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

    Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Indie Publishing: #1… Can’t Get Indie Books into Bookstores

    March 17, 2014 /

    Myths ignore facts. Myths are beliefs built from fear or past actions. In this series, and in the previous series of Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Publishing, I call the myths that control writers “Sacred Cows.” Writers hold onto myths like lifelines that are keeping them from drowning in a raging river of information. Sometimes sane people in the normal world will follow a publishing myth that makes no sense at all because it has something to do with the publishing business. And they follow the myth without thought. So this new series is an attempt to help the new world of indie publishing with the growing list…

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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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