• On Writing,  publishing,  workshops

    Insider’s Guide Webinar Workshops…

    INSIDER’S GUIDE Workshops… Yup, we changed the name. And are now taking sign-ups. They are webinar workshops, with a combination of recorded videos and a weekly in-person session webinar. Four weeks long. The workshop will have five or six recorded videos per week, plus an assignment, then the four live webinar chats, one per week, to answer questions and such after everyone has had time to go through the videos and assignments. Yup, you get to ask me questions directly. And listen to other writer’s questions. I think this will be great fun. We will limit it to 10 writers plus the Lifetime Subscribers. (Lifetime Subscribers get in if they…

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    Cold Poker Gang Novels

    Amazing Video For My Cold Poker Gang Novels… I love writing this series and have a new one in the works called Side Pot that I will track the writing for everyone here once I finish the book I am working on. This short video really catches the flavor of the series. If you love mystery and cold cases, give the series a try if you haven’t already. You can see the entire series and get links to purchase here. —————- REGULAR WORKSHOPS… This weekend I will be sending out the information to those signed up on the March regular workshops. All workshops have openings. Sign up directly through Teachable…

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    Lifetime Subscriptions to Workshops and Lectures

    Finally Available… The numbers of workshops we now have available has gotten amazing. From the new Pop-Up workshops which worked great from my side, to the Classic workshops, to the Strengths, to the Regular Monthly workshops. Thousands of videos about writing. If you would have told me it would build to this five years ago, I would have screamed and run into the street. But honestly, looking at it now, because of the workshops and putting them together, I am a much, much better writer. And I have had a blast. And I am still having fun and just as passionate about learning as I was five years ago. You…

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    Fun Reading Time

    Great Stories and Stuff… I am at a fun time I go through every year. I have a massive number of really good short stories to read for the anthology workshop. I actually look forward to this every year, to be honest. I am also finishing up the last notes on the novel challenge and will get those back in the next day or so to everyone in the last novel challenge. So really fun writing there as well. So having fun reading. Not as much fun as writing, but still great fun. And also writing the interstitials for Fiction River: Hard Choices. That’s great fun looking back over those…

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    Two New Weekender Workshops Just Started

    It’s Midnight on the West Coast of the US… …and two weekender workshops just started up and will go for four days. Still time to jump in today only (Thursday) and I will read your first assignment even if late, no issue. Go to https://wmg-publishing-workshops-and-lectures.teachable.com and hit “see all courses” and  look for the February Weekender workshops if interested. But they close tonight (Thursday).  I just got done recording both of them over the last two weeks and honestly I think both of them are good ones. POP-UP WEEKENDER WORKSHOPS Descriptions Controlling Fear of Failure Fear cripples every writer, without exception, at one point or another. And the root of…

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    One Day Left

    To Sign Up for the First Two Weekender Workshops… ONE DAY AND COUNTING!!! Exactly at midnight Thursday morning, (basically late Wednesday night) the first day’s videos in the weekended Pop-up workshops will appear. Four days of videos, three different assignments. I will leave the workshops open to sign up until around 1 p.m. on Thursday. Here is all the basic information. POP-UP WEEKENDER WORKSHOPS The Structure of the Weekender Workshops Starting on Thursday morning right at 12:01 a.m. US West Coast Time (Pacific Time), six or seven videos will appear on the first session Teachable.com page for the workshop. An assignment will be with the videos that is due by…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing,  workshops

    Two Brand New Workshops and Special Offer

    ADDED NOTE: THIS HAS ALL BEEN CANCELLED SINCE NOT A PERSON EXPRESSED ANY INTEREST… Ahh, well, a good idea at the time… —————– That’s Right, Two… Bet you thought we weren’t going to do any regular workshops this spring. But nope, Superstars triggered two new ones that Kris and I really like. Plus with one workshop I am adding a special offer for only five writers. (See below.) Both of these new workshops are going to be starting in March. Both are craft workshops. And both are going to be crazy fun for me and Kris. And we hope for all of you who decide to jump in. First let…

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    Advanced Business Copyright Lecture

    Yes, After All These Months… It is now available. And the sixth one in the series, IP Valuation, will follow tomorrow night. Anyone who signed up for the series of advanced business lectures should have gotten a code from me already. If you did not get a code, write me. The new lecture is on copyright. 14 videos for $50.  You can find it at: https://wmg-publishing-workshops-and-lectures.teachable.com ————- Also, a couple of the Pop-Up workshops only have two spots left open in them. So if you are thinking of taking one of those, don’t delay too much longer. February 15-18, 2018 — Controlling Fear of Failure — How to Study and…

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    Update On Coast Workshops

    Weekends Tend to Be Slow Around Here… And it is often on weekend nights I almost forget to post something here to keep my four-and-a-half year blogging streak alive. Tonight was one of those nights. So to make it easy on me and clean up a little more business, here is an update on the status of the coast workshops I sent out to the major coast workshop email group. (You attend a coast workshop here, you get on the big group with over 200 professional writers.) Write me for information if you have questions. Workshop descriptions are here. — April Fantasy Workshop... Full and reading. — Great Bundle Workshop……

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    Fun Idea From Vegas

    Sitting In Las Vegas… In the Golden Nugget Buffet, of course, talking with Lenny, a friend of mine who happens to be the son of my best friend. Lenny is now well into his thirties and is successful in the music industry. He and I were talking about Teachable. (His dad, my best friend, was off running an errand, so we weren’t boring him.) Lenny said he was thinking about setting up a tip of the week on Teachable and that I should think about doing that for writers. I liked the idea, since Teachable allows subscriptions and other things I was planning. So I came home on Monday and…