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Write Only For Yourself…
Something I Teach All The Time… The great artist Bob Eggleton put up a post on Facebook tonight. A quote from Andre Malraux the French novelist (among other things he did.). Malraux said, “An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please.” I am constantly talking with young writers who are doing a number of things that I try to convince them are not critical. And often deadly. 1… Writing to market. (What is supposedly hot in sales, what you have already done, what others tell you to write.) 2… Write for beta readers or first readers or workshops. Just pretty silly when you stop and think…
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The Everything Lifetime Subscription…
A Ton of Classes and Workshops… I got answering a question about what exactly was in the Everything Lifetime Subscription and ended up stunning myself as I wrote it all out. All of this is on WMG Teachable and half price this week. Wow, over the years as Kris and I worked to entertain ourselves, keep learning, and at the same time teach what we wish someone had told us, this offering of classes got very large. And seemingly getting bigger as we go. Well over 300 classes and workshops of different types and just about every topic of fiction writing and the business of fiction writing. So let me…
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Questions About the Workshop Sale…
Got Some Great Questions the Last Two Days… All about the 50% workshop sale that we are running in conjunction with the Diving Universe Shopify Store Grand Opening. Everything on WMGTeachable is 50% off. Everything. And w have some cool new workshops as well. To get 50% off, simply hit purchase on the class or workshop you want to take, then on the next page put in the code and hit apply and you will get the class or workshop or whatever for 50% off. Code is: Diving50 Any problems or questions, feel free to write me. So let me answer the questions I got as best I can… 1……
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Quick Post On AI Lawsuit
Has To Be Quick Since Aces Game Early Tomorrow… For those of you who do not watch any news at all, this last week most of the remaining bestselling traditional writers and the Author’s Guild filed a lawsuit to stop the theft of their work by ChapGPT. I am not a lawyer, but reading the complaint is very clear and powerful. Lots and lots of artists are already filing suits against AI art companies. And this big suit by old bestsellers is just a part of the massive wave of lawsuits for copyright infringement that have already been filed and will be filed. Simply put… AI in art and in…
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Wow!! What a Store!!
WMG Publishing Started a New Diving Universe Store And right now it is having a grand opening sale. Go to www.divingintothewreck.com and browse around. Imagine the store without all the Grand Opening sales stuff. And imagine something like it as your own author web site. Yes, Shopify can do all kinds of looks and blogs and anything a regular web site can do and so much more. I loved the Pulphouse Shopify Store and our main WMG Books store we call “the mothership.” But when I saw how Stephanie Writt had built this store, the first thing I thought of was an author web site. It would be one of…
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New Diving Store and Workshop Sale!!!
New Workshops Available for Sale!!! The Diving Universe Shopify Store is having a GRAND OPENING SALE starting around noon later today (Friday). Check it out when it opens. One amazingly cool store, with lots of deals and discounts on products and everything. I will talk more about the store tomorrow evening after everyone can see it. But right now, along with the Grand Opening Sale of the Diving Shopify Store, we are doing a workshop sale. Everything on WMGTeachable is 50% off. Everything. And below are some really cool new workshops, plus the list of the October Regular Workshops. To get 50% off, simply hit purchase on the class or…
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Last Day of the Diving Kickstarter…
Ends at 7 PM on Thursday Evening… That is 7 pm West Coast time… IVORY TREES: A Diving Universe Kickstarter. Thursday… Last day to get Ivory Trees: A New Diving Universe novel early, ahead of everyone else. Last day to get the two special workshops on writing science fiction that will never be offered anywhere else. Last day to get the $450 in value in writing classes (so far) from the stretch goals, plus the extra Kris science fiction stories. (This might go up to $600 in value if we hit the next stretch goal.) All for just backing this kickstarter. IVORY TREES: A Diving Universe Kickstarter. Just ONE MORE…
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A Bunch of Kickstarters
I Push Different Kickstarters For Writers… If a person is on the free Kickstarter for Fiction Writers class on Teachable and starts a campaign and lets me know, I try to look at it (and I often back it) and then I write a group letter to all the others in the free class telling everyone about it. There are about 1,500 writers in that class, so sometimes it helps some. (This is that letter.) And I focus on what writers should study about each campaign. If the campaign doesn’t work, I won’t list it, and sometimes a campaign ends before I can get it listed. Just my schedule issues…
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Two Special Workshops In Kickstarter…
They Will Not Ever Be Available Again… So with only a few days left in the Ivory Trees: Diving Universe Kickstarter, don’t miss these. Here is all the information from the campaign about the two special workshops… For the writers who love to write science fiction stories and learn the craft of writing, we are offering some very, very special treats through this Kickstarter campaign. These will only be offered through this campaign and nowhere else, so don’t miss them. — TECHNOBABBLE & COMMUNICATIONS IN SCIENCE FICTION This is a special three-week workshop on how to write about how communications work in science fiction space opera. From making up a universal translator like…
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Hit Special Stretch Goal!
Now All Backers Get Two Writing Classes… And we are gaining on the next stretch goal with another Kris story and another writing class. So check it out at IVORY TREES: A Diving Universe Novel Kickstarter. And check out the two special workshops. They are only offered for the next three days on this Kickstarter. They will be fun and great learning. Also, the Aces’ game this afternoon was great and not close, which made it even more fun. They have now advanced to the semifinals. Kris on her facebook page put pictures. I can’t even begin to imagine the cost of those towels. For two different games. Wow. Watching…