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The Magic Bakery: Copyright in the Modern World of Fiction Publishing
Introduction… Indie writers make great money these days with their small and medium-sized businesses. Some make millions, while at the same time others sell few books. The writers selling few copies tend to look for reasons why they are not selling. I could spend a lot of time listing all the reasons writers find for a book now selling, but almost always the reason is a very simple business reason. Inventory. And a complete failure to understand what they are selling. But that seemingly simple answer has a vast universe of issues around it. And understanding inventory in publishing takes an understanding of copyright. So for this book, I am…
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The Magic Bakery and a Disappearing Bundle
Full of Magic Pies… I have been working with Kris on the Strengths Workshops and in both the business and the sales workshops, the concept of the magic bakery keeps coming up in varied ways. I had forgotten how powerful the concept actually is. I haven’t talked much about the magic bakery here in the last few years. And to really understand all the ramifications of it and how to use it, you will need to take the Strengths Workshops, both business and sales. But for those of you who do not have a clue what I am talking about, imagine your finished story is a pie. The copyright property…
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3 Days Left On Half Price Sale!!!
Yes… Only Three Days… The Fall Indie Writing Festival ends and also the half-price sale on everything on WMG Teachable and the 70% off the Everything Subscription. All that will only last three more days, ending Friday late. That 70% off of the Everything Subscription is the best deal ever for a ton of learning for years to come. Half Price And Better… So right now, every class and workshop and lecture and pop-up on WMG Teachable is half price. To get the class or workshop you want, just hit purchase on anything you want and then put in the code: FallHalfPrice You can get the class for 50% off.…
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Camp is Going Well and Updates…
First Week A Lot of Basics… And only four days long, but getting some good questions. So that has been fun. The Four Science Fiction Novellas Kickstarter by Kris ended last night and was super. The two special workshops are going to be fun. Everyone should have a survey by the end of Friday. So all great there if all goes well. Now that things have calmed a touch, I will be back on more chapters of the ADVANCED MAGIC BAKERY. I am looking forward to that. And to really getting back writing again. So now off for some rest.
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Still Spots Open in Writing Career Camp…
Limited Spots…. Still over ten spots available in the Writing Career Camp, so no worries yet. When it gets close, I will post it here. The last two blog posts have all the information and questions. Tomorrow I get back to the Magic Bakery. Again, lots of spots available, so if interested, just follow the instructions below to sign up. DETAILS — Cost is $600. — TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT… Pay through PayPal to dean@wmgpublishingstore.com and then write me directly (not that address) — Limited. This will fill but still lots of room at the moment. — Four Weeks… Tuesday July 15th to Tuesday August 12th. (Although we may be…
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Got Busy…
Almost Forgot To Do This Blog… Spent a lot of time today working on the coming Mary Jo Assassin Kickstarter (Kickstarter Link). Then a bunch of time recording some workshops. Then email and a bunch of time preparing to really fire back up the stories tomorrow. You know, June 1st great restart. Almost have my sleep scheduled back in place to help the writing. At this point in the story-per-day challenge, I had a horrid three months, but I am far from giving up. That’s why the refocus tomorrow. Seven months can make up for a lot of the bad three months. Now I know for those of you lost…
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Brain Not Fully Returned…
Licensing Expo Was Amazing… Took all my focus for most of last week and then this last weekend I slept because I have messed my schedule around so that I was getting up at 9 am, three plus hours before normal. Still on the 9 am schedule until after tomorrow, then will ease it back so I can get back to writing. But still not enough brain to even begin to describe a part of the expo. And not enough brain to do another chapter on the Advanced Magic Bakery. Maybe in a few days on both. I actually managed to only take one nap today. So maybe tomorrow. Plus…
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SUPER GREAT CHALLENGES Questions
And Yes… I Will Be Getting Back to Advanced Magic Bakery… As soon as my brain returns from the Licensing Expo this last week. As I expected, I am beat up, but really happy with the way the Expo went for us. I will talk more about it all in the future with what I can talk about. But some fantastic connections and ideas and possible licenses. Great fun and tiring. But right now there are two days left on the Early Bird discount on the five new SUPER GREAT CHALLENGES. Here are some questions I have been getting about the new challenges… — If you miss, you get the…
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Workshops Information and Sale Ending…
Workshop 50% Off Sale Ends Monday!! A ton of workshop information tonight since the half-price office-moving sale is ending on Monday on Teachable. The code to get anything at half price is… OfficeMove Here is a summary of information in this post… — Information on Lifetime Subscriptions… — Information on new “Buy Five for the Price of Four”… — November Regular Workshops Now Up… — List of Classic Workshops… All 47 of them… Starting with the List of Classic Workshops… I don’t think many know of the fantastic selection of writing and publishing classes we have that are Classic Workshops. I have no memory of doing a list of them,…
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Focus Bundle to Learn Characterization…
Again, By Writer Request… Got off my bundle schedule for another day and did a F0cus Bundle on Characterization and how to write great characters. I am sure having a good time grouping these classes and putting them in an order to be the best to learn. We did so many of these classes over a number of years and not in this order. We just weren’t that smart to them in order. (grin) If you have a lifetime subscription to the Workshops, you have most of this one already. Of course, Everything Subscriptions and Lifetime Workshop subscriptions are half price right now in this bundle sale. See below for…