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Limits in Writing and Publishing…
Everyone Sets Their Own Limits… Actually not completely true. Everyone’s limits are set by what they learned from others, mostly non-writers spouting myths they learned at some point. And there are major myths that most writers never get past. — Writing Fast Is Writing Poorly — Everything Must Be Rewritten — Everything Must Be Perfect Before Publishing These myths and so many more are what limits each writer. And the myths were encouraged by agents who were never writers and also traditional publishing that could only handle so many books from a writer, usually just one per year. And the fear of what others will think stops millions of writers…
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Some Perspective…
Sometimes Life Just Tosses You Perspective… Tonight, while I sat in my Cadillac, waiting for Kris, I glanced over and there was a tiny kitten on the top of a wall right near the street. Then a person moved who had been sitting beside the wall, and I realized it was a homeless person with a sign. Now, we were way out north and west of town, in suburban and strip malls, where the homeless seldom went, but there was a restaurant Kris loved and I didn’t much care for. I had a basic McDonalds’ hamburger in a bag I wasn’t going to eat and some fries, so I took…
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One More Time Before Moving On…
All Kinds of Great Learning… Putting this here again because honestly it is quick and the internet at this time of the morning is going and coming… Oh, fun. So I am doing these and only one person so far has signed up on the Kickstarter Mentorship and still have two on the Sales Mentorship. After this post moving on to other fun stuff. KICKSTARTER MENTORSHIP… That’s right, one-on-one, I will help you build and launch a book kickstarter in the next three or four months that will fund, (I guarantee if you do as I say) and get you readers for your books, then I will continue to help…
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All Kinds of Internet Issues Tonight…
So Just Putting Up a Filler… To keep my blog streak active. Take a look at the past few blogs for great deals on classes and such. Fall Indie Writing Festival is three days in now, so lots of time to sign up. Last few posts… Now stopping before the internet eats this.
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Buried the Lead Yesterday
YES, HALF PRICE ON ALL WMG TEACHABLE CLASSES… Code is FallHalfPrice That should have been up front. And if interested in getting a Lifetime Everything, I can make you a good deal if you have taken a few classes already. https://wmg-publishing-workshops-and-lectures.teachable.com/ Hit see all courses… KICKSTARTER MENTORSHIP… That’s right, one-on-one, I will help you build and launch a book kickstarter in the next three or four months that will fund, and get you readers for your books, then I will continue to help you with how to fulfill the campaign. Yes, I said it. If you do what I say, both campaigns will fund and make you money. I promise…
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Fall Indie Writing Festival Starting…
Five Videos Plus Extras About Reviews on First Day… Just getting started and this time around, instead of offering the 20 or so people signed up (yes, still room to jump in), we are making all of WMG Teachable Courses half price. All six hundred plus of them. For everyone… And we will give you an even better discount on the Lifetime Everything Subscription to WMG Teachable. Ask me if interested. This first week is all on Readers and Fans and getting more of both, which also means you will make more money. Here is the basic information on the Fall Indie Writing Festival followed by the basic information on…
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Mentorships and Fall Writing Festival Starting
All Kinds of Great Learning… KICKSTARTER MENTORSHIP… That’s right, one-on-one, I will help you build and launch a book kickstarter in the next three or four months that will fund, and get you readers for your books, then I will continue to help you with how to fulfill the campaign. You can start any time you want with this. Even into next year, but need to sign up now. I will cut this off after a few. And then in the following six months after the first one is done, I will help you with a second campaign. You will have two successful campaigns from this and have the confidence…
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Kickstarter Friday
Some Fiction Campaigns That Are Worth Studying and Backing… I do this every Friday when I have a few campaigns I think are worth putting here. I will not say much negative about a campaign. If there is too much or it is going to fail, I won’t post it here. And for those wondering where I get off judging Kickstarter Campaigns by fiction writers, I have now done 56 of them, every one funded and made money. My first campaign was in the very early days of Kickstarter. But if yoyu are going to study campaigns that I have done, study the last year or so. I am continuing…
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Personal Sales Help Mentorship
Two Spots Still Open… I still have room for two more writers. And you can start now or next year, either is fine. Here is why I am going to do this. To put it bluntly, many writers are simply creating stories that won’t sell for one reason or another, often having nothing to do with craft. Sometimes learning this stuff early helps before you get to twenty or more major titles published, but often a writer gets to that discoverability threshold of 20 books and still does not see an increase in sales. That means something is off in the product. (At that point, the story is a product.)…
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Last Day for Fey Kickstarter!!!
Don’t Miss This Book and Two Workshops!! The new Fey novel campaign ends Thursday at 7 pm West Coast time. Last Day!!! Counting down the hours… And wow does this have two great special workshops with it. The first one (which does not seem to be exciting too many, but excites me and Kris) is CREATING FANTASY MERCH WORLDS, meaning building a bunch of merchandise around your book or books or you. They can be fantasy or sf or mystery or romance. It all applies. For example, just on my store alone, (www.deanwesleysmithstore.com) which is still being built out, I have a bunch merch with Marble Grant and Poker Boy. …