You’ve probably noticed that we really upped our design game at WMG Publishing in the past year. Some of that is due to the new designers we’ve brought on board, but some of it is because Stephanie Writt has a lot of design experience using modern tools like Canva. In combination with Dean, whose done […]
Continue ReadingHere’s something really fun…at least for me. I’ve been doing a lot of teaching lately, working with student manuscripts. And it doesn’t seem to matter how experienced the writers are, some of them are having trouble putting in all five senses. In particular, the senses of smell and taste. I have a quick and easy […]
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Please note: This originally went live on my Patreon page on Sunday night, February 9, 2025. If you want to see most of my business posts these days, you’ll find them on Patreon. I’m only going to post a handful here. Doing The Work Amid The Noise There are times in life when being a […]
Continue Reading…to get my upcoming class, “Craft in the 21st Century,” for the early bird price. Right now, it’s $200. After it goes live tomorrow, it’ll be $250. Hurry on over if you want to refresh your writing for the 2020s. Click here to get more information and order the class. We’re also offering some coaching […]
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I am teaching a new lecture-only class called “Craft in the 21st Century.” I’ve been doing a lot of work with professional writers this past six months, and I’ve noticed some new problems that I hadn’t seen before. Plus, I’m encountering a few things in my own writing that didn’t exist before either. Life changes. […]
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I swear it did. Dean and I have resurrected the Kris & Dean Show.The first part of that class started today. And I said, shortly after we filmed it, that I was thinking we should teach the movie Die Hard again. Back in the day, when we taught the Kris & Dean Show live, we had […]
Continue ReadingDean and I just finished outlining the entire Mystery Novella class that we’re co-teaching. It’s based on the writers workshops that I have always wanted to do in person, but I think it would take at least two weeks, several hours per day, to teach one novella class. Right now, that’s cost prohibitive here in […]
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As many of you know, Dean and I had a heck of a year. I had more dental surgeries than I want to think about. Dean fell during a 5K and shattered his shoulder, having major surgery and PT. We had (and still have) a major business issue to deal with. Of course all of […]
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For a long time, we’ve been trying to figure out how to bring new writers into our online writing workshops. Over the years, we’ve put together almost a thousand workshops. Many (most) are geared toward already established writers who want to improve their craft. But a lot of them are good for beginners as well. […]
Continue ReadingWe are offering a series of Prepare Ahead classes for the writers who are attending our in-person Anthology workshop in August. That workshop is closed, but you all can learn about the craft of writing to a particular subgenre without attending. The Prepare Ahead classes are open to anyone. On Sunday, the latest class, Military […]
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