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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 April 30th, 2025

Total is from January 1st to April 30th…

338,092 words.

April was another horrid month. Barely averaging over Pulp Speed One now. Got behind on even more stories, will be catching them back up over time by writing two stories per day every-so-often. Fingers crossed May will be better.

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

Starting May 6th…

  • Making a Living with Novels (one month only)
  • Writing Into the Dark
  • Teams in Fiction
  • Depth in Writing
  • Killing the Critical Voice
  • Advanced Depth
  • Applied Depth (one month only)

All workshops are on WMG Teachable.

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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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