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Lots of Meetings
Some Days That Just Happens… Today was one of those days. But when talking publishing and promotions and licenses and writing, meetings are often fun. Today they were fun. And educational. And not even stressful. This new world of publishing and writing and licensing is just flat exciting. I think one reason for me is that I love learning. And the challenge of business. So on this blog and in different places I will be relaying some of the stuff I am learning over the next months. But tonight my brain is full, so headed to get some sleep early.
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Just Sold 60,000 Comics
And Had A Great Dinner with Friends… Fun day all the way around. And yes, I sold 60,000 comics. For those that don’t remember, at one point WMG Publishing Inc owned a brick-and-mortar bookstore and three collectables stores. Two of which had comics in them. We sold the bookstore just after we expanded it with a Kickstarter help and it is doing wonderfully. We sold our main comic and collectables store and it is doing fantastic as well with its new owner, who happens to be the former store manager we hired. And then last February we shut down two others. Our reason was to take WMG Publishing Inc back to…
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RACING THE CLOCK
New Story Bundle Now Live… I’m really proud of this bundle. I love thrillers of all sorts and I got a chance to work with some of the best writers of fast-paced fiction working in all sorts of different genres to put this together. So check it out at Storybundle.com Over the next night or so I’ll give more information about the bundle and the great writers in it. But at Storybundle.com you can read the blog I did about the bundle and putting it together. If you love fast-paced books in just about every genre, this is the bundle for you. Nine novels, one collection. And I have one of…
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No Comments?
Sort Of Surprised… We have the woman who runs the international licensing expo coming to the Master Business Class to help us all, and no comments. Not sure what I was expecting, but dead silence, even in private emails, sure wasn’t one of the expectations. No need to comment now. Just found it interesting with all the excitement among so many writers about licensing opportunities. So now off I go to work on more chapters of Trademark for Fiction Writers. Night…
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Two New Guests at the Master Business Class
Two Wonderful People Are Going To Help Us Out… DEIDRE J. MANNA-BRATTEN Deidre J. Manna-Bratten is an enthusiastic brand licensing professional, helping brand owners and licensees understand how to navigate through the challenges and benefits of consumer product licensing. Before joining the Global Licensing Group as their International Project Manager, Deidre worked in the fashion industry for 8 years as a Sales and Marketing Executive. During this time, she had her first taste of licensing as a licensee of Warner Bros (Gossip Girl), creating an inspired-by full range apparel collection with Romeo & Juliet Couture. Deidre has worked with reputable entertainment companies, such as Mattel and Saban Brands, to create compelling products…
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Ask Kris Anything Live Webinar
Next One Is Sunday… A quick update: You can still sign up for the six-month series of Ask Kris Anything. That’s right, one hour a month, you and a few others can ask New York Times bestselling writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch any question you want on a live webinar. Sunday, 11 am West Coast US time. This one coming is on Sunday, August 18th. Sign up on Teachable. Six Months of Ask Kris Anything. This will be vanishing soon for more sign-ups.
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Last Call for August Workshops
They Will Vanish Monday Evening… September workshops will replace them. And yes, there is a new Pop-Up and the Pop-Up on Flash Fiction has one week left on the deadline to write a piece of flash fiction for Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. Best way to get those is in the bundles because we have a couple more really good ones planned over the next two weeks or so. But remember, to turn in a story, the deadlines come quickly. For #12 the story deadline is August 18 and for #13 (also a chance for Pulphouse) is August 25th. And now, for one more day only, the August Regular workshops… August Workshops…
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New Pop-Up
Pop-Up #13… As You Write… How to do World Building, Create Characters, and Outline As You Write. All kinds of fun stuff in this one, plus the story prompt is writing another story for Pulphouse Fiction Magazine if you want. Remember, these things go away quickly. The Flash Fiction will go away in one week, or at least the deadline for the story will. This one is already in the bundle for the 11-20 and the bundle for 11-15 Pop-Ups. And you can still get the bundles for the first ten if you want. All are in there. Best way by far to buy these Pop-Ups. I’m kind of liking…
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Trademark for Fiction Writers… Chapter Two
CHAPTER TWO… (Please read the introduction and first chapter to this book before reading this. You can find that at… Introduction and First Chapter.) If, after the introduction and first chapter, you are starting to question why you would ever need to do a trademark for anything in your fiction, let me simply say…”Good.” As I learned more and more about trademark, I started to understand that this area of the law is very similar to all the myths pushed by traditional book publishers. In other words, most of it is just flat wrong for fiction writers. But there are places and times it is right, and understanding that is…
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August Workshops About to Go Away
In The Process of Getting September Workshops Ready… And as soon as I do, the August workshops will vanish. More than likely this weekend. So if interested in an August workshop, don’t delay. Yup, time is flashing past that quickly. August Workshops Including New Attitude in Fiction Workshop… Class #11… Aug 6th … Endings Class #12… Aug 6th … Attitude Class #13… Aug 6th … Time Travel Class #14… Aug 6th … Speed Class #15… Aug 6th … Teams in Fiction Class #16… Aug 7th … Depth in Writing Class #17… Aug 7th … Writing Westerns Class #18… Aug 7th … Character Development Class #19… Aug 7th… Information Flow Class #20… Aug 7th … Emotion Sign up…