• 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,  workshops

    Regular Monthly Workshop Sales

    Yes, We Changed Our Minds… Every month, for the last week of each month, we will be doing a half-price sale. The sale will always start on Sunday early and end the following Sunday very late. The sale is for everyone, and covers everything, including challenges, lifetime subscription, workshops, pop-ups, study-along classes, the new Quick Solutions class, and everything else. Everything on Teachable. Why are we changing out minds on this? We started the workshop sales to help writers through the pandemic. And that pandemic seemed to go on forever, as we all discovered. And now so many people are struggling on the other side. When we said we wouldn’t…

  • Challenge,  Fun Stuff

    The Great Pandemic Escape

    Amazing to Watch… For two years, almost all of us were stuck in place. We didn’t dare travel like the old days to see family or friends or just get away. But now, even though the pandemic isn’t really over, most feel safe enough to travel, especially those smart enough to be vaccinated and boosted. And these last three months for writers have been the time of great forgetting anyway, so for writers, April, May, June, and July have been brutal on writing goals and schedules. Far worse than normal. And I couldn’t figure out why it was so much worse, exactly, until Kris and I started noticing that our…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  workshops

    What a Transition Day…

    Amazing Numbers of Things Ended and Started… First off, today was the last morning for the In-Person Romance/Spies class, and last night I put up the last videos for the Study Along part of that class. Really a fun one in my opinion and Kris and the gang here seemed to enjoy it as well. I had a quick dinner with them last night which was fun. And then today Kris gave me the assignment for the Add-On novella Romance/Spies Class. You had to take the In-Person or Study Along to take this one. Not a lot of videos, but Kris gave the assignment and she will read every novella…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  Pulphouse Fiction Magazine,  workshops

    Hit Another Stretch Goal with 24 Hours Left!!!

    Almost Done! Ends 7 pm Thursday, West Coast Time. So still a full day to get a workshop or some fun books or a subscription to Pulphouse Fiction Magazine to help it through the new year. Now, after hitting this most recent stretch goal, every backer of any reward gets 5 Pulphouse anthologies, Fiction River: Risk Takers, and four Pop-Up classes for writers (yes, readers, you can give them away) worth $600.00. And every backer gets a six-issue subscription. Total value for the workshops, the books, and the 6-issue subscription is just over $670.00. Do don’t miss this one, and don’t miss the two special workshops. Only 24 hours left…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  Pulphouse Fiction Magazine

    Just Over 24 Hours Left!!!

    Pulphouse Fiction Magazine Subscription Drive 2022 Lots of great books, lots of great workshops, and a six issue Pulphouse subscription for every backer. For writers, there are two special workshops, one on Voice and one on Things Get Worse. These special workshops will never be offered again. Plus special deals on regular workshops, and the stretch reward Pop-Up classes. And, of course, great new anthologies filled with Pulphouse stories. If you have enjoyed Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, help us in the next 24 hours secure the next year of the magazine. Pulphouse Fiction Magazine Subscription Drive 2022 Kickstarter. And thank you!

  • Challenge,  Fun Stuff,  Kickstarter Campaign

    Close Brush With Death…

    Honestly, This Might Be One of My Closest… Over the years, in my life, I have had a lot of close brushes with death, from being swept under a rock in fast rapids to getting tangled in high-tension power lines while skydiving. And sadly enough, there are others. All of which start with me saying, “I thought it was a good idea at the time.” But yesterday, I had a very close call and I wasn’t even doing anything stupid. (go figure) Kris and I were headed down to the Arts District to have lunch at a favorite restaurant. We pulled into a diagonal parking spot, nose of the passenger…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  Pulphouse Fiction Magazine,  workshops

    Three Days Left… The Workshops

    Going Over The Workshops in the Pulphouse Kickstarter Wow are there a lot of writer workshops available in this Pulphouse Fiction Magazine Subscription Drive 2022 Kickstarter Let me start with the two Special Workshops, only available for three more days. Both workshops are three-weeks long, are offered only twice, and the final weeks’ assignment for both workshops will be to write a short story that I will consider for Pulphouse (Not as submissions, just how I will look at the stories. If I thinks it will fit, he will tell you and you can send it to me if you want.) You have your choice of taking either three-week workshop starting…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  Pulphouse Fiction Magazine

    Only Four Days Left in Pulphouse Subscription Drive!!!

    Wow, This Has Gone By Quickly!! Pulphouse Fiction Magazine is just like any other magazine in one critical way. We need subscribers to stay alive. And that is what this Kickstarter subscription campaign is all about. Subscribers. Now granted, we sell copies and get subscriptions during the year, but not enough to stay afloat and pay the professional rates to all the authors. As the editor, I don’t take a salary, and the work at WMG Publishing is folded into the overall costs of running the business. But we won’t do a project if the project does not pay professional rates to the authors. Period. So that is what this…

  • Challenge,  Cover Fun,  Smiths Monthly

    Last Bits of Smith’s Monthly #63

    Just Finishing SMITH’S MONTHLY #63 Up Tonight… Fun thing to do on a Friday night. As many of you know, I do all the layout of the magazine, and every month I have a blast with it. There are four original stories in this issue, plus another collection of stories and the novel that is the header of this web site. MELODY RIDGE, which is a combination Jukebox Novel and Thunder Mountain Novel. It is the origin story of all my jukebox stories. So I wanted to put the collection of the short stories, with how the jukebox stories came about, and how thirty years after I started them I…