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39 Years Today…
Algis Budrys Told Me To Pick Up Kris… He wanted me to pick her up and give her a ride to a workshop in Taos, New Mexico. And I did and 39 years later we are still together. We celebrate the day we met, not so much our wedding day. Although that was fun, too. It has been a fantastic run and I hope we can make it another 39. Wow, did we write a lot of fiction in those 39 years. Amazing. And had a lot of fun. We can always make each other laugh. Here are some pictures. Love you, Kris. Thanks for putting up with me for…
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Challenge Reporting
Writers Reporting In… Writers taking the challenges don’t have to report into me each month, but it tends to help a lot of writers in these different challenges to stay focused and moving forward. And I report my word count each month as well on the right side of this page. A lot of writers did great in April, a lot of us (me included) did not have great months. Right now, after two bad months, I am barely (and I do mean barely) on the million words a year pace, otherwise known as Pulp 1. I am going to need some great months to pop back up to Pulp…
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Cool Video By Steph
Explaining the New Design for Indie Authors Classes A brand new series of workshops DESIGN FOR INDIE AUTHORS on the WMG Writer Store. We just announced all three, even though we have been working on them for months and Stephanie Writt, the instructor has been getting everything in place. Check out her videos explaining the classes. Right now until Monday, we have an early bird special on these new classes. They are normally $500 each (what we always charge for nine weeks with webinar.) But until Monday you can get them for $400 each or $1,000 for all three. (The bundle for all three will be $1,200 after Monday.) Also…
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Covers, Interiors, and Kickstarter Design…
DESIGN FOR INDIE AUTHORS… A brand new series of workshops DESIGN FOR INDIE AUTHORS on the WMG Writer Store. We just announced all three, even though we have been working on them for months and Stephanie Writt, the instructor has been getting everything in place. Check out her videos explaining the classes. Book Cover Design is first up. 9 Weeks using mostly Canva to design beautiful book covers. A webinar every week and along the way Steph will be explaining everything detail by detail so even writers starting off with their first cover can follow along. (Again, this is design genius Stephanie Writt teaching all three of these.) Here is…
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Update on Challenge
STILL GOING… I have no intention of tossing in the towel on this one even though March and April were tough and I didn’t get that many stories done. My pattern over the years is that I always have troubles in March and April and then ramp back up solidly in May and while most writers are lost in The Time of Great Forgetting, I am writing at full speed or better. I’m going to need a bunch of two-story days to get back on track, and I can do that over the next five months without too much of a problem. (Got it planned out.) And my most productive…
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Information Flow Awareness
Most Writers Don’t See or Understand Information Flow… It is the advanced skill of getting a reader the information they need a fraction of a second before they need it in a story. You can’t do this with the front part of your brain. Only creative voice can pull this off when left alone. Right now, Kris and I have watched the 2001 version of Ocean’s 11 and now we are watching it again while talking about it for the Kris and Dean show. After watching the movie a dozen times, studying it this last week, and now going over it again slowly, the movie has three and sometimes more…
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LAST DAY OF EARLY BIRD 50% SALE
Ends Late Monday… 50% off everything on WMG Teachable. Use the code EarlyBirdApril to get 50% off. But only for this one final day. Ends Monday night. All are on WMG Teachable. Grab one of these classes to help yourself through the Time of Great Forgetting and challenge yourself and learn a lot at the same time. (And yes, you can stock up on classes for the summer on this sale.) Starting May 6th, three ADVANCED CRAFT CLASSES. ADVANCED CLIFFHANGERS ADVANCED ENDINGS FLOATING VIEWPOINTS Maybe three of the most important classes we do. All are 9 weeks long with eight assignments. The Floating Viewpoints class will change what you think…
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New Kris Mystery Novellas
Four of Them to Be Exact… Three are unpublished, one was published in the Holiday Spectacular Calendar and from there ended up winning the Derringer Award. Yes, it is that good. Four brand new short crime novels (novellas) by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Where can you get them? In our next Kickstarter, that’s where. Still a number of weeks out, but take a look at the header and those covers (and the branding… none of these have the same character or are even slightly related, so take note of the branding.) Four fantastic mystery novellas. Amazing stories and reading. Yes, two weeks before it launches we got a “Project We Love”…
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3 Days Left On Early Bird Sale…
Ends Late Monday… 50% off everything on WMG Teachable. Use the code EarlyBirdApril to get 50% off. But only for the next three days until late Monday night. All are on WMG Teachable. Grab one of these classes to help yourself through the Time of Great Forgetting and challenge yourself and learn a lot at the same time. (And yes, you can stock up on classes for the summer on this sale.) Starting May 6th, three ADVANCED CRAFT CLASSES. ADVANCED CLIFFHANGERS ADVANCED ENDINGS FLOATING VIEWPOINTS Maybe three of the most important classes we do. All are 9 weeks long with eight assignments. The Floating Viewpoints class will change what you…
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Having a Great Time with Merch…
Drinking Iced Tea Out of My Poker Boy Mug… And I have a Poker Boy hoodie, a Bryant Street hoodie, and a Pulphouse hoodie to wear, plus a Marble Grant mug. Why am I even mentioning this? Well, after 50 years since I sold my first short story, this is the first time I have ever had any merchandise with my own characters and worlds and brands on it. And what have I discovered? Makes me want to write more. Not kidding. Just having this brand stuff and merch as a possibility, let alone being able to actually have the stuff, really has me energized to do more. And create…