I’ve been doing a lot of experimentation with short video. Sometimes I add audio, but every now and then I do something that’s imagery and text. I’ve done that here, with the video I did for Dean Wesley Smith’s current Kickstarter campaign. There was simply too much information to cram into a talky video, so […]
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Dean Wesley Smith, one of the most influential voices in indie publishing, has updated his most essential writing books for 2026. Through our Kickstarter, which just launched, get all four ebooks for $20, and, if we hit our stretch goals, receive hundreds in online writing workshops as well. You can also opt for four of […]
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Dean Wesley Smith and I just launched a brand new Kickstarter for our Detectives Collide project. Several years ago, Kickstarter began a fun January promotion called “Make 100.” The idea was to put together 100 of something and create a Kickstarter for it. So, of course, Dean and I figured out ways to put together […]
Continue ReadingI had a conundrum doing the video for Dean Wesley Smith’s Kickstarter, which just went live. Four thrillers, set in different time periods and locations, with different protagonists. All fast-moving and exciting, but the only thing they share in common is that they came from the brain of Dean. After a few false starts, I […]
Continue ReadingI’m having a blast working on book trailers when WMG does Kickstarters. I just completed this book trailer for Dean’s Kickstarter, which launched today. I hope you enjoy the video and I hope it inspires you to look at the Kickstarter! Lots of cool stuff there. (Click here for the Kickstarter)
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I know, I know. It’s April Fool’s Day. And Dean Wesley Smith decided to launch a Kickstarter anyway. It’s for his Poker Boy series, which is one of my favorites. If you back it, you’ll get four Poker Boy ebooks and whatever stretch goals we hit. And writers, there’s some really great rewards here. So […]
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That’s right! 38 ebooks, all fantasy by amazing authors, available in a bundle of bundles for $30. Writers like Thomas K. Carpenter, Anthea Sharp, and Ann Gimpel have put entire series in this bundle. Other writers have given you three books or more as a taste of what they can do, writers like Lisa Silverthorne […]
Continue ReadingJust a quick little post to let you all know that Dean’s Kickstarter for his marvelous Marble Grant stories has just gone live. There’s a lot of goodies here in addition to the books. You’ll find discounted workshops and a lot of short stories. Take a look at the video I finished over the weekend, […]
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I know you’re all looking for a great read to get you through the last two weeks of summer—unofficial summer, that is. In the States, summer ends with Labor Day, even though the official end is September 23. But life and work and all those supposedly non-summery things will start getting in the way of […]
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I put together a fun video for Pulphouse Magazine just in time for the annual subscription renewal Kickstarter, which began Tuesday. I had initially set this post to go up automatically on Tuesday, but it didn’t for some reason. Sigh. So I’m letting you know now. We’ve hit four stretch goals so far, and we’re […]
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