Unprecedentedly (which seems appropriate for our unprecedented times), WMG Publishing is offering a THIRD half-price sale on all their courses, lectures and memberships this week. This time, the sale is for FIVE days, rather than just two, so you have a little more time to jump in. Go to https://wmg-publishing-workshops-and-lectures.teachable.com and use the code SummerLearning2020. […]
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I’ve been having trouble restarting writing. I basically haven’t written much since January, when I finished A Fox Of Storms And Starlight, and because of last year I wasn’t in a strong enough writing habit to take essentially two months ‘off’ without it seriously impacting my habits and my critical voice. Critical voice gets stronger
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WMG Publishing is offering 50% off on all their writing lectures and courses for TODAY ONLY. Use the code MarchSadnessSpecial20. This is a one-time thing that I haven’t seen them do ever in the last four years, something that they are doing to try to help give people access to positive things to do and
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Mega-best seller Dean Wesley Smith and also-best seller and games-man extraordinaire Loren L. Coleman have put together an amazing, FREE workshop on how to use Kickstarter effectively to boost your fiction. If you’re a writer, or an aspiring writer out there, I highly recommend this great new course. (Actually I highly recommend a lot of
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Phew. So much going on! For the interested members among you, I have confirmation! I will be running another Write Like An Author workshop in Canberra in the July school holidays. Woot woot, mark your calendars, we are going to have FUN! <3 Secondly, OMG YOU GUYS. The things that are coming. THE THINGS. Inkprint
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The bad news: it takes a long time to build a career as a writer. The good news: you only need to commit to three things to ‘make it’. Keep writing. Keep learning about writing to improve your craft. Keep getting your work out to readers (preferably for sale, if your goal is a financially
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Phew. Got knocked around a bit last week getting sick, but I guess I shouldn’t really be surprised: it was a ridiculous couple of weeks, what with a grandparent dying, a grandparent getting critically ill, and me suddenly acquiring a mini leadership role at work o.O So yeah. Not especially surprised, really, that as soon
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You guys are incredible. I was so nervous about giving up a week of my precious holidays to go do more teaching, but wow. You’ve all blown me away with your passion and talent and commitment, and you have just been a dream. I’ve had an absolute blast this week, and I really hope you
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Since this is apparently the week of sharing stumbles, I stumbled across this online the other day too and it’s kind of fun: The Plot Dot, a resource by bestselling YA author Derek Murphy. This is the full copy of his book on slideshare (not pirated – he put it there and links to it
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I think I’ve mentioned this in a cagey manner before now, but it’s official and announceable and exciting: I have an article in the current issue of Aurealis! Yes, THAT Aurealis, of the Aurealis Awards, Australia’s answer to the Nebula and Hugos. Like, whoa. The article is about climate and worldbuilding (a la How To
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