Business Musings: Mush Brain

Last week, twenty-one professional writers joined me here on the Oregon Coast for an intensive advanced workshop in writing fantasy fiction. I learned a lot, even though I was teaching the class, and I hope to share some of that with you all down the road. The writers were amazingly good. (You can see photos from the workshop on WMG Publishing’s Facebook page. And you can […]

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The Business Rusch: Reality Check

 The beginning of November marks the start of the holiday season here in the United States. Right after Halloween, retailers pretend that they’re helping everyone decide what to buy for Thanksgiving meals, but in reality, they’re trying to get customers into the stores for the day after Thanksgiving or Black Friday. For writers, November 1 marks the beginning of NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. […]

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Workshops!

Dean Wesley Smith and I have announced our new workshops for the latter half of this year and most of next year. For the first time, these include online workshops as well. These workshops, like our blogs, are geared toward professional writers. The workshops also help you with skills you’ll need in indie publishing, like writing cover copy and pitches for Hollywood. The workshops are […]

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