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Book Ads and Workshops Going Classic
Yup, We Do Ads! For anyone who has picked up the paper version of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, you notice a lot of ads for many WMG books and magazines. But you will also see 1/3 page ads for books from the author of a story in the magazine. That’s right, we give the author a free 1/3 page ad to put with their story to advertise another book of theirs. We can’t do it in the electronic editions, but we do it in the paper version. From industry standards, the black and white ad is valued about $300 for the third page. So for the , we are offering any…
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The Myth of Talent
Maybe One of the Most Deadly of All Myths… Talent is a measure of skill at a certain moment in time. So many writers use talent as an excuse to not do something. That excuse comes in a ton of different forms. “I already know that, so I don’t have to learn more.” “I’m not talented at doing (blank), so not going to try that.” “Dean and Kris can do this, but I can’t.” And on and on and on. Basically this talent myth grows out of fear, out of laziness, out of a person’s past. Using the talent myth in either direction will stop you, hold you back, and…
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Holiday Pop-Up Special!!!
Write New Stories for Each Pop-Up… There are fourteen Pop-Ups in the series now. List is below. And for a short week or so with each one when it first appeared, anyone who signed up got a chance to write a story from a prompt and send it to me. But once that week was past, the opportunity to write passed. Videos are all still there to learn from, of course. (About 12-15 videos per Pop-Up on each subject.) Right now, #14 How to Make a Living Writing Short Fiction has a story prompt with it that is due in just under two weeks. And you can sign up for…
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Short Story Pop-Up
Pop-Up #14 Will Be Up Tomorrow… HOW TO MAKE A LIVING WRITING SHORT FICTION Yup, I went and did it. I’ve done numbers of blogs on this topic, so figured it was time to add more to it and put it all in video form. And, of course, a short story assignment is included and is something special. I will have the Pop-Up available and in the bundles tomorrow evening (Tuesday), but since I just had fun recording it, thought I would mention it here. — Also going to be doing more videos in the Licensing Transition tomorrow or Wednesday, so might want to jump in on that if you…
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Just Hit 100 Backers!
Wow, just Wow!… Thank you everyone, for the support so far on this on Kickstarter. It has been fantastic and now, hitting 100 backers is so very cool! Not only are we a “Project We Love” with Kickstarter, but that backer number helps us get found in the Kickstarter world as well. So thank you, everyone, for the quick and wonderful support. And we have some great stretch goals on the horizon as well, including one we won’t announce until we make the next one. The Zip Line stretch goal. So check it out here and remember, with the add-ons, you can combine awards very simply if you want more…
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More Cover Fun
Starting to Really Have Fun… As I expected I would once I got past the panic of learning a new version of InDesign. People told me it was very similar to the old one, but problem was it had been five years since I had done much on the old one, and my old memory just isn’t that good. But when I was up in Oregon a couple weeks ago, Josh showed me how to find help inside Adobe products and that has been a lifesaver a few times. And on top of that, I am feeling in control of the mass of my short fiction for the first time…
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A Fun Book and More Videos
Pulphouse Kickstarter Hit Second Stretch Goal… That’s right, in just three days. Wow! So everyone who supports the campaign gets a free electronic book. A brand new one that will be out in the summer next year. It’s called Aliens Among Us: At Least In the Pages of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. And going forward, if we hit more stretch rewards, there are more fun books and workshops and lectures for writers. Check it out at NEW VIDEOS Also, I added five new videos into the Licensing Transition, talking about aspects of how to make certain decisions when it comes to licensing your work. A lot of videos so far in…
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Playing With Covers
For Make 100 Paperbacks And learning the new Indesign. Finally getting past the frustration stage of learning and into the “this is cool” stage. Thought I would show you one of the covers. I am starting from the very first story in Smith’s Monthly #1 (and yes, I will be redoing all the Smith’s Monthly issues as well in this crazy clean-up.) And I will be doing a lot of new and unpublished stories as well. On my wonderful spread sheet, I discovered that only four of the 37 stories in the first nine issues of Smith’s Monthly have been put out stand-alone and of those, only one was already…
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Friday Night and I’m Reading Stories
Nope. Not For Pulphouse Fiction Magazine… I am reading for the Great Challenge. I got behind the last three weeks in reading, so promised myself that among other things this weekend, I would get the pleasure of reading a bunch of short stories. That’s what I am doing tonight. And very excited about the Pulphouse Kickstarter and how well it has done in the first two days. Exciting and gratifying for me and all the great authors who had stories in the first eight issues. Between reading, frighteningly enough, I have been working on a spread sheet for a past Kickstarter. The Make 100 Paperbacks. Finally firing on those and…
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First Stretch Goal in Less Than a Day!
Hit the Goal and the First Stretch Goal… All in less than 24 hours. That’s a new record for us. Thank you, everyone, for the support of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, and of all the authors who publish in it. Means a lot to me and all of us at Pulphouse. So thanks!! And if you haven’t had a chance yet to check it out, some really nifty stuff and great reading available. r. A couple questions this morning on the workshop and how to submit to Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. Pulphouse Fiction Magazine is not open for submissions and never will be. I am far, far too old, have too much…