I Am Making Progress On My Challenge Preparation

Actually, A Lot of Progress Today…

I even did a couple of Smith Monthly Covers!! Still not sure about some of the tiny detail stuff, but covers look very possible and a lot of fun. Yay!

I also did some of that basic stuff like used a few exterior hard drives to make sure everything was backed up. Amazing how many files I have with my fiction since my first computer days. And got two computers down on my office desk in WMG  and ready to get set up. Those coming to the January Space Opera here in Vegas in mid-January will get to see all that sort of thing since the workshop will be in the office.

So progress. And today, on the 8th day of the Workshop Holiday Sale, we are offering two very critical classes for Indie Publishers at half price. Indie Writers Products Class and Indie Writers Guide to Shopify.

Both consist of two nine week classes with weekly webinars done at the time and recorded. I can tell you those webinars were full of more ideas than anyone could ever do, and were a ton of fun.  I would suggest getting both 18 week classes. 36 weeks total of classes and webinars. See information below…

Twelve Days of Workshop Sales…

General Information… We are going to offer one new workshop or class or chllenge a day for 12 days on sale. (Yes, you can get a previous day’s offering as well, but the discounts on the earlier classes may decrease as the sale goes on, so better to grab one sooner than wait.)

We will reveal each workshop(s) or class or challenge and sale price each day here.

DAY 8…. PRODUCTS CLASS and SHOPIFY CLASS BUNDLES both 50% OFF…

Back a year or so ago we offered an INDIE WRITERS GUIDE TO SHOPIFY. Two 9-week classes with a weekly webinar and then we offered a INDIE WRITERS GUIDE TO PRODUCTS. Also two 9-week classes with weekly webinar. Webinars were recorded and are a ton of fun and learning.

These two classes have not dated in the slightest.

The possibilities of making money with Shopify and also products from your writing through Shopify has no end. You just have to be able to see it and do it. This is a modern foundation stone of an indie writer’s career now. These two classes are critical to that learning.

Both 2-class bundles were $900 each, but you can get them in this holiday sale for 50% by using the code

ShopifyandProducts50

You can get one or the other, but I would suggest you plan to take them both.

They are all on WMG Teachable

DAY 7…. FIVE JANUARY REGULAR WORKSHOPS 50% OFF…

We offer core six-week workshops every month, starting on the first Tuesday of every month. There are five assignments to do in the six weeks for each class and again, we consider these the core classes.

Starting January 7th…

• Writing Into the Dark
• Teams in Fiction
• Depth in Writing
• Advanced Depth
• Killing the Critical Voice

They are all on WMG Teachable

The code to get any class for January at half the normal $300 price is

Regular50

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DAY 6…. FOUR CHALLENGES…

These four challenges have been going for years. You can sign up now with the sale and start them any time you are ready. But once you start, no turning back.

Normally, these are $600, but $300 is the half price cost for the sale. You miss, you get $600 in credit for anything on Teachable except another challenge. You make it, you get a lifetime subscription (except the Everything Subscription).

Code to get them at half price is

Challenge50

• — THE GREAT CHALLENGE which is to write and send to me one short story a week.
• — THE GREAT PUBLISHING CHALLENGE which is to publish one major thing a month. (Collection, novella, or novel.)
• — THE GREAT NOVELLA CHALLENGE which is to write a new novella every month.
• — THE GREAT NOVEL CHALLENGE which is to write a new novel every two months.

These are now on the first page or so of WMG Teachable

You can go there for more information on each challenge or write me.

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DAY 5…. ADVANCED CRAFT CLASSES…

The first six months of classes in 2025 are 50% off if you use the code with each class. Also, all three yearly bundles of classes are 50% off as well.  6 classes from 2023, 6 from 2024, and 6 coming in 2025. All 18 are offered in 2025.

Just figure out either the Advanced Craft bundle or the class in the first six months you want on WMG Teachable and hit purchase and then put in the code on the next page and hit apply and you will get the Advanced Craft Class or the full year’s bundle at 50% off.

