Meetings and a Day Off
Did Both Meetings for WMG and a Day Off…
Tough to have a day working and yet off, but Kris and I managed today. We headed into the valley after the WMG meeting and Kris spent time just sitting in a coffee shop reading while I went picking.
Ended up getting 30 or so children’s books for a quarter each for the store, twenty hardbacks for the store at $2 each, some fun toys and things for the store at 99 cents a pound, and maybe one real collectable. A 1940s or early 1950s swing style woman’s wool coat, only tag said Union Made.
I was looking through some bins of clothing for scarfs because we sell scarfs in the store. (I get them for 99 cents a pound and they are light, so when I find them I can get 30 scarfs for about a buck and we sell them for $5 each.) Didn’t find any, but ran across this vintage black coat. Spent two bucks on it as a risk. Might be something to toss, might be worth a hundred bucks. We shall see.
The fun of treasure hunting.
And yes, the four-novel challenge will start on Saturday. First book up is Tombstone Canyon: A Thunder Mountain Novel. Deadline to finish is Sunday, July 9th, but hope to finish before then. No clue what the other novels will be yet.
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JULY ONLINE WORKSHOPS
All have openings at the moment. Information at
www.wmgpublishingworkshops.com
Any questions at all, feel free to write me. And if you are confused as to which workshop to take first, we have a full curriculum posted on its own page.
Class #1… July 11th … Depth #3: Research
Class #2… July 11th … Author Voice
Class #3… July 11th … Business
Class #4… July 11th … Endings
Class #5… July 11th … Writing Fiction Sales Copy
Class #6… July 11th … Writing and Selling Short Stories
Class #7… July 12th … Depth in Writing
Class #8… July 12th … Advanced Character and Dialog
Class #9… July 12th … Cliffhangers
Class #10… July 12th … Pacing Your Novel
Class #11… July 12th … How to Edit Your Own Work
Class #12… July 12th … Writing Fantasy
Depth #3: Research and Writing Fantasy are both new this month and will fill quickly.
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Dark Crimes Bundle
I want to remind everyone that I am in a fantastic bundle called Dark Crimes on Storybundle.com/mystery.
Dark Crimes Bundle has two anthologies and eight crime novels.
Folks, this is some great reading here.
For example, if you have never read any O’Neil De Noux, you are missing some fantastic stories set in New Orleans. O’Neil has been publishing mystery novels and stories for well over twenty years now and is one of the top writers in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.
The bundle is worth it for Fiction River, Year’s Best Mystery Stories, and O’Neil’s fantastic novel alone.
And one of my favorite Kris mystery novels that has gotten very little attention is Spree. Trust me, that is one twisted mystery. Storybundle.com/mystery.
Fun little ad video is at https://www.facebook.com/MelissaYiYuanInnes/videos/374207756314747/
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