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  • Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing,  On Writing,  publishing

    Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Publishing: #4… You Need an Agent to Sell a Book

    September 14, 2013 /

    This series of posts will turn into a book called Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Publishing later this fall with an introduction. And then it will be followed by a book called Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Indie Publishing. But first I wanted to put each myth or “Sacred Cow” up here again as I promised. This fourth Sacred Cow article (topic) was published here in 2009. Wow, has the world changed since 2009. Indie publishing was only a glimmer then and traditional publishing was turning ugly, so ugly that at that point, I was about ready to walk away completely and go back to playing…

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About the Author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 200 novels and hundreds of short stories.

Running Word Count

REPORTING January 1st, 2026

Total is from January 1st to December 31st…

991, 500 words.

Well, just barely under Pulp Speed One. I needed to write 164 more words per week to hit it. So considering the year, I am pretty happy with getting that close.

This is my last update and after a time this will vanish since I am not doing any challenges with anyone this year. Got a different form of challenge going.

Yes, we do have the 2,026 words per day challenge in 2026. Sign up soon. Those beautiful trophys are way cool.

Links to WMG Workshops

Here is where you can find more information on the basic WMG Workshops. Sign up for all classes and workshops on Teachable.

Teachable (Hit All Courses)

Some special workshops and in-person classes are also held on the WMG Writer Store.

Upcoming Online Regular Workshops

A Great List of Regular Workshops Starting In January.

Workshops starting January 6th will be…

  • Writing into the Dark
  • Teams in Fiction
  • Writing With Depth
  • Killing the Critical Voice
  • Advanced Depth
  • Reaching Pulp Speed
  • Power Words
  • Heinlein’s Rules

All workshops are on WMG Teachable. Just put the word January in front of each title to search for it.

Header Art

Header Art is from my novel Melody Ridge: A Thunder Mountain Novel Novel. The art is copyright by Philcold.

 

To see the entire series of Thunder Mountain novels, go to Thunder Mountain on WMG Publishing Inc.

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