• Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    The Myth Lecture Bundles

    First Bundle of Five Lectures Done… It is five of the myths that swirl around creation of words. And this week I will be finishing up the last three lectures in the Roadblocks bundle. I want to do the last two bundles (10 lectures on myths) but not one person has bought a bundle, not one. Lifetime subscribers to the lectures get them, so I will finish the last two bundles for them. And that is the best way to buy these, as I have said. So still going forward with them, clearly mostly just for my own entertainment. (grin) And in the Licensing Transition, Kris and I have a…

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    Great Dinner

    With Ten Writers… Well, I was number ten, so I guess I had dinner with nine other writers. There were ten of us, total, and then we headed to a brew pub so Kevin and a few others could have a beer. Talking went on to almost midnight. These were all successful writers, indie writers, and fun people. Amazing how many writers we are seeing here in Vegas, and missed a couple last week who came through. Fantastic fun after all the years living a long ways from anywhere. So because of all the fun conversation, I was very late getting to the assignments tonight, but just got them done.…

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    Racing the Clock Storybundle

    A Great New Bundle… I curated it and everything and I think I found some of the best fast-paced books in a lot of different genres. So below is my introduction to the entire bundle and all the books and nifty stuff. Worth grabbing folks. And if you haven’t read any of my Mary Jo Assassin novels, here is a chance. Get it at… Racing The Clock Storybundle Fast Paced in Every Genre I love reading stories that grab me and don’t let me go until I come up at the end of the story, sometimes breathless from the ride the author has taken me on. Those kinds of stories…

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    RACING THE CLOCK

    New Story Bundle Now Live… I’m really proud of this bundle. I love thrillers of all sorts and I got a chance to work with some of the best writers of fast-paced fiction working in all sorts of different genres to put this together. So check it out at Storybundle.com Over the next night or so I’ll give more information about the bundle and the great writers in it. But at Storybundle.com you can read the blog I did about the bundle and putting it together. If you love fast-paced books in just about every genre, this is the bundle for you. Nine novels, one collection. And I have one of…

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    No Comments?

    Sort Of Surprised… We have the woman who runs the international licensing expo coming to the Master Business Class to help us all, and no comments. Not sure what I was expecting, but dead silence, even in private emails, sure wasn’t one of the expectations. No need to comment now. Just found it interesting with all the excitement among so many writers about licensing opportunities. So now off I go to work on more chapters of Trademark for Fiction Writers. Night…

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    Ask Kris Anything Live Webinar

    Next One Is Sunday… A quick update: You can still sign up for the six-month series of Ask Kris Anything. That’s right, one hour a month, you and a few others can ask New York Times bestselling writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch any question you want on a live webinar. Sunday, 11 am West Coast US time. This one coming is on Sunday, August 18th. Sign up on Teachable.  Six Months of Ask Kris Anything. This will be vanishing soon for more sign-ups.

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    Last Call for August Workshops

    They Will Vanish Monday Evening… September workshops will replace them. And yes, there is a new Pop-Up and the Pop-Up on Flash Fiction has one week left on the deadline to write a piece of flash fiction for Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. Best way to get those is in the bundles because we have a couple more really good ones planned over the next two weeks or so. But remember, to turn in a story, the deadlines come quickly. For #12 the story deadline is August 18 and for #13 (also a chance for Pulphouse) is August 25th. And now, for one more day only, the August Regular workshops… August Workshops…

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    New Pop-Up

    Pop-Up #13… As You Write… How to do World Building, Create Characters, and Outline As You Write. All kinds of fun stuff in this one, plus the story prompt is writing another story for Pulphouse Fiction Magazine if you want. Remember, these things go away quickly. The Flash Fiction will go away in one week, or at least the deadline for the story will. This one is already in the bundle for the 11-20 and the bundle for 11-15 Pop-Ups. And you can still get the bundles for the first ten if you want. All are in there. Best way by far to buy these Pop-Ups. I’m kind of liking…

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    Trademark for Fiction Writers… Chapter Two

    CHAPTER TWO… (Please read the introduction and first chapter to this book before reading this. You can find that at… Introduction and First Chapter.) If, after the introduction and first chapter, you are starting to question why you would ever need to do a trademark for anything in your fiction, let me simply say…”Good.” As I learned more and more about trademark, I started to understand that this area of the law is very similar to all the myths pushed by traditional book publishers. In other words, most of it is just flat wrong for fiction writers. But there are places and times it is right, and understanding that is…

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    August Workshops About to Go Away

    In The Process of Getting September Workshops Ready… And as soon as I do, the August workshops will vanish. More than likely this weekend. So if interested in an August workshop, don’t delay. Yup, time is flashing past that quickly. August Workshops Including New Attitude in Fiction Workshop… Class #11… Aug 6th … Endings Class #12… Aug 6th … Attitude Class #13… Aug 6th … Time Travel Class #14… Aug 6th … Speed Class #15… Aug 6th … Teams in Fiction Class #16… Aug 7th … Depth in Writing Class #17… Aug 7th … Writing Westerns Class #18… Aug 7th … Character Development Class #19… Aug 7th… Information Flow Class #20… Aug 7th … Emotion Sign up…