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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 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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