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More On Challenges For 2022
A Goal vs A Challenge… Right about now, here on the 6th of December, it is a great time to start looking at the year ahead. For many writers, setting a challenge is not a good idea. But in any business or art, setting a goal can really help. So tonight I thought I would talk about the difference between a goal and a challenge. I believe both are good. And by setting a challenge, you are also setting a goal. But often goals are not challenges. Last night I listed four things that I thought were important when deciding on a challenge. They are: 1… It actually has to…
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Figuring Out a Challenge
I Realized A Few Important Things About a Challenge… You have to have the following… 1… It actually has to be a challenge. Something you haven’t done before. 2… You have to remember what the challenge is on bad days six months after you start and why you are doing it. 3… The results of the challenge need to be something that can be used and advance some part of your writing or publishing world. 4… If a Writing Challenge, it has to follow Heinlein’s Rules. Okay, those all seem simple, right? And for most writers and most levels of challenges, they are simple. Until you get to a level…
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Night Off
Santa Tomorrow… Me and Kris and Lisa and a number of other writers around town, plus 25,000 to 30,000 or more other humans are all going to dress up in our matching Santa outfits, hats and all, and do 5K around the streets of downtown Vegas. Oh, my, god, is that fun and just head-shaking stupid. So I will be announcing my 2022 challenge in the next few days and doing more posts on the Wet Blanket book, plus announcing some fun new workshops and classes and the start of Motivational Monday for writing and publishing. But tonight, since I have to get up slightly early, I am taking a…
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Holiday Collections Storybundle
Now Live For A Short Time! Here is the blog I wrote for this Collections Holiday Storybundle… The Holiday Collections Bundle – Curated by Dean Wesley Smith A Lot More Stories Wow, is this bundle going to be fun. Fantastic writers and 72 different holiday short stories. That’s right. 72. And you can get all of them for one low price that works out to about 20 cents per story. Wow! And all are holiday stories. What a great way to help enjoy this wonderful season. Every book in this bundle is a collection of holiday stories of different types and focus, as would be expected from such different and…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…