• Challenge,  workshops

    3 Days Left On Early Bird Sale…

    Ends Late Monday… 50% off everything on WMG Teachable. Use the code EarlyBirdApril  to get 50% off. But only for the next three days until late Monday night. All are on WMG Teachable. Grab one of these classes to help yourself through the Time of Great Forgetting and challenge yourself and learn a lot at the same time. (And yes, you can stock up on classes for the summer on this sale.) Starting May 6th, three ADVANCED CRAFT CLASSES. ADVANCED CLIFFHANGERS ADVANCED ENDINGS FLOATING VIEWPOINTS Maybe three of the most important classes we do. All are 9 weeks long with eight assignments. The Floating Viewpoints class will change what you…

  • Branding,  workshops

    Gothic Study Along Workshop

    First Story Assignment Up… The Gothic Workshop taught by Kris in person here in Las Vegas from May 5th to 8th is going to be great fun. Way too late to sign up for the in-person part, but on Teachable we have a “study along” class that goes on at the same time. (Actually delayed a few hours behind the one here because I am doing it using Kris’s notes.) Same story assignments and I read them instead of Kris. (She is way too busy with the writers attending in person.) Those who are signed up on the Study Along, the first story assignment is up now. So not too…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing,  workshops

    Negative Habits

    Habits of Not Writing… Or not publishing what you write. Over the years I have talked a lot in classes and here about how it really helps to form positive habits on writing. Start a streak, do a challenge, write at the same time each day, and so on. And with the publishing coming in, I have often suggested a publishing day each week set aside only for publishing. Form a habit. But what I have noticed in myself and others lately is not writing, not publishing, is habit-forming as well. Streaks, challenges, and so on to help form positive habits are powerful, but so are the habits of not…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    Early Bird Sale Extended…

    It Had Expired… And a couple people had missed it, so I just extended it today for a few more days. And I extended it to not only the Advanced Craft and Collections classes, but everything. Again, just for a few days. Code is EarlyBirdApril Just find the class you want on WMG Teachable, hit purchase, then put in the code and hit apply and you will get it for 50% off. Yes, this includes the EVERYTHING LIFETIME SUBSCRIPTION Again, this is just for a few days. And May regular workshops will be up shortly.

  • Challenge,  workshops

    Dialog from 1 to 10 Characters

    I Left Out the Word “From” Yesterday And with Teachable’s really sucky search function, turns out the class was difficult to find. It is on the first page, about 8 down. Here is yesterday’s post on this great class that starts Monday. This Great Class Starts Monday. Taught by Kris for six weeks. No assignments, just lots of learning about how to do more than two characters in a conversation and keep the readers clear on who is talking and where they are at. Starts Monday on Teachable. Going to be really something because Kris is a master of this skill. Lifetime Everything Subscribers, you were mailed the link if…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    Dialog 1 to 10 Characters

    This Great Class Starts Monday. Taught by Kris for six weeks. No assignments, just lots of learning about how to do more than two characters in a conversation and keep the readers clear on who is talking and where they are at. Starts Monday on Teachable. Going to be really something because Kris is a master of this skill. Lifetime Everything Subscribers, you were mailed the link if interested. And speaking of Lifetime Everything Subscription, it is the only thing that is half price at this point in time. Write me if interested. And don’t miss the new craft class taught by Kris that starts on Monday. Dialog from 1…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    Workshops to Help Your Get Through…

    … The Time of Great Forgetting. And challenge yourself and learn a lot at the same time. Starting May 6th, three ADVANCED CRAFT CLASSES. ADVANCED CLIFFHANGERS ADVANCED ENDINGS FLOATING VIEWPOINTS Maybe three of the most important classes we do. All are 9 weeks long with eight assignments. The Floating Viewpoints class will change what you think you know about fiction writing forever. Cliffhangers will make your books move faster and be unable to be put down. Endings will sell you a ton more of your next books. Three classes that will challenge you and teach you and keep you focused on your writing until July. All are on WMG Teachable.…

  • Branding,  Challenge,  workshops

    Wearing Brands

    Fun Wearing My Own Brands… I have got three hoodies for the Licensing Expo next month that have three of my brands on them. Poker Boy, Bryant Street, and Pulphouse. Amazing how much fun it is to wear your own brands and how much it can motivate you to write more. I had no realized it would feel that way for me. And I hope at the Licensing Expo to get some interest in the brands. Going to wear one per day. Some of you taking classes right now might see me recording in the Poker Boy hoodie. And speaking of a brand, we just put up THE KRIS AND…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  workshops

    Gothic Craft Class…

    May 5-8th in Las Vegas… In the WMG office in downtown Las Vegas. Starts in three weeks. Craft class taught by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. We have two openings in the In-Person class if interested. Write me. $750 fee. And on WMG Teachable, we will be doing the Gothic Study Along class. $300 fee. Basically I use Kris’s notes from the class to record what she has done and I read your story assignments. Not as good as being here with Kris, but a ton cheaper. (grin) Four days of videos plus two assignments to write stories. Those who are attending in person will be hooked up on an email list…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    Quick Update on Challenge at Day 100

    Not As Good As Last Time… But last time I hung it up, this time I am making plans for the next 100 days of short story writing. Yes, I am behind some stories, but honestly, the insanity of the last three months, it feels great to have gotten done what I did So firing onward. I hope in the next 100 days to find the time to fire back up Smith’s Monthly in some way or another.  At this point I might just make it a short story and collections magazine for a time, I sure got enough. (grin) So stay tuned as I ramp back up and work…