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New Line! New Line!
Whose Line Is It Anyway?… Because it has been a week to not remember, and Kris and I needed some laughter to cut the stress and worry, we went to see Whose Live Anyway (Basically Whose Line is It Anyway?) Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Jeff B. Davis, and Joel Murray. Stunningly funny. Worth it if they come to a place near you. I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time. And the show being in Vegas made it even funnier because of the crowd. The four of them had a blast with the crowd. Greg was doing a bit before introducing the other three and he asked the crowd…
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Just Finished… The Lonely Silver Rain
By John D. MacDonald… It was the last Travis McGee novel, published a year before MacDonald’s death in 1986. I think I have read it six or seven times now over the years, always taken in by how MacDonald did Travis. I have typed in so many parts of those books, studying the style, the simpleness of it, yet how complex and clear he wrote. At some point I will try a character like Travis. Someday. In the meantime, I practice a lot of what MacDonald did on my Cold Poker Gang series. And speaking of that, the new Cold Poker Gang series book is nearing an end, I hope.…
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We Learn From All Story
Even Television Shows… Kris and I started watching the revival of Magnum P.I. which was very similar to the old one. But this new version has a lot of heart and more themes. We were actually surprised by the quality, as it is clear many others have been since it just got renewed for a second season. On thing they did right was add in a couple of elements on the team. (If you don’t understand team in fiction, this would be a good show to study and then take the Teams workshop.) There is a detective who does a great job of slowly becoming part of the team over…
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Mentor Program Update
Almost the First of April… Which means the first quarter of the year has gone by and I had a number of people (who are not in the mentorship program I offered this year) ask how that mentorship program is going. The answer is simply, from my side, wonderfully. In fact, I am enjoying it a great deal. Here is how I look at it. In essence, I am here for the writer. Any time for anything to help the writer move forward. I let each writer set the pace and I do my best to be supportive, but not pressure. As it first started, I was back and forth…
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Space Opera Bundle Now Available
This One Is Way Cool!! And wow, does it have some great books and science fiction authors in it. And I had the wonderful pleasure of putting it all together for StoryBundle.com Here is what I wrote for the bundle… Lots and Lots of Space Ships “Space, the final frontier.” A famous quote from the opening of maybe the most popular space opera series ever, Star Trek. And wow did I write a lot of Star Trek books. Over thirty, plus a few comics and also some scripts. I even edited for Star Trek for a time. But before I fell in love with Star Trek back in the 1960s,…
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One Week To April Workshops Starting
I just Realized It Was Only A Week Away… Someone want to go find out where March ran off to? Wow. Just wow. And we are starting the Emotions in Writing workshop in one week as well. Got to have the Depth in Writing workshop to take that one. Overall, a great list of workshops in April, that’s for sure. I think all of them can really help a person’s fiction writing. Sign up directly at Teachable.com Class #31… Apr 2nd … Endings Class #32… Apr 2nd … Point of View Class #33… Apr 2nd … Writing Mysteries Class #34… Apr 2nd … Speed Class #35… Apr 2nd … Teams in Fiction Class #36……
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A Question About Ask Kris Anything Webinar
Got This Question Twice… So figured I would answer it here. Kris is going to do basically 13 live webinars starting in April, one per month, for the next year. With each webinar starting slightly early and running a little late, that will be around 15 plus hours of Kris answering questions about any topic anyone wants to ask her about. The information about this is two posts back. You can sign up on Teachable. The question I got twice was how did we figure the price? Well, a regular monthly workshop has about 40 videos of about 6 minutes each on average, counting the response and assignment videos. That’s…
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Do I Do This? Or That?
The Dilemma of Focus and Choice… I got a hunch this will be very familiar to many, if not all of you. Right now, in this new life here in Las Vegas, I have been focusing first (and with a lot of attention) on ramping up brand new habits of writing. Writing in the mornings. I have talked about that and actually it is working so far. But it is taking a focus. And I noticed today that the focus on the writing has taken away the focus on the running and exercise. Now, I am still getting over 10,000 steps per day. So that level of exercise is still…
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ASK KRIS ANYTHING Webinar
Announcing Something Brand New! Ask Kris Anything webinar is now available for sign-ups on Teachable. This might be one of the best ideas Kris has come up with outside her fiction. Listening to Kris answer your questions and other writer’s questions live for an hour every month for a year will be an amazing learning experience. Here are the details… Ask Kristine Kathryn Rusch Anything For one hour every month, Kris will answer questions live on a webinar. Any type of question, any form of question. Kris has been doing a weekly column on the business and life of publishing and fiction writing for a decade now. She has won…
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Book Challenge Update
Haven’t Missed a Day Writing… But have missed a couple of mornings. For example, I missed this morning going to the buffet for my writing sessions because I had an appointment with my audiologist at noon to get me to the next step with my new hearing aides. I am now supposed to wear them as much as possible, meaning all the time. My phone is now linked to them and I can answer the phone through them, and listen to music and news shows and you name it. Let me simply say, “Cool!” And in a crowded room, like at a table at a restaurant, I can put my…