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Flying In the Face of Common Knowledge
Normal for Me and Kris… Over the years, Kris and I have seemed to constantly talk about things that are not believed in the common knowledge of publishing. And after forty years in the business, still selling and making more than a living by a long ways, Kris and I still continue to do that. Why? Because we believe in common sense and information, not common knowledge. Interesting that a number of examples came up over this last week. At Superstars, on the Craft Day, I taught three hours of Writing into the Dark. Now understand, I taught that you don’t need an outline, you don’t even need an idea.…
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We Have Liftoff… North by Northwest Kickstarter
Now Live… This has been in the works for a time now. Wonderful to have it going. And lots of cool stuff as rewards, including discounts again on workshops and lectures. Just in time since some of you were running out of credits from the Pulphouse Kickstarter. (grin) The reason we are doing this is to expand the store into four unused rooms. But wow do those rooms need work. We are planning to do it no matter what, but the Kickstarter will speed up the process a whole bunch. And in the expanding, we will be starting up a system where indie writers and publishers can get their books…
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Two Brand New Workshops and Special Offer
ADDED NOTE: THIS HAS ALL BEEN CANCELLED SINCE NOT A PERSON EXPRESSED ANY INTEREST… Ahh, well, a good idea at the time… —————– That’s Right, Two… Bet you thought we weren’t going to do any regular workshops this spring. But nope, Superstars triggered two new ones that Kris and I really like. Plus with one workshop I am adding a special offer for only five writers. (See below.) Both of these new workshops are going to be starting in March. Both are craft workshops. And both are going to be crazy fun for me and Kris. And we hope for all of you who decide to jump in. First let…
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Jet Lag Took Its Ugly Toll…
Fell Asleep and Burned Dinner… Not kidding. I put on the potatoes and mushrooms and onions to boil. The idea was to have a simple dinner with pork loin, gravy and potatoes. Nope. It was not to be. Even simple seemed to be beyond me tonight. I set my alarm on my phone for ten minutes of a nap while the potatoes cooked and next thing I knew the poor helpless things were dry and burning. I hadn’t cooked dinner, I had tortured it. And the smell coming from the kitchen was not something to make anyone hungry. Kris sent me back to nap some more and fixed something from…
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Even More Travel Fun
I Had a Great Time at Superstars… I had the pleasure to meet many talented writers as well as hang around with some old friends I have known for over three decades. Fun conversations and I learned all kinds of stuff. But the travel problems I could have done without, especially that first trip in. (grin) And I was expecting issues going back because in my experience when things go south, it goes all the way south. I was mostly right about that. I was up and eating breakfast at 6 a.m. Mountain Time, which is 5 a.m. my normal time. About when I wind down normally, so my sleep…
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Headed Home
More Fun Panels and Smart Writers… Short note tonight to say that I really enjoyed Superstars Writing Seminar and am now headed home. So same basic information on workshops below. Tomorrow night I’ll write more about stuff I learned these last few days. BUNDLES OF WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES… So here is the bundle offers and how to sign up for them. I will put this on the sidebar when I get back to my larger computer. —ANY TEN LECTURES… $400 ($500 plus value… Contact Dean and pay through Paypal.) — ANY FIVE CLASSIC WORKSHOPS… $600 ($750 value… Contact Dean and pay through Paypal.) — ALL SIX STRENGTHS WORKSHOPS… $1,500 ($1,800…
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Great Fun At Superstars
Fun Panels and Smart Writers… I had some really fun panels today on topics ranging from the future of electronic books to newsletters. On Saturday I’m going to do a presentation on corporations for writers, then be on panels on agents (I have promised to be nice) and finding a balance. Then off for home. Tonight was the fun thing for me among many fun things. Something they call the VIP dinner, sort of like what we do at lunches on our big workshops. Six writers set with me for dinner and four hours later we were still talking about writing and all sorts of stuff. Great fun. So a…
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SuperStars Writing Seminars
I Am Lucky Enough To Be An Instructor Here… Today was called a craft day and for over three hours I talked about Writing Into the Dark. And then had a wonderful lunch with ten writers talking all sorts of fun things. And then spent dinner with three old friends that I wish I could see a lot more. So except for the altitude issues where I find myself suddenly out of breath (yes, I am drinking a lot of water, but I come from sea level and this town is over 6,000 feet up), I’m having a blast. Great seeing friends, meeting new people, and wonderful writing conversations. I’m…
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Another Adventure
I Didn’t Plan On An Adventure Today... I just planned on having a few fairly short flights to get to Colorado Springs to teach at the Superstars Writing Conference. Stayed last night in Portland to catch the flight early and all was fine until we hit one of the roughest patches of air over Idaho I have ever experienced. And over the decades I have been on thousands of plane flights. Never anything like this. Some injuries and things, but I had my seat belt on and was fine. So then, on my layover, after I got calmed down and some anti-nausea drugs in me, I boarded the next flight…
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No Updates On Anything…
Seems All Quiet… I know a bunch of people are just waiting to see if their private business information will be made public and what, if anything, the big companies will do about it. I doubt Data Guy will reverse his business plan at this point. So no updates. I know a few people asked. I am not pushing, just waiting. And doing writing and publishing stuff. (grin) ——————– POP-UP WORKSHOPS ARE FILLING… https://wmg-publishing-workshops-and-lectures.teachable.com February 15-18, 2018 — Controlling Fear of Failure — How to Study and Practice in Fiction (A Study Plan) March 15-18th — Adding Tension to Your Writing — Making a Living in 2018/19 With Your Fiction…