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Update On My Challenge…
Going Along As Expected… I had a really bad start to March for various reasons, and missed some days on my daily story challenge. I expected times like that to happen. But missing some stories does not mean I have failed. Snort. Not by a long shot. This is a very long year and I would have been delusional if I had thought I could actually write a story every day without missing for an entire year. (Have any of you have a memory of bad days during your year?) But I still plan on having 365 stories by the end. I am on target for that. And here is…
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Kris and I Both Noticed…
Writer’s Having Trouble with Five Senses… Especially Taste and Smell. So Kris came up with an entire series of short classes, with a webinar at the end for questions, to deal with this problem, and other problems writers are having. She decided she liked the idea of doing a series of QUICK AND DIRTY WORKSHOPS. Short Solutions to Long-Term Problems. The first one is on Taste and Smell and is available now and will start shortly. Three weeks of videos from Kris, two assignments, then after the third week Kris will do a webinar to answer questions. It is on the WMG Writer Store because of the webinar involved. (She…
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I’m Laughing At Myself…
I Just Keep Thinking… That what has me totally fascinated and learning will also be interesting to other people. And I just keep thinking that knowing how to make a ton more money with your writing is a good thing. Nope, just not interesting to most writers. Seems that most writers are locked into the idea that what you make with sales is from Amazon. So because I was interested in laying it all out over nine weeks, I fired up a LICENSING — How to Build a Brand in the Nine Weeks Between Now and the Licensing Expo in late May. Starts Tuesday. Got a few Lifetime Everything Subscribers…
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Last Day On Kickstarter
Ends 7 PM Today West Coast Time… 3 Epic Fantasy novels by Kristine Kahtyrn Rusch. All backers get them, and all backers get 8 short stories by Kris and for writers some helpful hints. I want to remind writers again about the two fantastic workshops that you can get only in this Kickstarter. Do you really know the steps and what it takes to revive a book or series that is four or five years old and not selling much if any? Or maybe the book never sold many copies and needs a first push. The first special workshop will give you a step-by-step plan on how to do it.…
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One Day Left on Fantasy Kickstarter
Ends Thursday Evening… I want to remind you all again about the two fantastic workshops in this Kickstarter. Do you really know the steps and what it takes to revive a book or series that is four or five years old and not selling much if any? Or maybe the book never sold many copies and needs a first push. The first workshop will give you a step-by-step plan on how to do it. The second special workshop is something everyone needs. How to Take Risks. Fiction writing and publishing should never be safe. Check it out here… — #1… HOW TO REVIVE AN OLDER BOOK OR STORY… This is…
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Two Really Special Workshops in Kickstarter…
You Only Have Until Thursday Evening… For the writers who love to write stories and learn the craft and business of writing, we are offering some very, very special treats through this 3 Epic Fantasy Kickstarter campaign. These two courses will only be offered through this campaign and nowhere else, so don’t miss them. Check it out here… — #1… HOW TO REVIVE AN OLDER BOOK OR STORY… This is a special three-week workshop on how to revive an older book or story (without rewriting it). In this modern world, books often fade in sales until basically no reader sees them. Yet the book (as the three in this campaign)…
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HOW TO CREATE AND BUILD A BRAND…
How to Create and Build a Brand… Early Bird Discount… This nine-week glass is starting on Tuesday the 18th and will run right up to the Licensing Expo in May. Now granted, we do not expect anyone to take the class and then come to the Expo, not a requirement, but by understanding this class, you can start building your own brands for future sales and Expos. LICENSING… HOW TO BUILD AND CREATE A BRAND. From manuscript all the way to the Licensing Expo, this class will give you step-by-step guidence on how to create a product brand, an author brand, and a company brand. This might be one of…
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I Want My Hour Back…
I Write Late At Night… Suddenly, even though I knew it was coming, I lost an hour of writing time. Just poof!! Gone. But still managed to get a lot done today. Everyone who was interested in my coaching on the publishing side I got back to. (Still two spots open… write me.) The workshops on those areas are for the moment on hold. Just could not get them worked out the way I wanted. They were going to be on three areas. (Same areas the coaching is in…) From manuscript to book laid out and published around the world in electronic and paper. From publishing through building a publishing…
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A Question About My Challenge…
“Am I Running Out of Ideas?” That was the question and it is a good question if you believe in all the myths of fiction writing, as we all do and did in our early days. For me, just to be clear… I never write down ideas. I mostly just ignore them. I never know what I am going to write ahead of time. I sometimes don’t know until the end of the story. I finish all stories I start. I use a trigger like a title of a phrase or image of a character to start my stories. I write stories only for myself and no one else. And…
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Workshops Starting…
Don’t Miss Some of These… IN PERSON CRAFT CLASSES… And Study Along Classes… Kris has the reading list up on the Gothic Study Along on Teachable. I have sent everyone signed up for the in-person class a letter on how to get into the Study Along to get the reading list. Two spots in the May in-person Gothic workshop. $750. May 5th-8th. Write me if interested. Also on Teachable there is the Study Along for the Gothic Workshop. And a novella add-on class if you take the in-person or Study Along class. One last thing on the In-Person. We had one person drop out of the Lifetime In-Person Subscription that…