Everyone I’m talking to right now vibrates just a little. The stress of the current economy, the political infighting, the hatred coming out of the mouths of some politicians is putting everyone on edge. Not just here, but worldwide. I had a hunch these next few weeks would be difficult back in early 2026 as Jason […]
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I know many of you don’t go to Dean’s website, which means many of you miss some wonderful online writing tidbits as well as some excellent deals. I mention the tidbits, but today’s email is about the deals. We’re running a workshop sale in the doldrums of summer. We figure many of you don’t have […]
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First! Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of the backers for the Diving Kickstarter! We hit our goal and stretch goals, and now readers will get to see Ivory Trees well before the official publication date. I’m so grateful to everyone who backed us. Thank you! And now, we’ve debuted a Diving store. […]
Continue ReadingDean calls the period from the beginning of May to the middle of August The Time of Great Forgetting. That’s because all the plans we made at the beginning of the year no longer motivate us to work during the rush of spring/summer events. Graduations, weddings, family reunions, gardens, and the beckoning of the great […]
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So, I’ve just spent the past two blog posts talking Brandon Sanderson’s Kickstarter as a game changer in the publishing industry. I know that my posts inspired a few of you to take our free class titled “Kickstarter Best Practices for Writers.” I also know that many of you looked at my posts and mentally […]
Continue ReadingIn anticipation of Searching For The Fleet, which will appear in September, WMG Publishing is doing a major ebook promotion on the entire series. If you haven’t entered my Diving universe yet, now’s the time. You can get the first book—the award-winning Diving Into The Wreck—for free. The second book, City of Ruins, is 99 […]
Continue ReadingIn dealing with movie and TV producers, and foreign rights publishers, and pretty much anyone who wants subsidiary rights to my book, I hold all of the power in the negotiation.
I know, I know. A bunch of you just did double-takes. How can I have more power than a Hollywood studio?
Continue ReadingI had a dry spell for news during the month of March, but as the rains ease in the Northwest, the writing news dry spell ends as well. Or something like that. Yes, I’m mixing metaphors. And not very successfully. First, the latest volume of Fiction River just appeared. Sparks, edited by Rebecca Moesta, contains […]
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