I Said I Would Start Reporting… So I actually have something to report. SHOCK!! I was worried for a time there earlier. But got in here around 2 a.m. and worked for over two hours on the book I have been playing at off and on for a while now. And I also got the next issue of Smith’s Monthly ready to turn in as soon as I finish the novel. No point in actually reporting word count on this book, so the new book I will be starting shortly I will report every word. Got a couple ideas on how I might be able to frame the reporting as…

Spent the Night Cleaning Up Stuff… We all know how that goes to get ready to write after a while away. Got all the March workshops started up, all assignments done, my brain back over on the book I hadn’t done much with since before the Anthology workshop, actually a week or more ahead of that because of all the reading. So tomorrow night I will start tracking the writing. It will be a slow start I am sure. I can warn you all right now, this will not be the easy, smooth process I sometimes make things look like here. First off, I have a huge orange cat that…

Guess I Must Be Tired… I was going to do this article about why some long-time professional writers tell beginning writers completely bad advice for the right reasons. But alas, I sat down for a short time in my reading chair to rest my eyes and woke up over an hour later. So that article will have to wait for another night. And thanks for the feedback both here and in emails on the new webinar-based workshops. I think they will be fun and we’re trying to work out how they would work exactly. A couple of the former coast workshops we have had to cancel might work in that…

Some Fun and Fantastic Stories At The Workshop This last week fifty professional writers were here on the Oregon coast sitting in front of seven editors listening to us talk about short stories they had written. And maybe some of the editors even bought some of the stories, but that was not the point of the workshop. Just a nifty side affect. I learned a ton, read some fantastic fiction, and had a lot of fun. Thank you, everyone! Also, what was fun was all the networking. And on Friday evening I was talking with Loren Coleman (owner of Catalyst Games) and Chuck Heitzelman (owner of Bundlerabbit) and a few…

I Have Been Having a Blast This Week… Over the last month or more I read over 1.2 million words of really amazingly good short fiction across all genres. And I got to talk in some fashion or another about every story this week. Tomorrow is the next-to-last day and again I get a chance to buy more stories for Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. I actually almost have what I wanted for the second full year of the magazine. Wonderful stuff! (And no, the magazine is not open for submissions. This is the anthology workshop I am talking about.) So if I have seemed a little scattered this week, that was…

First Things First… I want to thank everyone who supported our North by Northwest Bookstore Kickstarter. Wonderful success and we are already started on the remodeling. It will take a few weeks for Kickstarter to do its thing, then we will send out surveys to all the wonderful backers. If you backed a workshop, and would like to take one in March, write me. Thank you, everyone! —————- 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 or if you have a credit, write me. https://wmg-publishing-workshops-and-lectures.teachable.com Class #25… Mar 6th … Depth #3:…

Thank you, Everyone!… North By Northwest Kickstarter… Where you can get discounted workshops and lectures or give books to your local library or school system anywhere in the country. REMEMBER…  if you get a regular workshop through the Kickstarter, you also get a classic workshop for free. $450 value for only $250. (And yes, you can get more than one. Get as many as you want, actually. Just increase the pledge by $250 per workshop.) And you can also get a discounted lifetime subscription to all of the WMG Lectures now available and any new ones coming. But what I love about this project is the ability to help out…

Thank you, Everyone! We Are Gaining On It…  North By Northwest Kickstarter… Where you can get discounted workshops and lectures or give books to your local library or school system anywhere in the country. We made our first stretch goal. So cool! And on the way toward the second one. REMEMBER…  if you get a regular workshop through the Kickstarter, you also get a classic workshop for free. $450 value for only $250. (And yes, you can get more than one. Get as many as you want, actually. Just increase the pledge by $250 per workshop.) And you can also get a discounted lifetime subscription to all of the WMG…

Thank you, Everyone!  North By Northwest Kickstarter… Where you can get discounted workshops and lectures or give books to your local library or school system anywhere in the country. We made our first stretch goal. So cool! And if you get a regular workshop through the Kickstarter, you also get a classic workshop for free. But what I love about this project is the ability to help out your local school or library. So Two Days!! Don’t miss this one. Check it out right here… ————- And yes, I am still working on my 67 challenge. Slow at the moment which was completely expected when I set this up. I…