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Interesting Copyright and Workshop Fun!
Copyright Notice… Kris and I went to see Wicked (part one) tonight. Great movie and I am a fan of L. Frank Baum’s work in all manner. I have read all 14 of the original OZ books, some numbers of time, and most of his short stories. At one point before my house fire, I even had 12 of the original hardback with dust editions with the fantastic (Denslow and Neill) art. So I am sitting watching the credits tonight and made note of the credit given to the author of the derivative novel, Gregory Maguire. But unless I missed it, not one credit to the original Baum source material…
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Last Day of Santa Series Kickstarter!!
SANTA SERIES KICKSTARTER… Last Hours!! We have a fantastic Kickstarter campaign going for the Santa Series by Kristine Grayson. And yes, electronic books will be sent to you on the 20th (This Friday) so time to enjoy them ahead of the holiday. Campaign ends at 7 pm West Coast Time tonight. And three deals on workshops in this campaign as well will end in a matter of hours. Get The Kris and Dean Show Does Die Hard for its original $50 price, plus you get a Santa book. Get the Kris and Dean Show Prepping for 2025. This just got started with the first webinar and goes for eight weeks.…
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2 Days Left!!
SANTA SERIES KICKSTARTER… For just two more days we have a fantastic Kickstarter campaign going for the Santa Series by Kristine Grayson. And yes, electronic books will be sent to you on the 20th so time to enjoy them ahead of the holiday. And three deals on workshops in this campaign as well. Get The Kris and Dean Show Does Die Hard for its original $50 price, plus you get a Santa book. Get the Kris and Dean Show Prepping for 2025. This just got started with the first webinar and goes for eight weeks. Normally $500 but you can get in through the Kickstarter campaign for $400. Get Pop-Up…
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Days of a Campaign…
Got Some Questions As To Thinking On Campaign Length… Right now we are doing a seven day Kickstarter Campaign called The Santa Series. We often do nine day and at times 15 days such as the Holiday Spectacular. So I was asked what was the thinking on the different lengths and why not go to a full 30 days? No reason that we can see to go 30 days. The entire center is a dead area for almost every campaign. The goal in any campaign is to get backers to get your new book or project before it comes out for general sale. Keep that in mind. So thirty days…
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Kickstarter Live!!!
The Santa Series by Kristine Grayson Starting today at noon and running for only seven days, we are doing a really fun Kickstarter for Kristine Grayson’s Santa Series. She has a new fifth book in the series (all stand alone) and the entire series has been rebranded with beautiful new covers and interiors. And the electronic books will be delivered on Friday the 20th so you have time to enjoy a wonderful Santa novel before the holiday. And it has some good deals on existing workshops. Check those out. Check it out at The Santa Series Kickstarter. Only seven days long. Don’t miss this one.
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The Power of a Streak…
I Get Reminded of Streak Power At Times… Especially on a Friday night, after a stupidly difficult week. Why? Because I have a streak of blogging every night. And wow does this streak have power. No chance on the planet would I be at this computer tonight without this streak. But tonight is day 3,920 WITHOUT MISSING A DAY… That is flat nuts, But here I am. And sometime in March if my math is correct, if the streak does not get broken, I will pass 4,000 days without missing. Internet outage before hot spots, dozens and dozens of power outages, crashed computers, me in the hospital twice. Never missed.…
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Our Holiday Traditions…
I Like This Time of Year… Over the years here in Las Vegas, Kris and I have developed some really fun holiday traditions. We start off the holiday season with the Glittering Run 5K charity event, walking and running 5K through a billion holiday lights. That is always before Thanksgiving, but a great start. This year I walked it while enjoying all the families around me, but also an amazing cup of hot chocolate. Then around the first of December we go to storage and dig out all the holiday decorations. We did that last night and we now have stunning holiday pillows and a holiday blanket from the HOLIDAY…
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A BUNCH OF STUFF…
Trying Something Old/New Tomorrow, if the schedule allows, I am headed with a friend to hit a few golf balls. Now understand, way back in time I used to be a PGA professional and I could play pretty well for the time. But for the last number of years, I have not hit a golf ball and am not sure if I can. Why? Lost a lot of my vision two years back. Last year I smashed up my shoulder and it is now titanium. Plus with the injury I gained about twenty pounds around my middle that I have not been able to shed yet. Plus I am 74.…
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FOCUSING FORWARD…
Watching the Old Magnum Television Series… It was filmed in the eighties. We are watching it not to study anything, but to shut down and enjoy the entertainment, even though sometimes dated. Still fun. The one we watched tonight was about the internment camps of Japanese Americans on the islands. It happened 40 years before the show was aired and they kept talking about those 40 years. The show aired 40 years ago now. So interesting to think about the 80 years. 40 years ago Kris and I had not met yet (a couple of years from meeting, actually). We were both writing like crazy, but both of us were…
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HISTORY BROUGHT FORWARD…
Back in the Day… And I do mean “back in the day” when Kris and I were going to a lot of science fiction conventions (1990-1998 or so), we got asked to do a live talk on publishing. Sounded fine, even though were were two new writers, we decided to talk about what we knew about the publishing business (which was a ton because I was the publisher of Pulphouse Publishing and she was not only the senior editor, but also the editor of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.) We were also selling novels like crazy and were in and out of of New York publishing offices all…