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Visions of the Future
Only 20 Hours Left… This is a fantastic deal, folks. And it is about to expire. Get ten fantastic science fiction novels and collections, including my novel Dust and Kisses, a prequel to my Seeders Universe series. And you can get Kris’s novel Consequences, a Retrieval Artist novel. You can find all ten at Storybundle.com until about 10 pm West Coast time. And don’t forget to toss in an extra buck or two for Ablegamers.com, one of the great organizations of all time.
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A Group of Writers
From a Long, Long Time Ago… The picture below is of Kathy Oltion, Jerry Oltion, Kent Patterson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Wesley Smith, Robert J. Howe, Christina York, Steve York and Kij Johnson in Rockaway Beach, Oregon. We had all gone to that house for a weekend of writing short stories. The picture was posted by Nina and I think was about 1991 or so. I wrote “In the Shade of the Slowboat Man” at this weekend gathering along with two other stories. And yes, wow were we all young. Wonderful to see Kent Patterson again. He died from complications of polio just a fews years or so after this was taken. I am publishing a story by Kent, Jerry, Kris, and…
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Just About Done…
One More Day on the Anthology Workshop… Lots of fun, a ton of great stories, and even more great discussions about all sorts of writing and publishing stuff. So Wednesday I will be caught back up with everything. And maybe even have gotten a full night’s rest. Or at least time for a nap. (grin) And looks like the Anthology Workshop is a go for sure for next year. Email list will start in early summer and writing will start in late November. So not that far away. More details shortly, but you can sign up at any time by writing me directly. Back tomorrow after one more wonderful day…
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Up Too Late…
Way Too Late It Seems… Except that I am only up to my normal time, but since I have been getting up early, Kris is worried. I hate to make her worry, but honestly I can make it on five hours of sleep a night for five days just fine. Past that, not so much, but for a major workshop like the anthology going on right now, talking with people late into the night is great fun. And only another day. And I am learning a ton and feeling very blessed for some good friends as well. If I haven’t responded to a letter you sent me today, please bare…
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March Workshops Available
They Are Now Up… Including the new workshop, Licensing 101. It has also been loaded into the Lifetime Workshop Subscription and also into the Licensing Transition workshop. That’s right, inside the $500 year-long workshop you get a $300 workshop as well. Cool, huh? You can sign up for them on Teachable. Class #21… Mar 3rd … Writing RomanceClass #22… March 3rd… LICENSING 101Class #24… March 3rd … Writing into the DarkClass #25… March 3rd … Writing Sales CopyClass #26… March 4th … Depth in WritingClass #27… March 4th … Writing Short StoriesClass #29… March 4th… Writing with EmotionClass #30… March 4th… Advanced Depth Available on Teachable. Check out the Collaboration…
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Got A Tiny Bit of Reading…
Just the Last Reading for the Anthology Workshop… Wow, are there some great stories this year. I’ve been enjoying the reading a great deal, to be honest. I sit in a recliner with floor-to-ceiling windows on two sides of me, looking out over the city of Las Vegas, my feet up, manuscripts on a coffee table beside me. I’ve been reading like that now for a number of weeks and finally to the last twenty or so stories. Life sucks, getting to read professional stories every night in that setting. (grin) Honestly I am bummed the reading is almost over for this year. And we are working hard on figuring…
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Visions of the Future
A Storybundle… I grew up reading science fiction way back in the 1950s. And from those early years, I loved it, how it showed me possible futures, places to escape to, wonderful visions, and dark possibilities. Science fiction took me out of a bad childhood and let me escape, not only from my home, but from this planet. And then, when I was in high school and college, Original Star Trek, in its first run, allowed me to escape into a wonderful future of hope and dreams, where the good guys won. To say I loved science fiction would be a gigantic understatement. And for the last six decades, I…
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Collaboration Spots
Still Four Spots Open in the Collaboration Class… I told another professional writer about this today, told him I thought I was nuts to try it. His response was, “I think it would be grand fun.” So do I, actually. A four week class on all the different methods of collaboration, then collaborating with 15 writers on a short story sometime over the summer. And remember, if you just want to take the workshop, you can sign up for it and write me that you want just the workshop part, not the collaboration part. No problem at all. But got four spots open for the collaboration part still. Sign up…
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Two Hours Left!!
We Hit the 4th Stretch Goal!!! Thank you, everyone!!! So that means that anyone supporting this really fun Kickstarter project gets not only five extra books, but a choice of any of our lectures $50 value and a choice of any of our $150 Classic Workshops. Pretty cool, huh??? So still a few hours time left to grab some great reading. And get a lecture and Classic Workshop on your Teachable dashboard. But only two hours as I write this at 11 in the morning. Thanks again. Kris and I are really excited to put these twelve cat anthologies together. 100 cat stories. Going to be a blast. Year of…
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24 Hours To Go!!
Gaining on the 4th Stretch Goal!! We have already hit three stretch goals, and if we hit the fourth one, every supporter gets a great novel from Kristine Grayson, plus a Classic Workshop of their choice worth $150.00 So pass the word if you can. And if you are thinking of taking a workshop, grab it now through the Kickstarter for a discount. Also, the year-long class of Kris and I studying all one hundred cat stories we buy for the anthologies in videos will be a writing learning experience you will not want to miss. And you can only get the How to Write a Cat Story workshop through…