Dean Wesley Smith – Words Worth Writing

11 August 2023

Friday 11 August 2023: Workshops and courses and books, oh my!

I have no idea what happened to Thursday. It was there, and I know I did stuff. But it seems to have vanished into a puff of thin air. I’ll see what I can do… I know I had a quick whizz through my courses on Teachable to see if there were any more free codes to other workshops on...

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20 July 2023

Thursday 20 July 2023: A bit about me + Course analysis

If I’ve been a bit distant this week, it’s because I’ve been taking part in a study along online workshop. I watched the last few videos this morning and received the last of the feedback on my assignments. A few people have asked about the workshop, but before I get onto that, I want to give a bit of info...

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5 January 2023

Thursday 5 Jan 2023: New Kickstarter to back

New Kickstarter campaign On Tuesday evening an email came in from Kickstarter with news on the latest Dean Wesley Smith/Kristine Kathryn Rusch campaign: Fantasies Collide. I didn’t even know what a kickstarter was until I started to read Smith’s blog posts. Since then, I’ve backed several and received masses of extras, including far too many books to read and online...

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10 January 2022

Publishing Challenge!

See Chapter 2 here Chapter 3 Today is publication day for Flash Fiction: five very short stories. This is a collection of short stories that all run to under 1,200 words each, including two very, very short stories. The reason I lumped five together is because one of the distributors doesn’t like anything less than 10,000 words. That was fine, I...

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29 September 2021

A surprisingly productive day

(Image by suju-foto from Pixabay) On Monday when I nipped out to get some essentials, I also picked up some sunflowers to cheer the house up. They’re currently bringing a welcome splash of sunshine to our dining room. All things considered, I had a productive day yesterday. First of all I published Mardi Gras as an ebook on Draft2Digital. It’s not out until 15...

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8 September 2021

A bit of self-indulgence

(Image by Anrita1705 from Pixabay) I’ve pretty much set my mind on writing a bunch of short stories. For me, aside from the initial spark of an idea, this also means market study. Now, I’m actually moving away from traditional short story submissions and towards indie publishing. So the market study isn’t actually studying the market in the usual sense of seeing who’s...

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23 August 2021

I need to be more prolific

(Image by Mystic Art Design from Pixabay) Friday 20 August 2021 Friday was one of those busy days where you don’t stop all day but by the end of it you don’t know what you’ve done. You have nothing to show for it. I deleted the paid-for newsletter on substack (not the free one) because by the time I’d filled it with about...

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14 June 2021

Yes, we WORK FROM HOME!

Image by Pexels from Pixabay It occurred to me, after I posted Friday’s post, that I’d summed up the week without actually completing the week. I still had a whole day to go. And, as it turned out, I still had the weekend to go too. However, on this occasion, that didn’t make any difference to the ticks and crosses,...

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10 April 2018

A time-management experiment

On Sunday I pre-scheduled Monday’s blog post (round-up) and I worked on my diary for the coming week. I stuck to my original plan of having an hour for morning chores, an admin hour, three hours of writing, three hours of client work and an hour for dinner (lunch). On Tuesday and Thursday of this week, I also have an...

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15 August 2016

Challenge: Write a novel in 7 days or 10 days

Recently, I discovered the books, the website and the writing methods of Dean Wesley Smith. He’s a very prolific writer who writes some of the Star Trek novels, Spider Man novels, Men in Black, X-Men, as well as his own novels, short stories and serials. Further investigation reveals that the 7-day novel isn’t actually a full novel length, more a...

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