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WMG Holiday Spectacular 2020 Hit First Stretch Goal
In Just Three Days… Thank you, everyone. So cool. And this project is so much fun. Getting an original holiday story, like an advent calendar, every day from November 26th through January 1st, and edited by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Or you can get a Valentines calendar edited by Annie Reed or a Halloween calendar edited by Mark Leslie. Or all of it in books, plus a ton of other stuff. Remember, if you want more than one thing, just pick a reward and then add the cost of the second award you want to your original choice and we work it out in the survey when it is all over.…
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WMG Holiday Spectacular 2020 Funded!!
In Just Four Hours… It hit its $2,500 ask and is now quickly on the way to the first stretch reward. Four hours is a new record for us for any campaign if I remember right. And the stretch rewards have some fun books, including a Christmas ghost novel of mine where ghost agents and Poker Boy save Santa and the world in the process, plus a bunch of great Kris holiday books. And for writers, we are again doing three brand new Pop-Up classes for the stretch rewards that sort of go along with the Writing a Holiday Crime Story special workshop. Remember, the only place you will ever…
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Day 0… It’s Still July for Me
I figured I had better do a first warm-up post here to explain a few things. — My day doesn’t start until after I get up and right now I’m writing this around 3 in the morning. So August 1st for me will start when I get out of bed. Thought I had better get that clear for those stopping by here and expecting something. — Most of the time I will only have one “Writing in Public” post per day. Sometimes two or more, depending on what is happening. They will always have the little illustration to the right so you can spot them and ignore them or not.…
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Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing: Writing Fast
Years ago I did this series called Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing. I stopped doing this because I hoped for a time that indie publishing would murder a few of the myths on its own, but sadly, it hasn’t. In fact, indie publishing created some new ones to go along with the old ones. Since I am going to blog about a ghost novel I’m writing here, I figured why not bring this forward to make sure everyone is on the same page as I go into this writing week. And maybe after I get the book done I’ll start back updating and bringing forward all these and get…
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FLASH SALE EXTENDED ONLY ONE DAY…
ALL CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS ON TEACHABLE HALF OFF… That’s right!! Half off. Kris asked me to extend this one day (Through late Wednesday night) so the writers on her lists could get a chance. Everything on WMG Teachable, all 600 plus classes, workshops, and courses are all 50% off. This includes all the Lifetime Subscriptions and also the Lifetime Everything Subscription. To get anything on WMG Teachable half off, just hit purchase, then use the code OneDayFlashSale Then hit apply and you will get it for 50% off. Get yourself set to learn and keep writing through the Time of Great Forgetting. We figured this flash sale might help. BUT…
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Let Me Show You A Brand…
POKER BOY BRAND… I have been writing Poker Boy stories since 1987. And over the years I tried to settle on a brand look as it became clear that Poker Boy was a main part of my writing. Marble Grant, Ghost of a Chance books and stories, Sky Tate, Pahket Jones, and others like Detective Crunch are all in the Poker Boy Universe. Finally, with all the learning I have been doing on brands and trademarks, the brand for Poker Boy finally came together with the brilliant help of Stephanie at WMG. And the look of the covers is finally settled as well. So firing up a Poker Boy Kickstarter…
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Kickstarter Special Stretch Goal!
SPECIAL STRETCH GOAL… Reach 125 Backers by Monday late… If this campaign reaches 125 Backers by Monday Night Late, every backer of any reward at $20.00 and above will get two free electronic short stories by Dean Wesley Smith. You will get “Cat Leading the Way”and “The Story of Jean.” For writers, since Marble Grant is a well-developed and a fun character, you will also get the CLASSIC AUTHOR VOICE workshop worth $150 to learn how to create a character such as Marble Grant. You can take it at any time and at your own pace. So pass the word and help us reach 125 backers by Monday night. Also…
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January Challenge Stories
Managed A Story Per Day For 31 Days… I have some adjustments to make, such as starting earlier in the day. But very happy with going from zero to full speed on fiction. 101,280 consumable words. That’s on pace for about 1.2 million words this year. Not up to my average yet, but close and a lot of things in January cut into that word count, so we shall see how it works in February and March. Working to get back above 1.3 million words. Here are the story titles for January… List of JANUARY Challenge Stories The Notes She Left Behind… Thunder Mountain A Lost Darkness… Marble Grant Death…
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Valuation and Story #26
Been Working On Copyright Valuation… Trying to figure out a way to explain it. But so many elements to it, it makes it tough. But writers believe, especially indie writers, that their work has no value. Yet every time you license a book or story to say, Amazon, and they license it to a customer, you are making money from the value of your work. You license a copy from your own store to a reader, you are making money from the value of your work. Same with doing a Kickstarter campaign. And on and on and on… Copyright is property. So is trademark. So every time you create a…
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Quick Workshop Update and Story #22
Story Challenge Still Going… First I want to update a few things on workshops. We have one Lifetime Subscription to All In-Person Workshops left available, then we are going to close it down again. Last time that was open was 2017. And there is only one left now. Cost is $3,000 and write me if interested. We have one mentorship open with me. It lasts for as long as you want it to last and I am here to answer question and be your supporter and cheerleader. I ask that you report to me regularly on how things are going and I will help with covers and sales copy and…