine-week Advanced Craft classes just started. Advanced Dialog Advanced Pacing The two 52…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  workshops

    Yes, A T-Shirt and a Mug…

    To Everyone In the Challenge Yourself… Challenge Yourself to write 2,024 words per day for 2024.  Get a mug with the cool saying on it and a t-shirt (Lifetime Everything folks can buy the mug and t-shirt.) just for signing up. See the previous post for more details on the challenges. LAST DAY FOR THE TARGETED SALE… All lifetime subscription and a few other bundles are half price only through the 1st.  Check out the details here… Also the bundle for the new 52 week class CREATIVE SURVIVAL is in that sale and also the bundle for the new MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY. Advanced Craft Classes 2024 Starting Up These are nine-week…

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    Creative Survival… New 52 Week Class

    Kris and I Are Really Excited About the New Class…. Same format at Bite-Sized Copyright and The Decade Ahead classes. 4 videos every Monday. Basically what we were doing with Bite-Sized Copyright and The Decade Ahead classes were helping writers with creative survival. And we both loved those two classes and one day over lunch I asked Kris what she thought would be a possible way to continue them. She pointed out that one had been organized on copyright, which all writers need to survive and make money, and the other had been focused on just surviving ten years out. And that we had left out a ton of stuff…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    Targeted Sale to Get Ready for 2024!

    Just Trying To Help… At WMG Publishing, we now only do workshop sales when we start a new Shopify store. But now that we have four Shopify stores, we have no set time in 2024 to start a new one. Going to let the first stores just build. So no workshop sale. But we got talking and we figured that for a few targeted classes to help writers through 2024, we could do a targeted sale. This is not for all the Teachable classes, just a few targeted things. We have never done this before, but if we figure it helps a few writers going into the new year, it…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    In Person Workshops! And Cat Picture!

    Two Vegas Workshops Scheduled At the Moment! The craft class for Science Fiction Mystery in January and then the Anthology Workshop in July. The craft class is taught by Kris and is fun and difficult at the same time. The craft class has a Study Along on Teachable and if you are going to join it, do it soon because it has a reading list. And if you want to come to Las Vegas for the craft class, there is one spot open and still time to jump in. Write me for details if interested. The Anthology Workshop is in July at Resorts World (you never go outside). Exact dates…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    First Week of Regular Workshops…

    Started On Tuesday and Wednesday… Still time to get in and get everything. We are down to the five core workshops this month. We will be adding in new workshops all through the coming year, so if you have missed a core class, this would be the month to grab it. The December Regular workshops are: #54… Dec 5th… Writing into the Dark #55… Dec 5th… Teams in Fiction #56…Dec 6th… Writing with Depth (start with this one) #59…Dec 6th… Advanced Depth #60…Dec 6th… Killing the Critical Voice