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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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All August Workshops Started
But Still Time To Join One or More of Them… August Regular Online Workshops have all started. There are very few signed up for these August workshops. Remember, the workshops only take a few hours a week of your time, so even for a month like August it should be possible. And September there will be a new workshop or two announced. And some new lectures as well. And the reading list will go out for the first Study Along Workshop in September as well. And September starts the new short story and novel challenge. Still spots in both if you are thinking about it. The goal is thirty short stories…
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August Workshops Starting Up
It’s That Time… August Regular Online Workshops are starting up. Actually, this caught me by surprise tonight as well. Sort of snuck up on me to be honest with all the travel and move stuff. But now I am settled into my new office and moving forward again just in time for these to get started. To be honest, there are very few signed up for these August workshops. Almost everyone will get a private lesson. Remember, the workshops only take a few hours a week of your time, so even for a month like August it should be possible. And September there will be a new workshop announced. And…
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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…