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Writing Career Camp
WRITING CAREER CAMP… Online July 15th through August 12th Since we did the last master class back six or seven years ago, we have been trying to come up with a way to bring everything in indie publishing and writing together. And have it all presented in a way that makes sense. With our regular workshops and classes and such, there are so many gaps of large areas we are missing that we want to cover. Really important gaps to indie writers and publishers. So for four weeks, we are going to do our best to cover everything we can, in an orderly fashion that will help writers of all…
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Advanced Magic Bakery… Chapter Seven
Chapter Seven… The Magic of the Business Oh, oh, to show another aspect of the magic of the bakery, I have to talk a few numbers and some pretty easy business terms. So hang on. I promise I will be gentle. To start a regular store on the corner of any town, it costs a lot before the first customer even walks through the door. Rent, set up of electric, fixtures, money and inventory systems, licenses, often remodeling and then you have to buy your inventory to stock your store. And since it has been 8 years since I started a brick and mortar store, I know I am forgetting…
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Advanced Magic Bakery… Chapter Six
Chapter Six… Who Are Your Customers? Right now this Advanced Magic Bakery metaphor is getting a little extended. You think? So to understand exactly what this is about, make sure you have read the Introduction and first five chapters. So you have been baking for a number of years and getting better at making your pies (stories) taste better and be more desirable to readers. And you have a bunch of short fiction pies and over twenty major book pies in your magic bakery. (In your magic bakery means you have published your stories wide around the world. That is all.) The pies are all on your wonderful magic bakery…
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A Fun Day!
Off To The Old Ball Game… Basketball, actually. Aces. I managed to crawl out of bed and get ready just in time for us to head out to first get yummy pizza before the game. (Pizza for breakfast just ain’t something I am going to complain about. (grin)) Game was fun, even though we lost. Frustrating, but worth watching. And good friends there. And watching the little kids play a game at halftime was so, so much fun. Made my heart feel good to watch the girls and boys battle it out. And one of them actually made a shot. The entire place cheered. Then Kris and I headed for…
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ADVANCED MAGIC BAKERY… Chapter Five
CHAPTER FIVE… What You Sell… What do you sell out of your magic bakery? Simple answer… NOTHING. You never sell anything. Period. When someone walks in and wants all rights to use one of your magic pies, you simply say no. You sell all rights, you lose your pie. It walks out the door with the buyer and you can do nothing with it. And as I said last chapter, you wave your moral rights and basically the same thing happens. You lose control of your pie. You still have your copyright, but no control over what is done with it. You make all your money in your magic bakery…
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Coaching Questions…
Got Some Questions on the Coaching After Last Night’s Bog Mostly just what the heck is it? So figured I would bring up the original post and update it on how things are really working after a bunch of months now. Actually since February. Kris and I have talked a lot about how fiction writers have for one reason or another trouble getting their work out to readers. And often when this builds up, it causes a slowdown in the writing itself. A form of writer’s block. It turns out, every writer seems to be stuck at a very different place. And the topic is so huge, it just can’t…
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ADVANCED MAGIC BAKERY… Chapter Four
Chapter Four… Starting a Business Granted, there are a lot of writers, or for this metaphor, bakers, who just make pies and stack them up in their kitchen. Every writer is different. No judgements by me. But for me, and most other writers, we like to try to get our work out into the public to enjoy. And that is where you take off your baking apron and put on a business suit and step into the business part of your bakery. Granted, not as much fun as baking for most of us, but if you are going to get people to enjoy your work, to come into your bakery,…
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Mary Jo Assassin Kickstarter Ends Today!!
Ends At 7 PM West Coast Time Thursday Night!! That’s right, just hours left on the fun MARY JO ASSASSIN KICKSTARTER campaign. Lots of fun reading, and I hope you all got a free Mary Jo Assassin short story to read. Two novels and two 10-story collections. And the four books come with every reward. And we have already hit two stretch goals, which means more reading and two writing classes for all backers worth $150 each. And we are in striking distance of another stretch reward with another writing class, so help us pass the word. And two really great special workshops also. Here is all the information about…
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Sale and Kickstarter…
I Won’t Shut Off the Half Price Sale Until Noon Wednesday. See the last few days blog posts on details and how to get everything half price. But right now only two days left on the fun MARY JO ASSASSIN KICKSTARTER campaign. This ends at 7 PM Thursday night. Lots of fun reading, and I hope you all got a free Mary Jo Assassin short story to read. Two novels and two 10-story collections. And the four books come with every reward. And two really great special workshops also. Here is all the information about them. Both will be fantastic craft classes. TWO GREAT SPECIAL WORKSHOPS IN MARY JO ASSASSIN…
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LAST DAY OF TEACHABLE SALE
Big Beach Learning Sale! So until late, late Tuesday Night, June 10th, everything on WMG Teachable is half price. That includes all the classes, the workshops, the challenges, everything. And all the subscriptions, including a very special deal on the EVERYTHING SUBSCRIPTION (see below). Really great time to get a challenge or the new class on How to Achieve Your Dreams. Remember, you can start a challenge at any point, even if you get it now with the sale. To get anything at half price, simply scroll on WMG Teachable until you find the class you want and hit purchase, then put in the code: BeachSale Then hit apply and…