• Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  workshops

    SERIES COLLIDES KICKSTARTER Ends Tonight

    Ends at 7PM West Coast Time… There are two very special workshops only available in this campaign. How to Write Series Endings and also How to Write Cross-Genre Series. And the stories you write for both I will look at, if you want me to, for Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. These workshops will have sessions in February and are three weeks long. The tag line on this campaign is… 2 WRITERS, 36 SERIES, 100 STORIES Kris and I know how to write and teach series, so don’t miss these. Ends at 7PM tonight The Series Collide Kickstarter. It also has stretch goals that allows backers to submit stories to Pulphouse Magazine…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  On Writing,  workshops

    Space Opera Workshop Starting Here…

    And Kickstarter Only Has Three Days Left… All kinds of stuff going on at the moment. Fun. Don’t miss the Series Collide Kickstarter. It has in it. couple of great workshops that will run in February, and also so far we have hit a stretch goal that allows backers to submit stories to Pulphouse Magazine in February. And we have a special stretch goal working right now to hit extra backers by late Monday. So help us pass the word. Take a look! This is a good one. UPDATES ON IN-PERSON CLASSES More signed up again  today so after today here are the spots remaining in the In-Person classes…. Gothic …

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  On Writing,  publishing

    7th Story and Kickstarter Success…

    NEW WRITERS HAVE NO HISTORY… And I honestly would not expect a new fiction writer coming into publishing for the first time to have any perspective on what happened, often before they were born. So I am trying to imagine what a new writer faces today in 2025. A dumping ground on social media of really bad opinions and information that just makes it all seem impossible. And with their craft, they carry a ton of destructive baggage from teachers. Rewriting, polishing, beta readers, workshops, you name it. A hundred ways to destroy anything original in a new writer. Then the publishing world itself looks totally overwhelming. Publish your own…

  • Kickstarter Campaign,  On Writing,  publishing

    SERIES COLLIDE KICKSTARTER IS LIVE!!

    SERIES COLLIDE IS PART OF THE COLLIDE SERIES… Yeah, I know, kind of weird, but in the last five years we have done these collide Make 100 Kickstarters with 50 stories by Kris and 50 stories by me on different genres or topics. So this year we are doing stories from Kris and my series, and this is the 5th installment of the Collide Series. Two great special workshops in this one as well about how to write series endings (stories, books, entire series) and how to write Cross-Genre series, which both Kris and I do a ton. Her Retrieval Artist series and my Thunder Mountain series are two examples…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  workshops

    2 Days Left!!

    SANTA SERIES KICKSTARTER… For just two more days we have a fantastic Kickstarter campaign going for the Santa Series by Kristine Grayson. And yes, electronic books will be sent to you on the 20th so time to enjoy them ahead of the holiday. And three deals on workshops in this campaign as well. Get The Kris and Dean Show Does Die Hard for its original $50 price, plus you get a Santa book. Get the Kris and Dean Show Prepping for 2025. This just got started with the first webinar and goes for eight weeks. Normally $500 but you can get in through the Kickstarter campaign for $400. Get Pop-Up…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  workshops

    Days of a Campaign…

    Got Some Questions As To Thinking On Campaign Length… Right now we are doing a seven day Kickstarter Campaign called The Santa Series. We often do nine day and at times 15 days such as the Holiday Spectacular. So I was asked what was the thinking on the different lengths and why not go to a full 30 days? No reason that we can see to go 30 days. The entire center is a dead area for almost every campaign. The goal in any campaign is to get backers to get your new book or project before it comes out for general sale. Keep that in mind. So thirty days…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  Pulphouse Fiction Magazine,  workshops

    One Day Left in Pulphouse Subscription Drive Kickstarter!!!

    That’s Right! Ending Thursday Evening at 7PM The Pulphouse Fiction Magazine Subscription Drive 2024 Kickstarter campaign is going great. We have hit enough stretch rewards now that all backers will get ALL FIVE crazy Pulphouse anthologies , two issues of Fiction River, a six issue subscription, and also a chance to submit a story to Pulphouse in August, September, October, November, and December . (I will send out guidelines for the stories at the start of each month to backers through the updates.) Understand, Pulphouse Fiction Magazine is never open to submissions. But sometimes, in these subscription drives, if we get high enough, we open submissions of one per month…

  • Branding,  Challenge,  workshops

    12 HOURS LEFT…

    TWO GREAT WORKSHOPS WILL VANISH… The two special workshops that are in the Ghost of a Chance Kickstarter will never be available anywhere else in 12 hours. And they are both great classes. So only 12 hours left get them (plus you get the five books as well to read.) The Kickstarter ends at 7pm Thursday evening West Coast Time. Here are the two special workshops in the Ghost of a Chance Kickstarter. — FINDING YOUR READER This is about branding. This is a special three-week workshop on how to find the readers for the books you wrote. In essence, what this entire campaign is all about. This class will talk…

  • Branding,  Challenge,  workshops

    2 Days Left To Get Classes

    GHOST OF A CHANCE KICKSTARTER ENDS IN TWO DAYS…. The two special workshops that are in the Kickstarter will never be available anywhere else. And they are both great classes. So only two days to get them (plus you get the five books as well to read.) Here are the two special workshops in the Ghost of a Chance Kickstarter. I am going to have a blast doing these. — FINDING YOUR READER As I have been doing for for nights now on this blog, this is about branding. This is a special three-week workshop on how to find the readers for the books you wrote. In essence, what this entire…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  workshops

    Here We Go Again… New Kickstarter

    After a Couple of Months Away… Tomorrow we launch at noon the GHOST OF A CHANCE Kickstarter Campaign. We are finally rebranding my GHOST OF A CHANCE books into something I can be proud of. Let me tell you, the previous covers sucked… And sold worse. I love these five books and these new covers and rebranding this as Romantasy has got me excited to write more of them. And I am really excited about the two special workshops included with this campaign. — FINDING YOUR READER This is a special three-week workshop on how to find the readers for the books you wrote. In essence, what this entire campaign is…