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Crashed And Burned…
Hit the concrete…. Short blog. Went on a run this morning. Made it 200 yards at full speed. Tripped on an invisible ledge. (Same one Dave tripped on last year.) I was going so fast that I barely had time to roll before hitting the concrete. Fortunately, I landed on my shoulder and not my head. Surgery later in the week for a broken and dislocated shoulder. All workshops have been postponed one week. If you have questions, contact Kris. Do not email me! I will be learning to do everything with my left hand…
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The Problem with a Streak…
It Becomes Very Powerful… And some days, like tonight, I don’t have the time or energy to do a decent blog on this daily eleven years and counting blog streak. But to maintain the streak, I have to write something. What a pain. Tomorrow I have to be up at 7 am (basically the very middle of my normal night) to go do a charity run. They are fun and Kris and I have a tradition that afterwards, depending on the area of the valley the run is held, we go to one of two diners for breakfast. Tomorrow the run is to the north and west of town, so…
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A Look Back… Twice
I Put Part of This Up On a Blog in 2013… Ten years ago. But tonight I was also thinking about the decade ahead class that is in its last ten weeks (you can sign up for it and go through it at any time, just ten more weeks of new stuff but all weekly videos are all still there.) Ten years ago I put this blog up about a time in my life fifty years ago. I am a lot of decades ahead from 1973, thats for sure… There is also a brand new five-story driving range opening up within a mile walk of our place, so I am…
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Kickstarter Doing Great!
Gaining on the Second Stretch Goal… The WMG Holiday Spectacular 2023 campaign funded in 45 minutes, hit the first stretch goal in under 24 hours, and was given by Kickstarter a PROJECT WE LOVE designation that is really hard to get. Now it is gaining on the second stretch goal, which not only has more holiday reading, but a writing class included. If you have been studying Kikstarters, go take a look at how we did the Story in this one. I think it looks really nifty. And fits the Holiday Spectacular perfectly!! And how cool is all the holiday merchandise??? Since there are three books, with three beautiful holiday…
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Pulphouse Has Returned Again…
My Introduction to Issue 22 Issue #22 of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine is publishing today, right on time. It is now monthly. And wow does it feel great to have it back. Here is my introduction to this new issue, explaining some of what happened to make us have to take a break and then restart today. We’re Back! Again!! For the third, and final time, and this time to stay, Pulphouse Fiction Magazine returns. The first time we returned was after twenty-one years or so shut down. The first incarnation lasted from 1991 to 1996 and produced 20 issues plus an issue zero. The first incarnation was owned by Pulphouse…
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Kickstarter Is Live!!
WMG Holiday Spectacular 2023 Kickstarter! We just went live. WMG Holiday Spectacular. We have some fantastic art and a fun design to this year’s campaign, plus this year we have THREE holiday Special workshops and we have merchandise. And, of course, the Holiday Spectacular Calendar which has 40 original stories in it, one per day from Thanksgiving through January 1st. You get the Calendar with any reward, including the workshops. The three special workshops you can only get through the Kickstarter are: EDGE OF YOUR SEAT… Writing short thriller holiday stories. DON’T MESS WITH THE BIG ELF… Writing contemporary or historical holiday stories. MAKE THE READERS SMILE… Writing short romance…
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2023 Holiday Spectacular Kickstarter…
Going Live at Noon!! I will be back here with a post and links and everything right after we go live. But to make sure you don’t miss it, you can go to the 2023 WMG Holiday Spectacular page and tell Kickstarter to notify you when it launches. In this one we have really beautiful Holiday mugs among other great products like holiday puzzles, blankets, coasters, and pillows. And with every reward you get the full 40 story Holiday Spectacular Calendar, an original story from Thanksgiving through the first of the year, edited by Kris. Here is an image of the mugs…
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Some General Updates…
Some Housekeeping… Special Workshops from Diving Kickstarter information will go out tomorrow afternoon. Information on how to get into them will be in the letter I will send you. Down in the Details Classes will start being recorded again later in the week. I will send a notice through Teachable when each class in each one is available. Hope to have all of them done by the first week of November. Reading for Pulphouse has been going on in the Holiday subject group from August. I am slow. Sorry. Bought a couple through, which is great fun. Reading for the last group of Pulphouse Special workshops will be done by…
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We Went Running (and Walking)
The Zombie Run… Great fun every year. Lots of kids and parents dressed up, and this year a new course which after I got past grumping at all the hills I had to admit was better. I still have a very sore foot, so this was going to be a 5K walk for me. And I was a long ways from finishing last. Kris ran the entire way and there were a lot of hills do I am impressed. Then we had a great dinner afterward. So a fun evening. Lot of pictures below and Kris will have more on her Facebook page tomorrow. 6
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My Star Trek Writing
A Blast From the Past I wrote this is July of 2012, eleven years ago. I had been indie publishing my own stuff for three years at that point and WMG had become a corporation in May of that year. I was solidly in my blog streak. So thought this would be interesting to bring forward just for historical perspective… July 2012… Last week in the mail I got this huge packet of royalty statements from Pocket Books. Now understand, when I say huge, I mean huge. Maybe 200 pages. I’ve written shorter novels to be honest. These statements are only for the books I did with Pocket Books that are…