Each workshop is 6 weeks long and is limited to twelve people. (Again, it will take you about four hours per week to do each of these.) These are the starting dates of upcoming workshops.
All have openings at the moment. For sign-up and more information about each workshop, click the Online Workshop tab at the top of the page.
Starting June
Class #17… June 3rd … Cliffhangers
Class #18… June 4th … Pitches and Blurbs
Class #19… June 5th … Genre Structure
Class #20… June 6th … Openings
Class #21… June 7th … Idea to Story
Starting July
Class #22… July 8th … World Building
Class #23… July 9th … Plot Your Novel
Class #24… July 10th … Designing Book Covers
Class #25… July 11th … Designing Book Interiors
Class #26… July 12th … Essentials
Starting August
Class #27… August 5th … Ideas to Story
Class #28… August 6th … Openings
Class #29… August 7th … Genre Structure
Class #30… August 8th … Pitches and Blurbs
Class #31… August 9th …. Cliffhangers
Starting September
Class #32… Sept 2nd … Essentials
Class #33… Sept 3rd … Plot Your Novel
Class #34… Sept 4th … World Building
Class #35… Sept 5th … Designing Book Covers
Class #36… Sept 6th … Designing Book Interiors
Sign-up and more information under Online Workshops tab at the top of the page.
Hi Dean, I just wanted to say how much I appreciate all these articles. They’re very helpful and interesting!
I think one of the things people don’t realize about evolution is that it doesn’t actually happen that gradually. Millenia of slow accumulation of little things that make change possible, but then BOOM – the actual change happens fast.
But we must remember that there actually are still buggy whip makers in the world.
I’ve noticed a growth in independent bookstores lately around here. Although I think it’s a long way before they can fill the shoes of the two Boarders affiliated stores. (We can hope that maybe those can go more indpendent, though.)
The question is what will happen to the public’s habits during the transition? If we have to go too long without good (or at least convenient) bookstores… we may get out of the habit of using brick and mortar bookstores.
Camille
It’s strange to see things from far across the ocean, living in Greece as I do. Here there are no physical bookstores to which I can go that have any decent selection of English books, so for years I have depended on buying books online. I love wandering through bookstores and do so whenever I make a trip to the States, but if I can’t, books are still available – I just have to plan ahead. Readers who must have books will adapt to whatever changes happen. And though electronic book sales will continue to grow, there will always be readers (like me) who want physical books to hold and will find a way to get them.
One interesting thing about electronic sales, though. I considered having my son bring a Kindle over from the States for Christmas until I checked into the details. Here in Greece I have access to less than two thirds of the inventory available in the States. In addition, local taxes raise the prices of the e-books through the roof. For example, my short stories, which are priced at .99 each on Kindle, cost 3.44 (in US dollars) here in Greece because of the added on taxes. For international distribution I would say there are still some kinks in the distribution network. It put me off getting an electronic reading device, at least for the present.