• Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing,  workshops

    Dates of the Monthly Workshop Sales

    Yes, We Are Setting The Dates… As I said yesterday, each sale will be the last week of the month, usually from Sunday to Sunday. So here are the dates… (July is going now.) I am going to include the codes to get the 50% off of anything on WMG Teachable. July 24th through July 31st… Code is… JulyRegularSale August 21st through August 28th … Code will be… AugustRegularSale September 18th through September 25th…. Code will be… SeptemberRegularSale October 23rd through October 30th… Code will be… OctoberRegularSale November 20th through November 28th (Monday)… Code will be… NovemberRegularSale December 18th through December 30th (Friday)… Code will be … DecemberRegularSale So now…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    Challenge Mixed Bag

    Didn’t Hit It, but Still All Right… My challenge starting in 2022 was to write a short story per day. 365 days. I knew clear back in November when I finished the 70 Books in my 70th Year and started thinking about this challenge again that I would have trouble with it. And not for most writer’s reasons. I knew I would have trouble keeping track and doing something with all the stories. I thought I had that solved. Nope. I wrote 31 stories in January and a story every day in February and a story per day for the first half of March… Going fine, having no issues other…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    Wow, I Am Surprised…

    Time of Great Forgetting and an American Holiday… Got all that. But I guess I am wrong. Two classes I thought we would get a lot of people signing up for, and being excited to take, and no one. Crickets… At least so far. First off, having Kris talk for almost four hours about writing and the business of writing and surviving in the business for thirty years in the Interview Classes. She talks about ten of her major series over four hours of me asking her questions about the series and publishing and writing. The people who got it free on the Kickstarter are signing up, but not one…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    Heinlein’s Rules and Media Kit Workshops

    All July Workshops Now Available… Both new workshops starting in July are available now. (Both are on the Lifetime Subscription as well.) Heinlein’s Business Rules Workshop will be far, far more than just going over the five simple rules. It will be how those simple five rules can turn you into a full-time professional fiction writer. They really are a major secret to writing and for the first time, Kris and I are going to give those business rules six full weeks of attention. You will be stunned at what you think you know about then, but really do not. Media Kit workshop is going to be for those really…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    Two Days Left On Half-Price Workshop Sale!!

    Almost Over!!! Just two days to get the classes, the workshops, the subscriptions, the study-alongs, the pop-ups, and everything else on Teachable. Ends Thursday evening. All things on WMG Publishing Teachable are half price. Everything!!! Code to get a class or workshop or anything else on WMG Teachable at half price is: SummerHoliday Just hit the one you want, then put in the code and hit apply and the price will be half. I know this is the time of great forgetting, but a workshop or class just might help you get a little more done during this time. Also, you can get workshops, classic workshops, pop-ups, and lectures for…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    June Regular Workshops Starting Up

    And Half-Price Sale Still Going On… Today (Tuesday) and Wednesday, all the regular six-week workshops are starting up for June. Here is the list of June Workshops… Class #51… June 7th … Covers 101 Class #52… June 7th … Making a Living with Novels Class #53… June 7th … Writing Into the Dark Class #54… June 7th… Writing with Speed Class #55… June 7th … Teams in Fiction Writing Class #56… June 8th … Depth in Fiction Writing Class #57… June 8th … Writing Short Stories Class #58… June 8th … Advanced Depth Class #59… June 8th … Approaching Pulp Speed Class #60… June 8th … Killing Critical Voice Class…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    July Workshops and Heinlein’s Rules New Workshop

    All But One Up Now! Heinlein’s Rules six week workshop is up now with the rest of the regular workshops in July. Only the new Media Kit workshop is not yet there, but will be in a few days. And right now all things on WMG Publishing Teachable are half price. Code to get a class or workshop or anything else on WMG Teachable at half price is: SummerHoliday Just hit the one you want, then put in the code and hit apply and the price will be half. I know this is the time of great forgetting, but a workshop or class just might help you get a little…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing,  workshops

    Half-Price Sale

    Going On Now… All things on WMG Publishing Teachable are half price. Just over one week. Code to get a class or workshop or anything else on WMG Teachable at half price is: SummerHoliday Just hit the one you want, then put in the code and hit apply and the price will be half. I know this is the time of great forgetting, but a workshop or class just might help you get a little more done during this time. Also, you can get workshops, classic workshops, pop-ups, and lectures for the future. You can get three of each at a discounted price and then get half off that discounted…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    FLASH SALE!!!

    To Help You With Time of Great Forgetting… We are doing a FLASH SALE. Starts now and runs through Wednesday at 7 pm West Coast Time. Less than four days. To get 50% off of anything on WMG Teachable, just hit purchase and then on the next page put in the code: FlashSale To get anything at 50% off. Right now the Time of Great Forgetting is hitting a lot of people very hard. So to keep focus on the writing over the next month or so, often the deadlines of a workshop help a lot. Plus the June Regular Workshops are now available and every regular workshop we do…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    Patreon Updates

    Smith’s Monthly #57 and 3 Raw Stories… Got those on Patreon. If you want to really see what Smith’s Monthly looks like, read the pdf version. You get to see it completely. And the last five pages with all the covers of all 57 issues is pretty stunning.  But for those of you at the $5 level on Patreon and above, I put up both the Bookfunnel link and the pdf of Smith’s #57, the January issue. Also put up three more raw short stories from the challenge. What is slowing me down is the covers, of course. I did those three in an hour, but I got to find…