• Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  Pulphouse Fiction Magazine

    Reminder!!

    We Are Doing a Kickstarter!! I just wanted to remind everyone that we launched a Pulphouse Fiction Magazine Subscription Drive 2023 Kickstarter last week. We are well on our way to the third stretch goal! It’s on the third stretch goal that we open up Pulphouse Fiction Magazine to submissions for only the backers who help us on this subscription drive. That will be fun for me, the editor, to be honest. And I wanted to remind you that the magazine is going monthly now as well. I know that seems a big jump from six issues a year. And since the last subscription campaign, we only got out three…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    Last Day for Starter Kit Kickstarter

    We Said It Would Be Short… Very short in fact. It ends today (Thursday at 7 pm West Coast Time.) You can see it at DEAN WESLEY SMITH Starter Kit.  All kinds of my books, some great special workshops coming back from other Kickstarters (You get a choice if you missed one before), and some fun stretch rewards of stories from other series besides the ten in the Starter Kit. And take a look at the branding. We are pretty good at it. This was only ten days for this one and now down to the last day (hours, actually). Don’t miss it. It has been a fun small campaign.

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    KICKSTARTER FOR MY BOOKS…

    DEAN WESLEY SMITH Starter Kit… Kickstarter campaign starts tomorrow. You want to get a sense of what I write since I never talk much about my own books here, take a look at ten of my series we are offering first books in the Starter Kit. We launch at noon West Coast Time, but the promotion page is up. That way you can have Kickstarter contact you the moment it fires off. And trust me, if you back a campaign quickly, it really, really helps us. A lot. First books of ten of my series, plus some great special workshops (actually your choice of five) and a series of new…

  • Challenge,  Fun Stuff,  Kickstarter Campaign,  workshops

    2 Days Left!!

    In the FANTASIES COLLIDE Kickstarter Campaign… I’m going to repeat much of what I said last night because only 2 Days Left. And we hope you will help us pass the word. You can find it at FANTASIES COLLIDE Kickstarter Campaign. Here is what all backers get extra at this moment (besides the award they backed). All five FANTASIES COLLIDE collections in electronic format. ($30 Value) Seven fantasy novels or anthologies in electronic format. ($35 Value) Six writing classes focused on fantasy writing and topics. ($900 Value) Very possible to get all backers even more fun reading and workshops. And only two days left to get the very special writing…

  • Challenge,  Fun Stuff,  Kickstarter Campaign

    Fun Addition to FANTASIES COLLIDE!!

    Really Fun New Stretch Goal!! And a challenge…. The FANTASIES COLLIDE Kickstarter is doing great at the moment. With 7 days left, we have 155 backers. (Thank you all!) So we thought it would be fun that if we could reach 175 backers by Sunday at midnight, West Coast time, we would add in another stretch goal. We are calling it a SPECIAL STRETCH GOAL and if we hit the number of 175 backers by the deadline, we will include it for all backers of any reward. What is this SPECIAL STRETCH GOAL? If this campaign reaches 175 Backers by Sunday at midnight, every backer of any reward will get…

  • Challenge,  workshops

    Teaser for Upcoming Seeders Kickstarter Campaign…

    No Link Yet… Not Approved Yet… But when it is, we got all kinds of great things, including my new Seeders novel RESCUE TWO. And you can get all of the Seeders novels in one bunch. That’s cool, with all the great new art on them. (see image below) Plus for workshops, we have two really fun special workshops you can only get through this one.  Here they are: — WRITING IDEA FICTION Special Workshop!! NOT OFFERED ANYWHERE ELSE Idea fiction is an entire area of science fiction, and many writers believe that is all that makes up science fiction. They are wrong, but it is a large part of…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  Pulphouse Fiction Magazine

    Gaining Quickly on Stretch Goal #6

    Three Days to Go… I’m betting we will hit the 6th stretch goal shortly and have a decent run at the 7th. The sixth stretch goal adds in a really fun book of holiday stories from Pulphouse called JINGLE MY BELLS. I am so going to love editing that one. And it also adds in a Pop-Up class for writers called “Can I Sell Without Promotion.” So the countdown is on to the end of this. Three days left. Pass the word if you can so we can maybe get to that really cool seventh stretch goal. And give Pulphouse Fiction Magazine a great boost into the year ahead. Pulphouse…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign

    THE CHASE HIT SECOND STRETCH GOAL

    … IN FIVE DAYS!! Wow, not only did if fund very quickly, but then it went on to hit the first stretch goal in just ten hours and the second stretch goal in five days. Fantastic and thank you all. THE CHASE is Kris’s new Diving novel that is done and ready to ship to the Kickstarter supporters in June. It actually won’t officially publish online and in stores until September, so if you want to read it soon, get on over to the Kickstarter campaign. THE CHASE: Kickstarter Campaign Also got two great special workshops in this one. We have the How to Write Spaceships three week special workshop,…

  • Challenge,  Fun Stuff

    Another Short One Because I Will Be Back At Noon…

    … To Announce the new Fey Kickstarter. That’s right. At noon Tuesday West Coast Time, we will launch a Kickstarter Campaign that basically announces Kris’s return to writing The Fey after 20 years. That’s right, it has been twenty years since the Fey ended with the Black King and Black Queen saga. Seven books total. Now Kris is ready to move forward with new stories and books in the Fey Universe. And as the biggest fan of The Fey, I can’t begin to tell you how happy this makes me. So watch for information here at noon tomorrow for the campaign to launch at noon. The Return of the Fey.…

  • Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  On Writing,  publishing

    Colliding Worlds Kickstarter… Only About 60 Hours Left…

    Don’t Miss This One… A great deal of science fiction reading from me and Kris, special workshops (two of them you can only get through this campaign,) and a bunch of other nifty things. And if we hit the next stretch reward, the five volume set becomes six volumes of our science fiction short stories. Check it out at Colliding Worlds Kickstarter Campaign. And only a few hours left to watch the video with me and Kris talking about collaborating. We had fun. About 60 Hours Left… The old fiction technique of a ticking clock is real with this campaign. Measured now in hours left.