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

    Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Publishing: #8… You Can’t Make a Living with Your Fiction

    December 17, 2013 /

    Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Publishing will be out later this winter with an introduction. And then it will be followed by a book called Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Indie Publishing. But first I wanted to put each myth or “Sacred Cow” up here again as I promised. The Myth: “You Can’t Make a Living With Your Fiction.” (Note: This post introduces the Magic Bakery idea and it caused a lot of stir when it was first posted.) — This myth “You can’t make a living writing fiction” is so clearly hogwash, I shouldn’t have to include it as a chapter in this book. All anyone has…

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About the Author

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

Running Word Count

REPORTING October 1st, 2025

Total is from January 1st to September 30th…

733,610 words.

September turned out to be a great month as I hoped it would, but again not so much for words. Business and real world, yes. I fell back a touch on Pulp Speed One word count, but still about 16,000 words under, so I can hit it. Easy to catch up.

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

REGULAR WORKSHOPS STARTING OCTOBER 7TH.

All are six weeks long with five assignments that I respond to in person.

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

All workshops are on WMG Teachable.

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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