• Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    Running Out of Time

    On Two Different Things… First, amazingly enough, the October regular workshops are starting next Tuesday and Wednesday. I haven’t really even mentioned the October workshops here with all the other stuff going on. So almost no one is signed up. So time to jump on board any of them and get some real focused learning. This month might be one of the best months of workshop choices we have ever offered. Sign up at Teachable.com  And there are lifetime subscriptions available on Teachable as well if you decide to get serious and really try to talk as many as possible. Class #37… Oct 2nd … How to Study Writing Class…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    Kickstarter Also Hit Fourth Stretch Goal

    And Is Almost to the Fifth… Lots of extra books to every supporter. This subscription drive has until 4 p.m. Monday, in essence, as I write this, 36 hours to go. Give it a look if you haven’t so far. It has some pretty nifty awards and other things. Click Here. We have the new award where you get two writing books, a lecture, a subscription, and a chance to submit a story if you want to a volume of Fiction River in February. Here are the details. Pledge $100 or more. WRITER’S SPECIAL Get books, a lecture, a subscription, and the chance to be in a volume of Fiction…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    Changing My New Office for the Challenge

    Part of Getting Ready… This living at Pulp Speed Five 10-novel challenge has me really thinking about my new office. I really, really love it, but it dawned on me a couple days ago it is not well-arranged for writing long projects. Oh, oh, I think 10 novels in 100 days is a long writing project. (grin) I am in a fairly small space, which I love. My past offices were way too big. And here I am surrounded by three large iMac computers with extra screens. Six screens in total. I flat love that. But my writing computer is not in the right spot for comfort for long hours…

  • Challenge,  publishing,  workshops

    Stage Coach Novel In A New Bundle

    All Kinds of Things Going On… I wanted to remind everyone now that we are two months away from the Business Master Class. Post on that below this one. And our is going great and has some fantastic deals on workshops as well as Fiction River subscriptions. And remember, if you sign up for workshop credits on the subscription drive, you also get a free classic workshop for each workshop you sign up for. That is extra and only announced here. http://kck.st/2LxjXda Also, I have one of my favorite Thunder Mountain novels in a new Storybundle put together by Kevin J. Anderson. It has some amazing writers in it, so…

  • publishing,  workshops

    Master Business Class Reminder

    WMG Publishing Business Master Class: The Cutting Edge of the Publishing Business New York Times and USA Today bestselling writers and renowned business and industry bloggers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith lead this intense five days of business and publishing learning. Full information at www.wmgworkshops.com Kris and Dean are joined by at least ten other experts. — Mark Leslie (Lefebvre), acclaimed writer, podcaster, editor, and formally with Kobo. — Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling writer and co-owner of the premier indie press Wordfire Press. — Rebecca Moesta, New York Times bestselling writer of young adult books and co-owner of the premier indie press Wordfire Press. — David…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    The Two New Workshops Again

    September Has Two New Workshops… Full descriptions below of the two new ones. I posted these a while back but I think they got missed. The How to Use Tags workshop is looking to be a special one. Difficult because most writers can’t begin to see them, but worth the time. To sign up for any of these, simply go to Teachable and sign up on the course directly. If you have a workshop credit you would like to use, or any questions, write me directly at dean.wmgworkshops@gmail.com Told you we were going to be doing a bunch of new workshops this year. Two in July and two in September…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing,  workshops

    Some Challenge and Lifetime Questions Answered

    Lifetime Subscriptions and the Challenges… I got some more questions I thought were good ones about the lifetime subscriptions, so here on a Saturday night I figured I would quickly answer them to hit my streak of daily blogs. (grin) And remind you about the short story and novel challenge starting in September. First, to the Lifetime Subscription Questions… In the regular lifetime subscription, you get all regular workshops and classic workshops. There are a lot of them. In fact, if you paid for all the workshops in the subscription, it would cost over $13,000. Wow! No idea there were that many. The key is that you can take workshops…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing,  workshops

    Reminder of the Lifetime Subscriptions Available Now

    There Are a Number… I got some questions over the last two days about the lifetime subscriptions to different areas and realized that I couldn’t remember ever putting all the information about them in one place. Write me at dean.wmgworkshops@gmail.com with any questions on these or to sign up. So here is all the information in one place. REGULAR WORKSHOP LIFETIME SUBSCRIPTION You get all regular workshops and classic workshops in this subscription. There are a lot of them. You can take workshops at your own pace and do assignments on the regular ones at your own pace as well. For new workshops, like the two new announced yesterday, they…

  • Challenge,  running,  workshops

    Off and Running

    Also Getting Back Into Shape… The goal is 13 weeks from this weekend to run/walk in the Las Vegas Marathon and complete it around four hours. So not only with the writing goals, I have an exercise and health goal. I considered today Day One, and got off to a good start. Did well over 10,000 steps (5 miles plus) of which a half mile of that was running. I want to do about 40 miles per week of walking. Then over the next 13 weeks really ramp up the totals on the running. Can you tell I am getting settled in here in Vegas? (grin) Reminder!!! August Regular Workshops…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing,  workshops

    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…