• Cave Creek,  Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    Shared World and Directed Study

    Both Directed Study and Shared World Now Available… First, Shared World… The shared world in the second class is for THE SILVER LADY, a hotel and casino just outside of Vegas. There will be two initial volumes set in THE SILVER LADY. One mystery volume of mysteries set there and one ghost stories. It is a nine week class starting on January 22nd. Yes, it will have assignments. And yes, we will give plenty of time to write for the two anthologies. You can still sign up for the first class and go through it at your own speed and write for the two new Cave Creek anthologies coming later…

  • Challenge,  On Writing

    Details on Second Shared World Class…

    I Didn’t Get To All This In Yesterday’s Post… The shared world in the second class is for THE SILVER LADY, a hotel and casino just outside of Vegas. There will be two initial volumes set in THE SILVER LADY. One mystery volume of mysteries set there and one ghost stories. How long is the second class? Nine weeks with eight assignments along the way, plus the two stories if you want to write them after it is over. (Deadlines for stories will work around other deadlines.) When will the second shared world class start?  In two weeks on January 23rd. Do you have to have taken the first one…

  • Cave Creek,  Challenge,  On Writing,  workshops

    A Second Shared World Class

    SHARED WORLDS: Part One and Now Part Two What Are Shared Worlds, How to Do Them, and Why?  Part Two… More Information and Advanced! For years now, Kris and I have tried to figure out how to teach shared worlds as a topic to writers to get the most benefit for writers. Both of us have written in so many shared worlds, we couldn’t begin to count. From the major shared worlds of Star Trek and Star Wars, to the more subtle shared worlds of say the WMG Holiday Spectacular. And everything in between. There are thousands of reasons indie writers and publishers would want to set up one form…

  • Cave Creek,  Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    New Videos in Shared Worlds Class

    Four New Videos… About the large shared worlds everyone thinks about when they think of a shared world. This class is just getting started and will last for nine months. So all the videos here at the beginning are basic stuff. But I wanted to detail out each type and level of shared world in the first month or so, and that’s what this is, four videos about the big guns, the Star Trek, Marvel, Star Wars, and so on. Not teaching you how to write for any of those. That is not what this class is about. The class is about how you can create a shared world of…

  • Cave Creek,  Challenge,  publishing

    Shared World Second Update

    First Videos Going Up… They will be there later today. Not there yet. But there are still a few openings, so here is the first post about the nine-month Shared Worlds class. And my introduction video at the bottom of this. And for those of you in the class, I will email you to let you know every time I put up new videos so you don’t always have to be checking. SHARED WORLDS: What Are They, How to Do Them, and Why… This is a one-of-a-kind class. Not a workshop, not a lecture, not a study along. For years now, Kris and I have tried to figure out how…

  • Cave Creek,  Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    Shared Worlds

    SHARED WORLDS: What Are They, How to Do Them, and Why… This is a one-of-a-kind class. Not a workshop, not a lecture, not a study along. For years now, Kris and I have tried to figure out how to teach shared worlds as a topic to writers to get the most benefit for writers. Both of us have written in so many shared worlds, we couldn’t begin to count. From the major shared worlds of Star Trek and Star Wars, to the more subtle shared worlds of say the WMG Holiday Spectacular that we are running through Kickstarter right now. And everything in between. There are thousands of reasons indie writers…