Code to get any class or any of the three yearly bundles 50% off on each is…

Craft50

Classes are:

2023 Bundle…

• Advanced Pacing
• Advanced Character Development
• Floating Viewpoints
• Advanced Voice
• Advanced Conflict
• Unputdownable

2024 Bundle…

• Advanced Dialog
• Advanced Humor
• Advanced Endings
• Advanced Information Flow
• Advanced Genre
• Advanced Emotion

2025 Bundle…

• Advanced Rule of Three
• Advanced Setting
• Advanced Cliffhangers
• Advanced Novel Structure
• Advanced Tension/Suspense
• Advanced Making Stuff Up

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DAY 4…. PUBLISHING MONDAY classes and BITE-SIZED BRANDING MONDAY classes…

All are 50% off if you use the code with each class. Just find the Monday class you want on WMG Teachable first and second pages and hit purchase and then put in the code on the next page and hit apply and you will get the Quarter or the full year’s bundle of either one at 50% off.

Code to get any quarter or either bundle of four quarters 50% off on each is… Publishing50

These two classes are like the Creative Survival, Bite-Sized Copyright, Motivational Monday, and Decade Ahead classes we have done over the last three years. There are four videos for each class every Monday morning for all 52 weeks of 2025.

Each quarter is $500 normally and the bundle of each is $1500 normally. So for this sale, each quarter is $250 with the sale and the bundle is $750.  (That’s right, $750 gets you a full year of learning every Monday morning.)

If you want to take both the full year of Publishing Monday and Bite-Sized Branding and Trademark classes, write me and I can get you both for $1,000, a $500 savings over and above half price. Not a deal that will last.

Both these classes are on WMG Teachable first and second pages. Descriptions there. Join me every Monday morning for a ton of stuff about publishing and sales or a ton of information about branding and trademark, or both.

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DAY 3…. Any of the Eight FOCUS STUDY CLASSES…

All are 50% off if you use the code with each class. Just find the Focus Bundle you want on WMG Teachable first page and hit purchase and then put in the code on the next page and hit apply and you will get the Focus Bundle for 50% off.

Code for all eight to get 50% off on each is… Focus50

Each bundle has seven classes or workshops focused on the topic of the Focus Bundle. The seven classes in each one are under Bundled Content on the left.

Here are the eight Focus Bundles of Classes…

• Focus on Learning Depth
• Focus on Learning Beyond Simple Depth
• Focus on Learning Writing Attitude
• Focus on Learning Basic Writing Business
• Focus on Learning Basic Licensing and Copyright
• Focus on Learning to Write Science Fiction
• Focus on Learning Productivity
• Focus on Learning Characterization

Normally each Focus Bundle of seven classes is $500, but for a short time in this holiday sale, they are half price at $250. And yes, you can get more than one bundle.

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DAY 2…. Three BEAUTIFUL TROPHY CHALLENGES…

All are 50% off if you use the code with each challenge. You get the full price back in credits if you do not hit the challenge, if you hit it, you will get a Beautiful Trophy Award and more, including on two of them Lifetime Subscriptions.

(Lifetime Everything Subscribers, write me for the code if interested in going for a Beautiful Trophy Award.)

— Challenge… Write 2025 Words A Day for 2025… $600 full price, half price code is:

2025Challenge50

— Challenge… Write as Many or More Words in 2025 as Dean does… $600 full price, half price code is:

DeanFull50

— Challenge… Write Half as Many Words in 2025 as Dean does… $300 full price, half price code is:

DeanHalf50

Just find the challenge you want on WMG Teachable first page and hit purchase and then put in the code on the next page and hit apply and you will get the challenge for 50% off. They will be great fun once again this year.

(No credits for challenges. Can’t use credits to get more credits I’m afraid.)

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DAY 1…. KRIS AND DEAN SUGGEST A CLASS TO TAKE…

How it works… You send me one of your own short stories. Both Kris and I will read it very quickly, within a day or so, discuss it, and suggest from what we see in your story what class you could take to really improve your writing craft. Then we will give you a code to take that class for no extra charge.

That’s right, both Kris and I read your short story, suggest a class to jump your skill level, and then give you a code to take the class when you want for free. How cool is that???

Cost is $200.  Write me and I will tell you where to send the fee and also where to send the short story and with what subject line. (No subscriptions or credits apply on this one. No worries, they will on classes coming up.)

Questions on first five days of this sale, write me.

And remember, as the sale goes on, the earlier discounts will reduce.