• Challenge,  Fun Stuff,  workshops

    In Person and Study Along and Novella Classes

    In Person Craft Classes in Vegas Return in 2022!!! That’s right, the limited craft in-person classes are back in 2022. We announced this last summer, but now, since the reading list is about to go out on the first class in March, Kris and I figured it was time to really go over these again. There will be six classes, all limited to 15 people each here at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas. For this new series, we have taken the overall topics of Caper, Spies, and Humor and smashed them into six different genres. March 21st-24th… Thriller Humor (taught by Dean) May 16th-19th… Mystery Caper (taught by Kris)…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    Status of Classes On Hold

    Still Cleaning Up Some from the Pandemic… So thought I would give everyone here a status report on the classes that we pushed back during the pandemic and what we are doing with them in the coming year. Thanks for being understanding, folks. — Decade Ahead bundle starting over completely. Everything has changed so much, we are just starting fresh in January. (Old videos will still be there, just pulled off to one side if they are not important.) But completely starting over and it is open for new sign-ups at this point. We feel the world is solid enough, at least in publishing, to give the decade ahead a…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing,  workshops

    December Workshops Started

    All December Workshops Have Started… As of today! Still time to jump into any of them. We have two indie publishing classes, COVERS 101 and PUBLISHING 101. There is the critical workshop to start on all craft classes called WRITING WITH DEPTH. This workshop helps you start stories and pull readers into your work. And if you are having trouble writing, finishing what you write, or getting what you write out to the world, you need the KILLING THE CRITICAL VOICE workshop. TEAMS workshop will make writing novels a ton easier, and the SPEED workshop can help you to write faster. The two newest workshops we have offered are tough.…

  • Challenge,  Recommended Reading,  workshops

    Last Day of Workshop Sale and a Nifty Holiday Storybundle…

    Workshop Sale Lasts Until Midnight Tonight… See all the information in the last three posts. Basically just find whatever class or workshop or challenge or Pop-Up you would like, hit purchase, and then put in the code HolidaySale on the top of the next page to get 50% off the price. Make sure you hit “apply” after putting in the code. This is on Teachable. Any problems or questions, feel free to write me directly. And starting last night, there is a new holiday StoryBundle called Holliday Collections. I curated it and got holiday collections from ten other writers (plus me) and the total came out to 72 holiday short…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing,  workshops

    2 Days Left on the Workshop Holiday Sale…

    No Pop-Up Curriculum… Going to have to be later in the month. I really want to get those 54 different topics in order here at the end of the year. I thought that using this sale as an excuse to remember to do it. (grin) But nope. Just too many things swallowed the last few days. But shortly because I have about eight more Pop-ups to load. Some will be attached to the Master Business Class. So I will get it done. As far as the sale goes, remember the code is HolidaySale to get 50% off any workshop or challenge or lecture or Pop-Up. We are calling it the…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing,  workshops

    3 Days Left in the Holiday Sale!!

    Did Not Yet Get to the Pop-Up Curriculum… But I hope to tomorrow. I really want to get those 54 different topics in order here at the end of the year. So using this sale as an excuse to remember to do it. (grin) Remember, the code is HolidaySale to get 50% off any workshop or challenge or lecture or Pop-Up. We are calling it the HolidaySale (code is all one word) because it started on American Thanksgiving, went over Black Friday, then through Small Business Saturday, and yesterday went past Cyber Monday to end on Thursday, December 2nd. 3 days left. This is all on Teachable. And yes, you…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing,  workshops

    4 Days Left of Holiday Sale!

    Today Is Cyber Monday…. An online sale on online learning is about as cyber as it gets. (grin) The code is HolidaySale to get 50% off any workshop or challenge or lecture or Pop-Up. We are calling it the HolidaySale (code is all one word) because it started on American Thanksgiving, went over Black Friday, then through Small Business Saturday, and today on Cyber Monday to end on Thursday, December 2nd. 4 days left. This is all on Teachable. And yes, you can give workshops as gifts. Just write me directly and I will make sure it happens. And you can get credit for future workshops as well in the…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing,  workshops

    Class Curriculum Part Two…

    Since HolidaySale Is Going On… Figured I would continue updating the curriculum of the courses. I still have to update the Pop-Up classes, but will do that tomorrow. The HolidaySale is half price on anything on Teachable. Classes, workshops, pop-ups, challenges, subscriptions. Just hit purchase on anything you want and put in HolidaySale code on the next page and hit “apply” to get the course at half price. So here are some of the classes with different ways to sort them. Also the new series of collection classes are below as well. ATTITUDE  FOCUSED COURSES If you are having trouble with your attitude about writing, getting to the computer, and so…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  workshops

    Workshop Curriculum

    With Sale Going On… I get lots of questions about which classes to take and so on. There is a massive curriculum page to the right in the sidebar that you can click on. I have not updated all the Pop-Up classes yet, but will shortly, meaning the next day or so, and I will post it here as well as there. But workshops are pretty much in order on the curriculum page. Along with lectures and such. Remember, all workshops for the next six days are half price. Simply hit purchase on a workshop and then on the next page put in the code and hit “apply” to get…

  • Challenge,  Fun Stuff,  workshops

    Well, That Was Fun…

    Holiday Adventure And A Sale… The sale you all know about from last night. And I will answer a few questions below, but first a holiday adventure. Started off a couple days ago when Kris and I were talking about maybe not having enough turkey for leftovers because we had a small turkey and five people planning at dinner. We both really like leftover turkey for a few days, so on a whim out shopping, I grabbed a second bird. With the sale on the bird and a secondary special discount, I didn’t really notice how big it was. Turned out it was huge. And that might be an understatement.…