• Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    Pulphouse and New Workshop

    Did a Ton of Stuff Today… Started with the normal Sunday writer’s meeting up at WMG Publishing. Great fun, as always. Then Kris and I headed out for a walk to get our steps. Then I went back to WMG and worked on workshop stuff, including the first new lecture. Then home for a nap, cook dinner, and back in here to do e-mail and read some stories. Then after a cleaning break and another nap, I wrote up the stuff about the new workshop that is above. One time thing. Kris is doing a great series on branding on her blog and Allyson and I thought doing a quick…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    Open Driveway and Other Distractions

    It Was a Saturday… Got off to a slow start because our wonderful neighbor came to help me get rid of a big metal post that was partially blocking our driveway. All gone now, but the work got me off to a very late start. I ended up recording half of the first advanced business lecture and worked on workshop stuff up at WMG, then went out for a walk. But on the way back it looked like it was going to rain, so I ran the last quarter mile.  A start. Then to the grocery store and home to cook dinner after a short nap. Then read some fun short…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    Trains, Books, and Toys

    Yes, I Was Playing in Our Stores… Ended up at both of our stores today. (Pop Culture Collectables north and south) Sort of like heaven to me to be honest. I am a picker and dealer at heart. And both of our stores are just great fun places. At the south store I talked with Billy, WMG’s sales manager about a show we are planning for and also some sales trips. At the north store I worked with Josh on a collection of digests that had come in from Billy and also we talked about planning the train display. Lionel trains (O-gauge) will circle through all four large rooms of…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    A Catch-Up Day

    Also Got Walking In… Started off late and had a ton of errands and meetings, some of which I didn’t make. But I did manage to get my five miles in today, thanks to Matt and Kris walking with me a different times. Thanks! Worked at WMG for a very short time, then home to take a nap and cook dinner. Then the e-mail stuff and some Strengths workshop assignments. Then I got to read short stories, which were fun. I should be completely caught up on those this weekend and the four writers in the May challenge will be offered the off-ramp at that point to see if they…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    Movie and Dinner

    Fun Day… Started off with WMG meetings, then Kris and I headed into the valley to catch a movie. Guardians of the Galaxy. Great fun. Great heart. Then a nice dinner and drive home. We got back around midnight and we went to watch news and some television. So I didn’t make it this computer until after 2 a.m. I answered some e-mails, then did some Strength Workshop assignments. Then I took a break and sat and started a novella Kris had just finished in her Diving Universe. I only intended on reading a little of it, then going to read some short stories for the May short story challenge.…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing,  workshops

    TICKING CLOCKS

    Offers That Will Vanish Shortly… A summary of offers that are vanishing shortly as we head into the summer months. Details below on each… 1… Write Stuff Bundle… one day left. (update: finished and deleted from this post) 2… Lecture Subscriptions…. Just a week or so left. 3… Strengths Workshops… Just a few weeks left. 4… Novel and Short Story Challenges… June 1st. —————— NEW SPECIAL LECTURE SERIES STARTED I will record six new lectures in May and through June. One new lecture per week in this special series will be added. Each lecture will consist of between 9 and 15 videos. These are Advanced, Advanced lectures, taking up where the…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    No Writing Tonight

    Just a Crazy Busy Day… It was a Monday. Errands from the moment I left the house until after five. Then workshop stuff at WMG, then home to do e-mail, take a nap, cook dinner, and then back on workshop assignments. Today and tomorrow has April workshops ending and May workshops starting assignments. Crazy amounts of stuff, plus doing some reading on the Strengths workshop and on the short story challenge. (Yes, still taking sign-ups on the Strength workshops.) Plus Kris gave me a brand new novella I wanted to get reading. Yeah, I have a tough life, reading stories. But alas, someone has to do it. (grin) But no writing…

  • Lecture Series,  On Writing,  publishing

    NEW LECTURE SERIES AND SUBSCRIPTION OFFER

    Advanced Business Lectures Now Offered… Below is not only a list of all the lectures available (25 of them), but also the six new lectures in the Advanced Business for Writers lecture series. Plus a list of planned coming lectures. (We will end up after this with 38 available lectures on writing and publishing.) After two years of not doing new lectures, we are back with a vengeance thanks to the ease of Teachable.com. Since I am going to be starting to record these Advanced Business Lectures this week, we decided to offer a special rate on them, plus a special subscription rate to all lectures and upcoming lectures. For…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    A Very Diverse Sunday

    I Did Just About Everything Today… One of those days that I worked on just about everything. Started off the day with a writer’s meeting at WMG. Fun discussions. Then Kris and I went for a walk to get some milage in (I didn’t hit five, but got to four miles again). Then I stayed at WMG to work on workshop recordings and the new lecture series stuff coming. Then home to take a nap and cook dinner. After that I managed all my e-mail and workshop assignments before heading to my writing computer. I got two sessions on the novel of just at 1,900 words. Then back to this…

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    Fun Auction Tonight

    Saturday Night Fun… Missed my five miles today, got four, because I wanted to rest my legs. And had fun at the auction. Every month here in town (on the first Saturday of the month for the past 35 years) there is an auction. More social for me since I seldom miss one, but also there are no minimums and trust me, antiques do not sell out here on the coast. A person could make a living buying antiques worth thousands for $50 here and hauling them to California. But tonight in the hour I was there I managed to get an entire box of silver. Mirrors, combs with silver…