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  • Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing,  On Writing,  publishing

    Killing Even More Sacred Cows of Publishing: #3… Getting An Advance to Help You Write Your Book

    March 16, 2016 /

    Book three in this series. Book one was KILLING THE TOP TEN SACRED COWS OF PUBLISHING. Book two was KILLING THE TOP TEN SACRED COWS OF INDIE PUBLISHING. Both books are available everywhere in electronic, paper, and audio. What I call a “Sacred Cow” is basically a myth spread around publishing like the truth. Myths such as “rewriting must be done for every story.” Myths such as “you need an agent to sell a book,” or “sell a book to a different country.” And so on. You can either buy the first two books to get all twenty of the Sacred Cows, or just click on the tab above and read them…

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About the Author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 200 novels and hundreds of short stories.

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 Advanced Craft and Regular Workshops Starting On March 10th…

TWO ADVANCED CRAFT CLASSES…

  • Advanced Setting
  • Advanced Character Development

(Both are nine weeks long.)

SIX REGULAR WORKSHOPS…

  • Writing into the Dark
  • Teams in Fiction
  • Writing With Depth
  • Applied Depth
  • Killing the Critical Voice
  • Advanced Depth

All workshops are on WMG Teachable. Just put the word March in front of each title to search for it.

All regular workshops are six weeks long with five assignments and all start on March 10th and 11th.

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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