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Almost Sold Out!!
Three In-Person Classes Almost Sold Out!! And Bundle Sale Still Going… I promised I would announce it here when the in-person classes were almost sold out. Well, today is that day. Details About Each Workshop… The anthology workshop is a really fun workshop (held this year for the first time since the pandemic). It will be in one of the two center weeks of July. We will know exact dates next week. This is how it functions… In April and May you write four short stories for four different live anthologies. Then four or five editors will be reading stories and actually talking about them and buying them for live…
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Bryant Street Kickstarter is Live!!
Really Excited About This One! Bryant Street Kickstarter. Bryant Street… where The Twilight Zone lives. A really twisted, but normal-looking subdivision street. 40 stories in four books. The seasons of Bryant Street, basically. Or four seasons of a Bryant Street television series, 10 episodes per season. Go to Bryant Street Kickstarter to see the entire project. Only 10 days long! Plus two really great special 3-week workshops you can only get through this campaign. HOW TO PUT TWISTS IN YOUR STORIES and HOW TO WRITE DARK REAL-WORLD FANTASY. They will not be offered anywhere else. And remember, this campaign is only 10 days long, so don’t miss it! Below I…
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In Person Workshops Almost Sold Out!
Here Are Details of the Three In-Person Classes… The anthology workshop is a really fun workshop (held this year for the first time since the pandemic). In April and May you write four short stories for four different live anthologies. Then four or five editors will be reading stories and actually talking about them and buying them for live anthologies right there in front of everyone. The editors will talk about why a story works or does not work for them. Fantastic learning listening to professional editors disagree. And every writer attending will have read everyone else’s stories, but can’t say a word. Only the editor’s opinions matter. This is…
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Sale! Just Three Bundles!
Last Day of Extended Lifetime Workshop Sale… But start of a very limited sale of just three bundles… (Lifetime workshop sale information below.) But first, over the last three days I have answered three different basic copyright questions. Now understand, I do not mind answering questions. Not at all. But my one question response does not help a writer learn copyright, the most critical element of being a writer. Last year we did a weekly class of four videos a week for all 52 weeks called BITE-SIZED COPYRIGHT. It is still available and I think one of the most important classes we have every given. 208 videos on copyright for…
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Reminder of Everything Starting Up…
Yesterday’s Post Full of Details… Just wanted to point to yesterday’s post one last time because so many cool things starting up or ending right now. I will be back tomorrow with another reading and editing post. LIFETIME SUBSCRIPTION SALE has one more day. Details in yesterday’s post. ONE SPOT LEFT IN MENTOR PROGRAM. I am holding a spot for one person, but still one left after that. 50 YEARS OF LEARNING class is starting. I am having a blast recording it. All FEBRUARY REGULAR WORKSHOPS are starting, including the new Paradox class. And after yesterday’s post only 5 spots remaining in the anthology workshop and 3 spots in the…
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Anthology and Craft In-Person Workshops…
Only Six Spots Left in Anthology Workshop… The anthology workshop is a really fun workshop (held this year for the first time since the pandemic). In April and May you write four short stories for four different live anthologies. Then four or five editors will be reading stories and actually talking about them and buying them for live anthologies right there in front of everyone. The editors will talk about why a story works or does not work for them. Fantastic learning listening to professional editors disagree. And every writer attending will have read everyone else’s stories, but can’t say a word. Only the editor’s opinions matter. This is amazing…
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New Regular Workshop
Using Paradox in Your Fiction… This is a new regular workshop starting February 7th. It will be available as a regular workshop for at least six months. It is on Teachable. As we said last fall, we will be adding in a bunch of new regular workshops this year. This is the first. Here is the basic description… Learn how to use the concept of paradox in your fiction writing. Paradox pits two seemingly unrelated elements together, which by the very nature creates great stories and tension. Nothing in great fiction is ever what it seems. And in fiction, if it is, that is boring and boring is deadly to…
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Last Day of Lifetime Sale…
All Lifetime Subscriptions Half Off… One More Day!!! Only lifetime subscriptions. Not any of the bundles or anything else. Just the five lifetime subscriptions. Use the code: LIFETIMESALE At half price, they are very good deals, especially the Lifetime Everything. And if you have another lifetime subscription, I can take a little more off that Everything price. Write me for details. February Regular Workshops Are Posted… See the list to the right. They start next Tuesday. Also the Writing Safe Mystery Stories special workshop second session has started today. FIFTY YEARS OF LEARNING… This year marks 50 years since I sold my first two short stories (and started selling a…
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Sale and Classes
All Lifetime Subscriptions Half Off… Just through the end of January. Only a few more days. Only lifetime subscriptions. Not any of the bundles or anything else. Just the five lifetime subscriptions. Use the code: LIFETIMESALE At half price, they are very good deals, especially the Lifetime Everything. And if you have another lifetime subscription, I can take a little more off that Everything price. Write me for details. Fun New Class… This year marks 50 years since I sold my first two short stories (and started selling a lot of poetry as well.) Over those 50 years, I was stunningly lucky to have some amazing mentors (who also became…
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Introduction to A Class About Learning…
A FIFTY YEAR PERSPECTIVE OF LEARNING… As I said last night, this year marks 50 years since I sold my first two short stories (and started selling a lot of poetry as well.) Over those 50 years, I was stunningly lucky to have some amazing mentors (who also became friends.) Jack Williamson, Damon Knight, Kate Wilhelm, Algis Budrys, Harlan Ellison, Frederick Pohl, Julius Schwartz, and others. As I said, stunningly lucky. So I figured that since I am still around after 50 years of selling fiction and they all told me a lot of great stuff, I am going to do a nine-week class talking about and telling stories about…