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More Cover Fun
Starting to Really Have Fun… As I expected I would once I got past the panic of learning a new version of InDesign. People told me it was very similar to the old one, but problem was it had been five years since I had done much on the old one, and my old memory just isn’t that good. But when I was up in Oregon a couple weeks ago, Josh showed me how to find help inside Adobe products and that has been a lifesaver a few times. And on top of that, I am feeling in control of the mass of my short fiction for the first time…
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Friday Night and I’m Reading Stories
Nope. Not For Pulphouse Fiction Magazine… I am reading for the Great Challenge. I got behind the last three weeks in reading, so promised myself that among other things this weekend, I would get the pleasure of reading a bunch of short stories. That’s what I am doing tonight. And very excited about the Pulphouse Kickstarter and how well it has done in the first two days. Exciting and gratifying for me and all the great authors who had stories in the first eight issues. Between reading, frighteningly enough, I have been working on a spread sheet for a past Kickstarter. The Make 100 Paperbacks. Finally firing on those and…
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The Myth Lecture Bundles
First Bundle of Five Lectures Done… It is five of the myths that swirl around creation of words. And this week I will be finishing up the last three lectures in the Roadblocks bundle. I want to do the last two bundles (10 lectures on myths) but not one person has bought a bundle, not one. Lifetime subscribers to the lectures get them, so I will finish the last two bundles for them. And that is the best way to buy these, as I have said. So still going forward with them, clearly mostly just for my own entertainment. (grin) And in the Licensing Transition, Kris and I have a…
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Great Dinner
With Ten Writers… Well, I was number ten, so I guess I had dinner with nine other writers. There were ten of us, total, and then we headed to a brew pub so Kevin and a few others could have a beer. Talking went on to almost midnight. These were all successful writers, indie writers, and fun people. Amazing how many writers we are seeing here in Vegas, and missed a couple last week who came through. Fantastic fun after all the years living a long ways from anywhere. So because of all the fun conversation, I was very late getting to the assignments tonight, but just got them done.…
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Racing the Clock Storybundle
A Great New Bundle… I curated it and everything and I think I found some of the best fast-paced books in a lot of different genres. So below is my introduction to the entire bundle and all the books and nifty stuff. Worth grabbing folks. And if you haven’t read any of my Mary Jo Assassin novels, here is a chance. Get it at… Racing The Clock Storybundle Fast Paced in Every Genre I love reading stories that grab me and don’t let me go until I come up at the end of the story, sometimes breathless from the ride the author has taken me on. Those kinds of stories…
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Lots of Meetings
Some Days That Just Happens… Today was one of those days. But when talking publishing and promotions and licenses and writing, meetings are often fun. Today they were fun. And educational. And not even stressful. This new world of publishing and writing and licensing is just flat exciting. I think one reason for me is that I love learning. And the challenge of business. So on this blog and in different places I will be relaying some of the stuff I am learning over the next months. But tonight my brain is full, so headed to get some sleep early.
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Just Sold 60,000 Comics
And Had A Great Dinner with Friends… Fun day all the way around. And yes, I sold 60,000 comics. For those that don’t remember, at one point WMG Publishing Inc owned a brick-and-mortar bookstore and three collectables stores. Two of which had comics in them. We sold the bookstore just after we expanded it with a Kickstarter help and it is doing wonderfully. We sold our main comic and collectables store and it is doing fantastic as well with its new owner, who happens to be the former store manager we hired. And then last February we shut down two others. Our reason was to take WMG Publishing Inc back to…
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RACING THE CLOCK
New Story Bundle Now Live… I’m really proud of this bundle. I love thrillers of all sorts and I got a chance to work with some of the best writers of fast-paced fiction working in all sorts of different genres to put this together. So check it out at Storybundle.com Over the next night or so I’ll give more information about the bundle and the great writers in it. But at Storybundle.com you can read the blog I did about the bundle and putting it together. If you love fast-paced books in just about every genre, this is the bundle for you. Nine novels, one collection. And I have one of…
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No Comments?
Sort Of Surprised… We have the woman who runs the international licensing expo coming to the Master Business Class to help us all, and no comments. Not sure what I was expecting, but dead silence, even in private emails, sure wasn’t one of the expectations. No need to comment now. Just found it interesting with all the excitement among so many writers about licensing opportunities. So now off I go to work on more chapters of Trademark for Fiction Writers. Night…
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Two New Guests at the Master Business Class
Two Wonderful People Are Going To Help Us Out… DEIDRE J. MANNA-BRATTEN Deidre J. Manna-Bratten is an enthusiastic brand licensing professional, helping brand owners and licensees understand how to navigate through the challenges and benefits of consumer product licensing. Before joining the Global Licensing Group as their International Project Manager, Deidre worked in the fashion industry for 8 years as a Sales and Marketing Executive. During this time, she had her first taste of licensing as a licensee of Warner Bros (Gossip Girl), creating an inspired-by full range apparel collection with Romeo & Juliet Couture. Deidre has worked with reputable entertainment companies, such as Mattel and Saban Brands, to create compelling products…