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Master Business Class Information
Still Have Openings… The workshop is October 19th through the 23rd in Las Vegas. A firehose of information at the top levels of indie publishing business. Folks, you don’t want to miss this one. Write me at dean.wmgworkshops@gmail.com to get more information and instructions on how to sign up and pay for the workshop. The workshop is being held at the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas in a beautiful and modern convention center. There is a block of room you want to be in because it will be cheaper and also for ease and other reasons. I will send you a code to get into the workshop room block…
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Plot Twists
Maybe This Should Be A Workshop… Plot twists, when done right, are wonderful for readers, and can get your book talked about and help you sell more copies. When done wrong, plot twists make a reader toss a book against a wall and never read another thing by that author. So what makes a good plot twist? As I said, I think there is more than enough to make this into a full four week workshop with webinars. But for kicks here, since plot twists are on my mind, let me try to hit a few high points of good plot twists that spring to mind. — The twist must…
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The SF Plot Twist Bundle and Nifty Picture and Challenge
Tonight I Had Dinner With Some Writers… Here I go, headed into year seven with this blog. Tonight, Chris York, Steve York, Dan Duval, and I went out to dinner as I got ready to head out of town and Chris York wore a tee-shirt from 23 years ago. You see, Kris and I needed a ton of help 23 years ago to move to the coast. So our friends who helped got special tee-shirts that said, “What is worse than getting rejected by two magazines? Moving Them!” I was editing the first incarnation of Pulphouse and Kris was the editor of F&SF 23 years ago. How Chris York found…
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Just About Clear
That’s Why All The Announcements Lately… I am about to get back to writing shortly, since this four months of move is almost over. And Kris and I wanted to make sure everything we had been talking about starting was announced. So we announced the Master Business Class in October in Las Vegas. As of this moment there are six spots still open. www.wmgworkshops.com and click on the Master Business Class for more information and the fantastic list of instructors. And we announced the nifty new Study Along workshops and got them all up on Teachable.com. Those allow you to study along with the craft workshops in Las Vegas while staying…
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Study Along Workshops
A Brand New Form of Workshop for WMG Publishing… Study Along Workshops will allow writers to follow part of the intense craft workshops being held in Las Vegas, only online. We have been wanting to do this for a few years now, and finally the move to Las Vegas of the in-person workshops and the nifty features of Teachable have allowed it to finally happen. This is a hybrid new form of workshop. Give me a second to explain. Vegas Craft Workshops… For those of you who do not know, Kristine Kathryn Rusch teaches the craft workshops. Those of you who have been through one or two can tell everyone…
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Playing Some Cards and Cat Pictures
Yes, I Am Doing More Than Packing A House… Not only did we have the great Friday night meeting and another fun one on Sunday at lunch, but over the last few days I have been going with a writer friend and his wonderful wife to play in some poker tournaments. Sunday, she and I won the tournament. (Called chopping…) Last night I was the first out. Both tournaments were fun and I made some nice money overall. Then this evening a couple other professional writers joined me and our visitors for a long dinner and discussions. We actually didn’t talk much writing or cats. Just fun having dinner with…
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Fun Day
Errands and Meetings and Fun Conversations… Day started off with errands since it was my first full day back in town. Then meetings at WMG and some planning out at the bookstore. Then a fun dinner with writers. Then a fun business meeting with even more writers. Then I worked in my office at WMG cleaning up business stuff until after 1 a.m. Home to watch some television and get some sleep now. I will answer email tomorrow. Damn I have a tough life. (grin) ———– (Blog Streak Day 2,180) ———- Found… The picture below is on the wall of my office that I am tearing apart. I will move…
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Things Always Change
And There Is Always a Lifespan… Over the decades, I have been involved in numbers of groups and writer’s events. I helped start a workshop in Moscow, Idaho. Kris and I started a group and workshop in Eugene, Oregon. And we started a publishing company named Pulphouse Publishing that, by its nature, had a limited lifespan built into its DNA. (When we started WMG Publishing we made sure it did not have that fatal flaw.) Then twenty-three years ago we moved to the Oregon Coast. We had no desire to start anything here, but as the years went by, it just sort of happened. Workshops, Sunday lunches, and over the…
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Being Behind Is Normal
I Love Being Behind… (I put up this article over a year ago, thought it made complete sense then and I needed to hear it after the last few months. So here it is again, updated to summer 2018. Just for me. I hope the rest of you get a little something from it.) In indie publishing, what I hear over and over from indie writers everywhere is that they are behind. Always behind. A simple reason for this. There is too much we all want to do, need to do, feel we MUST do. And we have to have it done YESTERDAY. I am no exception to this. I…
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August Regular Workshops Now On Teachable
You Can Sign Up Now For August Workshops… I am going to leave the July workshops available for another day or so. First week of those are done. But not much to catch up if you jump in now in the July workshops. Get information on all online regular workshops here. Any questions, feel free to ask on any of them. Here is the July and August Schedule… All have openings at the moment. Class #1… July 10th … Depth #3: Research Class #2… July 10th … Author Voice Class #3… July 10th … Dialog Class #4… July 10th … Writing into the Dark Class #5… July 10th … Writing Fiction Sales Copy Class…