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Almost Forgot
Got Busy Reading… Over four years of putting something here every day and tonight I actually was headed for bed when I remembered to put up this blog. Just been finishing up the reading for the challenges from the summer. Wonderful fun. For those of you in Florida, hang in there. The entire country is thinking of you and watching in horror. Some announcements tomorrow night. Until then…
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Dr. Jerry Pournelle
Jerry left us yesterday… I have actually known Jerry Pournelle since 1982, which seems like an impossible amount of time. We were not close, so no need to feel bad for me because of his passing. Give your thoughts to his family and very close friends. They are hurting today. For me, as I assume for many others, Jerry Pournelle was one of those who always seemed to be there in the science fiction world, and I have many, many interesting memories with Jerry. Actually, early on I only knew him as another professional writer and I sat on many panels with him. We didn’t agree about much of anything,…
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Short Fiction Living Post Coming
I Have Promised… Since I’ve been working on some short stories for Smith’s Monthly, I was reminded about my old making-a-living posts. Over the years I have done periodic posts about how it is possible in this new world to make a living at writing short fiction only. That belief hasn’t changed. Math hasn’t changed much either. So I’ll update that next week for 2017. Stay tuned. It seems to always be a popular post in different ways. (grin) Challenges This summer I did some challenges with writers to write either 30 short stories in 30 or 60 days and/or also three novels in three months. If they did they…
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Some Online Workshop Information
Some General Updates… Over the next month or so I will be finishing moving all the of the classic workshops over to Teachable. Right now there are about four or five there now. And I will redo the Curriculum for the workshops to add in the new ones we have done this spring and summer. In the meantime, October, November and December workshops are listed. I have some To Be Announced slots over the next three monhts, but not sure if we will fill those or not. In September five of the twelve offered workshops has no one in it. And not even the new workshop filled. So got a…
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A Matter of Perspective
How I Feel Every Time… To the best of my knowledge, I did 106 books for traditional publishers, ending in 2008. At that point, as I have said numbers of times, I was tired of publishing, tired of the worsening contracts and the horrid attitudes of editors. I was disgusted by the system and the corruptness. And I got really tired of watching the system chew up not only friends, but new writers. In other words, I was finished. Indie publishing saved me. I could control my own copyediting, my own covers, and retain ownership of my copyrights. Plus I didn’t have to feel like a beggar with a tin…
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Time of Great Forgetting
Almost Over… We are almost at that moment when new writer’s wake up and sort of wonder what happened to all those great goals they had early in the year. What happened was family, gardens, summer vacations, travel, sports, and so on and so on. I had some fine writers who powered through the Time of Great Forgetting because of a challenge with me. I’m finishing up reading everything this coming week and it has been great fun to watch the writers return their focus back to writing after vacations, after life took them away. It was a honor to watch them all get through the challenges and everyone was…
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Short Story Finished
Doing Some Short Fiction Again… Reason is pretty simple. I only have enough short stories left of the stories I want to put in Smith’s Monthly to last a few more issues. I have about a hundred or so stories (some sold) in my files, but most of them are from what I call my “Horror Period” when I was getting nominated for Stoker Awards. I have nothing at all against horror, just not who I am as a writer anymore. I have put in Smith’s Monthly a few from that period, but most are just too brutal for even my tastes. Back in the Splatterpunk days was another world.…
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September Workshops Starting Tuesday
Yes, it is September Already… The September workshops are a good selection and very few are signed up, so lots of room. Information at: www.wmgpublishingworkshops.com Any questions at all, feel free to write me. And if you are confused as to which workshop to take first, we have a full curriculum posted on its own page. I will be updating that this next month or so. Class #25… Sept 5th … Depth #3: Research Class #26… Sept 5th … Writing into the Dark Class #27… Sept 5th … Business Class #28… Sept 5th … Endings Class #29… Sept 5th … Writing Fiction Sales Copy Class #30… Sept 5th … Writing and Selling Short Stories Class #31… Sept 6th…
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LAST DAY FOR SOME GREAT FANTASY BOOKS!!
The Universe Between Bundle Last Day!! The fantastic fantasy bundle Universe Between ends later tonight. The bundle helps AbleGamers.com as well. While you are just waiting around for me to do a pricing post, (grin) grab the bundle and discover some top writers I know you have never read before. Talk about pricing? Wow, this is a good deal for some great novels and a volume of Fiction River on top of it all. And don’t forget that the September Online workshop are starting on Tuesday. Not even the new one is full yet. ————– Here are a few details… I had the pleasure of curating another bundle for Storybundle.com…
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A Reminder!
The Universe Between Bundle Last Day!! There is only one day left on the fantastic fantasy bundle Universe Between. The bundle helps AbleGamers.com as well. While you are just waiting around for me to do a pricing post, (grin) grab the bundle and discover some top writers I know you have never read before. Talk about pricing? Wow, this is a good deal for some great novels and a volume of Fiction River on top of it all. And don’t forget that the September Online workshop are starting on Tuesday. Not even the new one is full yet. ————– Here are a few details… I had the pleasure of curating…