How Writers Fail

How Writers Fail: Analysis and Solutions
A WMG Writer’s Guide

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Everyone fails at times. Writers fail in predictable ways—ways both foreseeable and preventable.

In this WMG Writer’s Guide, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Kristine Kathryn Rusch addresses the pitfalls writers face and offers solutions to help them overcome those obstacles.

Because the best writers push through their challenges to ultimately find success, as Rusch brilliantly illustrates in these real-world examples.

“Not many people understand the publishing business as well as the author business—Kris Rusch is one of them. Her Freelancer’s Survival Guide is balanced, ambitious, and packed with information that all writers, editors, and publishers should read.”
—Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling author

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Lessons from the Writing of The Fey

Lessons from the Writing of The Fey: 
A WMG Writer’s Guide

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

In this WMG Writer’s Guide, bestselling and award-winning author Kristine Kathryn Rusch tells the riveting story behind the creation of her epic fantasy series The Fey.

Rusch speaks frankly about the mistakes she made, the bad advice she took, the problems in curation of the books themselves, and the unequal treatment she received from the publishing company that originally purchased the series in the 1990s.

As Rusch now looks forward to writing new books in the world of The Fey, she reflects on those hard-learned lessons and offers spellbinding insights into book publishing’s recent past as well as keen insight into the future for aspiring writers.

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How to Write a Novel in Half a Month

How to Write a Novel in Half a Month: A WMG Writer’s Guide

Dean Wesley Smith

Many writers seem to view writing a novel while working a full-time job as an impossible task.

USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith once again proves that notion false.

In this latest WMG Writer’s Guide, Smith details out his days while he works at his publishing business, teaches online workshops, keeps fit, and writes the latest novel—all in 15 days. And enjoys doing it all!

Author of more than one-hundred-and-fifty novels, Smith shares his strategies for staying focused, keeping upbeat, and enjoying what he loves most—writing.

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Bundle on the Productivity

WMG Writer’s Guides
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Bundle on Productivity: A WMG Writer’s Guide

Kristine Kathryn Rusch & Dean Wesley Smith

All writers face obstacles to their productivity—sometimes physical, sometimes mental, sometimes both.

In this WMG Writer’s Guide Bundle on Productivity, New York Times bestselling authors and renowned business bloggers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith share their personal journeys to help guide writers to overcome these obstacles and reach their goals.

In Writing with Chronic Illness, Rusch offers words of wisdom for writers who suffer from chronic illnesses and who want to keep working, to improve their craft and spread their creative wings.

In How to Write a Novel in Ten Days, Smith aims to once and for all shatter the myth that writing fast equals writing badly—or, conversely, writing well equals writing slowly—while taking readers on a journey that demonstrates that writing fast, and writing well, come from motivation and practice.

In Writing a Novel in Five Days While Traveling, Smith gives an intimate day-to-day, minute-by-minute account of how he wrote a full novel in five days while traveling, including tips on how to prepare for the writing as well as what to do when the trip gets in the way.

In Writing a Novel in Seven Days, Smith chronicles his process chapter-by-chapter toward writing a 43,000-word novel in just seven days. He writes about his progress, his feelings about the project, and how he approaches and overcomes obstacles.

“[Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s blog,] The Business Rusch…is full of sound advice and analysis about what’s going on.”
—Jeff Baker, The Oregonian 

“Dean Wesley Smith’s blog gives both a slightly different view of the publishing world than I’d seen before and detailed hands-on ‘here’s how to get from A to B’ instruction.”
— Erin M. Hartshorn, Vision: A Resource for Writers

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Bundle on Craft

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Bundle on Craft: A WMG Writer’s Guide

Kristine Kathryn Rusch & Dean Wesley Smith

The secret of a great story often lies the writer’s ability to hone their craft. But many struggle to do so without destroying their unique voice. 

In this WMG Writer’s Guide Bundle on Craft, New York Times bestselling authors and renowned business bloggers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith help writers successfully develop their skills for a long-term writing career.

In The Write Attitude, Rusch shows writers how they can do what they love and love what they do without sabotaging their own success.

In Writing into the Dark, Smith takes you step-by-step through the process of writing without an outline and explains why not having an outline boosts your creative voice and keeps you more interested in your writing.

In The Pursuit of Perfection, Rusch discusses the destructive ways peer workshops and the quest for perfection derail many writers’ careers, offers hope for writers who have suffered at the hands of critique—external and internal—and outlines a path to healing.

In Stages of a Fiction Writer, Smith takes you step-by-step through the stages most fiction writers go through and how not to lose hope along the way.

“[Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s blog,] The Business Rusch…is full of sound advice and analysis about what’s going on.”
—Jeff Baker, The Oregonian 

“Dean Wesley Smith’s blog gives both a slightly different view of the publishing world than I’d seen before and detailed hands-on “here’s how to get from A to B” instruction.”
— Erin M. Hartshorn, Vision: A Resource for Writers

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