Updates!!

Space Opera…

From January 13th through noon on the 16th, Kris is teaching an in-person craft workshop on the topic of Space Opera. (She has won dozens of awards and even more nominations for awards for her space opera writing over the decades, not counting the millions of copies of space opera books and stories she has sold.)

So those of you signed up for the in-person space opera craft class here in Vegas, the reading list will be headed out to you later tonight with more information.

We are at a fantastic new place for this that we toured today. The Circa. It is just four years old and the conference center just ramped up two years ago. We have great room rates and even though the place is downtown, it is amazingly quiet. (Again, being brand new helps.)

Kris and I and Steph and Val got a tour today of one of the rooms and the meeting room and then had a great lunch at the deli there. All rooms have king beds, desks, walk-in showers and so much more. Stunning. (Again very new.)

And if interested in joining the fun as the class ramps up, we have two spots that have opened up, so write me directly to see if you would be a good fit or have questions.

Again, those of you signed up expect the reading list tonight.

Kickstarter Workshops…

Okay, tonight things went nuts for workshops on the WMG Holiday Spectacular 2024 Kickstarter.

We hit both the special stretch reward plus the third stretch reward. That means all backers at any level get two more great holiday books to read, but also the first and second quarter of Bite-Sized Copyright. Both quarters of 13 weeks of classes are worth $500 each, so $1,000 in workshops for writers just for backing the campaign. (Not a writer or already taken the class, you can gift it to another writer. Make a fantastic holiday gift and you would get it just for backing the campaign. Plus you get an original story from Thanksgiving to January 1st every day.)

And we are well on the way to the third stretch goal with another quarter of the copyright class worth $500. But remember, ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT to jump into all this.

Plus there are the three special workshops that are available. They are HOLIDAY SPIES Workshop, DARK AND STORMY HOLIDAY Workshop, and WINTER WARMTH Workshop. All three are three weeks long and focused on learning how to write stories on those themes, plus the third assignment in each is to write a short story that Kris will consider for those anthologies and next year’s Holiday Spectacular Calendar.

You can take all three one after another. The workshops start in late November and go into January. And there is a discount to buy all three on the Kickstarter. They will be great fun, great learning of craft, and the only way into the anthologies for next year. WMG Holiday Spectacular 2024 Kickstarter

THE KRIS AND DEAN SHOW

Prepping for 2025… We pushed the start date back to December 3rd for a number of reasons. First, by then more people will be focused on getting ready for the new year with their writing and publishing.  Second, the Writer’s Block workshop will be taking a break for a month. And third, we didn’t have enough people signed up to make a really good, interactive webinar.

So that is on the WMG Writer’s Store and still time to sign up.

Wow, a crazy amount of updates.