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Covers, Interiors, and Kickstarter Design…
DESIGN FOR INDIE AUTHORS… A brand new series of workshops DESIGN FOR INDIE AUTHORS on the WMG Writer Store. We just announced all three, even though we have been working on them for months and Stephanie Writt, the instructor has been getting everything in place. Check out her videos explaining the classes. Book Cover Design is first up. 9 Weeks using mostly Canva to design beautiful book covers. A webinar every week and along the way Steph will be explaining everything detail by detail so even writers starting off with their first cover can follow along. (Again, this is design genius Stephanie Writt teaching all three of these.) Here is…
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Update on Challenge
STILL GOING… I have no intention of tossing in the towel on this one even though March and April were tough and I didn’t get that many stories done. My pattern over the years is that I always have troubles in March and April and then ramp back up solidly in May and while most writers are lost in The Time of Great Forgetting, I am writing at full speed or better. I’m going to need a bunch of two-story days to get back on track, and I can do that over the next five months without too much of a problem. (Got it planned out.) And my most productive…
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Information Flow Awareness
Most Writers Don’t See or Understand Information Flow… It is the advanced skill of getting a reader the information they need a fraction of a second before they need it in a story. You can’t do this with the front part of your brain. Only creative voice can pull this off when left alone. Right now, Kris and I have watched the 2001 version of Ocean’s 11 and now we are watching it again while talking about it for the Kris and Dean show. After watching the movie a dozen times, studying it this last week, and now going over it again slowly, the movie has three and sometimes more…
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LAST DAY OF EARLY BIRD 50% SALE
Ends Late Monday… 50% off everything on WMG Teachable. Use the code EarlyBirdApril to get 50% off. But only for this one final day. Ends Monday night. All are on WMG Teachable. Grab one of these classes to help yourself through the Time of Great Forgetting and challenge yourself and learn a lot at the same time. (And yes, you can stock up on classes for the summer on this sale.) Starting May 6th, three ADVANCED CRAFT CLASSES. ADVANCED CLIFFHANGERS ADVANCED ENDINGS FLOATING VIEWPOINTS Maybe three of the most important classes we do. All are 9 weeks long with eight assignments. The Floating Viewpoints class will change what you think…
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New Kris Mystery Novellas
Four of Them to Be Exact… Three are unpublished, one was published in the Holiday Spectacular Calendar and from there ended up winning the Derringer Award. Yes, it is that good. Four brand new short crime novels (novellas) by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Where can you get them? In our next Kickstarter, that’s where. Still a number of weeks out, but take a look at the header and those covers (and the branding… none of these have the same character or are even slightly related, so take note of the branding.) Four fantastic mystery novellas. Amazing stories and reading. Yes, two weeks before it launches we got a “Project We Love”…
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3 Days Left On Early Bird Sale…
Ends Late Monday… 50% off everything on WMG Teachable. Use the code EarlyBirdApril to get 50% off. But only for the next three days until late Monday night. All are on WMG Teachable. Grab one of these classes to help yourself through the Time of Great Forgetting and challenge yourself and learn a lot at the same time. (And yes, you can stock up on classes for the summer on this sale.) Starting May 6th, three ADVANCED CRAFT CLASSES. ADVANCED CLIFFHANGERS ADVANCED ENDINGS FLOATING VIEWPOINTS Maybe three of the most important classes we do. All are 9 weeks long with eight assignments. The Floating Viewpoints class will change what you…
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Having a Great Time with Merch…
Drinking Iced Tea Out of My Poker Boy Mug… And I have a Poker Boy hoodie, a Bryant Street hoodie, and a Pulphouse hoodie to wear, plus a Marble Grant mug. Why am I even mentioning this? Well, after 50 years since I sold my first short story, this is the first time I have ever had any merchandise with my own characters and worlds and brands on it. And what have I discovered? Makes me want to write more. Not kidding. Just having this brand stuff and merch as a possibility, let alone being able to actually have the stuff, really has me energized to do more. And create…
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Gothic Study Along Workshop
First Story Assignment Up… The Gothic Workshop taught by Kris in person here in Las Vegas from May 5th to 8th is going to be great fun. Way too late to sign up for the in-person part, but on Teachable we have a “study along” class that goes on at the same time. (Actually delayed a few hours behind the one here because I am doing it using Kris’s notes.) Same story assignments and I read them instead of Kris. (She is way too busy with the writers attending in person.) Those who are signed up on the Study Along, the first story assignment is up now. So not too…
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Negative Habits
Habits of Not Writing… Or not publishing what you write. Over the years I have talked a lot in classes and here about how it really helps to form positive habits on writing. Start a streak, do a challenge, write at the same time each day, and so on. And with the publishing coming in, I have often suggested a publishing day each week set aside only for publishing. Form a habit. But what I have noticed in myself and others lately is not writing, not publishing, is habit-forming as well. Streaks, challenges, and so on to help form positive habits are powerful, but so are the habits of not…
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Early Bird Sale Extended…
It Had Expired… And a couple people had missed it, so I just extended it today for a few more days. And I extended it to not only the Advanced Craft and Collections classes, but everything. Again, just for a few days. Code is EarlyBirdApril Just find the class you want on WMG Teachable, hit purchase, then put in the code and hit apply and you will get it for 50% off. Yes, this includes the EVERYTHING LIFETIME SUBSCRIPTION Again, this is just for a few days. And May regular workshops will be up shortly.