• Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    One More Day Off

    Actually, Working Like Crazy… Just off from the novel. And that’s why I am taking the time, and planned on it five days ago, because I knew how much work was coming at me. I just didn’t expect it to last more than two or three days. But I did succeed at one thing today (besides a ton of work). I managed to get my steps up over 12,000 steps (about 6 miles for me… No running, just walking). Had to get away from the computer screen to rest my eyes, so went for a walk downtown past the construction on the new resort. Parking garage has topped out at…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    Got Some Question On The Half Price Workshop Sale

    IS EVERYTHING HALF PRICE? That was the first question I got a few times. — Are all the pop-ups half price as well? Yes. — All the Lifetime Subscriptions? Yes. — Even the bundles of other workshops, like the Classic Bundles? Or Pop-up bundles? Yes and yes. — Every WMG Publishing Workshop, Lecture, Pop-Up, Class, or Subscription on Teachable is HALF PRICE! — At least until 5pm on Friday, West Coast Time. So all day tomorrow and a ways into Friday. That’s right, on anything available on Teachable (hit “See All Courses) right now, just use the code SpringTraining2020 and get any class or workshop half price. (And if you…

  • Challenge,  Fun Stuff,  On Writing,  publishing

    Something Fun…

    Listen to Me Babble for 45 Minutes… Live… At 10 AM West Coast time, I will be on the Draft2Digital Spotlight talking publishing and writing with super writer and editor Mark Leslie Lefebvre, who also works for D2D. It will be live and could get silly, because Mark and I tend to get silly at times. For those of you who don’t know, for a number of years now, Mark has been our anchor at both the Master Business Class and the Anthology Workshop. His depth of knowledge of fiction and publishing and his willingness to help writers goes beyond any words I might say. And he likes beer. And…

  • Cave Creek,  Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    Card Sharp Silver… Day 14

    Ramping Back Up… The day was swallowed by a ton of detail stuff, mostly business. Made it to this computer around 11 am and did email and some details on this web site fixes. Also some work on the Cats Bundle (see below) and some work on the Cave Creek Kickstarter, which ended successfully. Yeah! And thank you, everyone, for supporting that project. I promise it will be some fun. And surveys will go out soon. Then Kris and I headed out around 1 pm for a long walk (about four miles total) to run an errand and then picked up take-out lunch on the way back. A ton of…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    A Day of Other Work, Not Writing Fun

    Nothing Done On The Card Sharp Silver Novel… So not even going to count this as a day on the book. But notice what I spent most of my day on. (grin) I think I finally brought the look of this blog from 1990s (maybe) to 2020. I have a ton to do to get the fiction stuff up to date under the different pages. And so some other stuff I want to add in. But in time I will get there. This sudden shift has been coming on for a while. And last night that old theme finally just broke and for a while I thought I would miss…

  • Cave Creek,  Challenge,  On Writing

    Card Sharp Silver… Day 11

    Just Another Day… Nothing special about today, other than the entire world is locked down. But here, Kris and I got a lot done. I was again late getting in here to my office. Managed the feat around 12:30 pm and did some email and stuff, then headed to the writing computer at 1:30 pm. By 2:15 I had about a thousand words done and then had lunch. Got back in here around 3 pm and recorded some stuff. Then about 3:45 I managed to get back to the writing computer and did just about another 1,000 words before 4:45 pm. Then a short nap and and then Kris and…

  • Cave Creek,  Challenge,  On Writing

    Card Sharp Silver… Day 9

    Onward I Go… Not great numbers, but unlike many writers out there who are beating on themselves and stressed beyond words because of the world situation, I am getting words done. Not saying I haven’t been paying attention. I have. Not saying at times I don’t get stressed. I do. But not to excess because besides taking care of our business, social distancing, and disinfecting everything I touch, there ain’t a thing I can do. If I was a medical professional, I most certainly would be pitching in. But all I really know how to do after the last forty years is make shit up and entertain people. And donate…

  • Cave Creek,  On Writing

    Card Sharp Silver… Day 7

    Writing Picked Up Speed… Just wish the Kickstarter for Cave Creek would. So today I managed to get in here to my internet computer around 11 am or so, doing business and emails. Then around noon I headed out once again for some errands. Bank, store for a few things I missed yesterday. Made it back after a few business calls while in the parking lot of the store, by two. Got disinfected and then Kris and I headed out for a walk to lunch. We walked the mile to the restaurant and back through the mostly empty streets of downtown Las Vegas, then back with our carry out lunch…

  • Challenge,  Recommended Reading

    Cats Bundle!!

    Includes my Cold Poker Gang Novel Ring Game… You know, the novel I finished about two or so weeks ago that was a twisted mystery focused on cats. Well, you can get it exclusively right now through the Storybundle titled: CATS Along with some really amazing other books and collections featuring cats. Kris put this one together and it is flat amazing. And SIX of the ten books are exclusive to the bundle, including RING GAME. And yes, the magic of indie publishing had me finish a book and less than two weeks later it is on sale, exclusive to a major bundle. Love this new world. These bundles come…

  • Cave Creek,  Challenge,  On Writing

    Card Sharp Silver… Day 5

    Book Surprising Me… Of course, I had no idea what I was going to write when I started this thing, but what is happening is not at all what I might have expected in hindsight. Really fun and I have no flat idea where it is going or why. I love that. So the day was yet another rest day. At this rate it’s going to take me a few weeks to finish this thing. I hope to speed up at some point, but it was Monday and a bunch of business to do and things. And even worse, I didn’t roll out of bed until almost noon. Got to…