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

    Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Publishing: #7… To Sell You Must Write What Is Hot

    November 19, 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: “To sell either to editors or readers, you must write what is hot.” This myth stops thousands and thousands of book sales and destroys careers. And it’s just stupid, even though the myth seems to have a logical base in publishing. This myth spouts like a bad cold out of the mouths of top professionals…

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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 December 1st, 2025

Total is from January 1st to November 30th…

892,610 words.

Caught up a little in November, but still need a really good month to hit full Pulp Speed, but I will be close.

By the way, if you are working on averaging 2,025 words per day in 2025, by December 1st you would need to be at 676,336 and to hit it for a full year you need to be at 739,125 words for the year.

Yes, we will do 2,026 words per day challenge in 2026. Stay tuned.

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

NO REGULAR WORKSHOPS IN NOVEMBER… THEY WILL RETURN IN JANUARY.

Workshops starting January 6th will be…

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