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

Running Word Count

REPORTING September 1st, 2025

Total is from January 1st to August 31st…

654,090 words.

August turned out to be a great month a I hoped it would, but again not so much for words. I gained a little back on Pulp Speed One word count, but still slightly under. About 12,000 under or so for the Pulp One pace. 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.

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Some special workshops and in-person classes are also held on the WMG Writer Store.

Upcoming Online Regular Workshops

REGULAR WORKSHOPS STARTING SEPTEMBER 2ND.

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

  • Heinlein’s Rules
  • Writing into the Dark
  • 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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