Last Day to Get Craft Class on Early Bird Discount…

And Challenge Going Onward…

So first off, today is the last day to get the CRAFT IN THE 21ST CENTURY done by Kris for $200 for the 9 weeks.  It will switch to $250 late Monday night.

This class on WMG Teachable is something Kris really wanted to do. She will be recording videos every week and they will come out on Monday some time. The first week’s videos are now up. No assignments, just learning about how some craft things have changed in the 21st century.

9 Weeks of Mondays. Early bird price is $200 until Monday night late, then it goes to $250.

Here is the video of Kris explaining what she plans.

COACHING ON GETTING YOUR STUFF OUT…

Main Areas I Can Help You With Are…

1… Basics of Getting a Story or Novel into Print. From manuscript to sale on Amazon.

2… Set up a basic fiction writing business. From getting a business name, checking, expenses you can deduct. (here in the States), taxes, and so much more in that basic business area. If you are just getting started, I can save you a ton of money over a very short amount of time right here.

3… Modern Marketing. If you have been listening to the scams about Facebook and Amazon ads, and are tempted with the overnight money they promise, you really will need this. Marketing is a slow and steady process that includes a ton of different things.  Lots of things you can do correctly without much cost.

4… Modern Sales Paths… This area is a look at all the amazing numbers of ways you can get your books and your brand out to readers and buyers. From doing Merch that costs you nothing to finding distributors for your IP starting with the basic understanding of all the ways to sell books and how paper books can be marketed to bookstores. And even more.

5… Setting up a corporation for writers, one that works for writers. When to do it, how to do it, when to get help, how to use a corporation to save so much money you will be stunned. But it also takes understanding that corporations are separate from you, have different IP rules, and so much more. (I am not an attorney or accountant and will tell you when you need one, but I can coach you as a writer in these areas.)

Here is what I am offering.

I will one-on-one coach you for 3 months. We work together at the start to see which area  you want to work your way through, then set up a schedule that fits your world, and you report into me every two weeks and we adjust or move to the next step in the process. I will give you the entire process ahead so you always know what you are working for. I will be available at any point for questions, of course.

I will take five or six writers to coach. Again, three months. Cost is $500 for the three months. Write me with what you are interested in. If I don’t think I can help you, I will tell you.

Again, limited to five or six. With focused intensity on an area, I can help you get through that area and keep building a writing career and business.

— If you are already working with me being your mentor, you can write me and switch to a focus of one of these areas for three months. No cost, of course. And then after the focus for three months you can go back to the regular mentor reporting you are doing. But if you do one of these, I would like you to focus on it for three months. Let me know. (How many of you jump over will determine if I can take five or six. I will take five for sure, not counting those already working with me as a mentor.)

Again, write me if interested.

DAILY SHORT STORY CHALLENGE…

Just going right along. Focus at the moment on Marble Grant because it turned out I needed a few extra for the last ten story collection.

So yesterday I wrote a story called “Motivation to be Played” and today a story called “The Appearance of an Old Lady.” Both are Marble Grant, which I have to say, is far, far too much fun.

47 Stories in a row… From a dead start. Yeah!!

Also Kris has read enough for me to do the first two collections, but going to wait until I have three full collections to start that. So maybe the first place you will see some of these stories is in the last Marble Grant collection from the Kickstarter.