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USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith takes you into the world of his acclaimed novel Dead Money with a new series about a group of retired Las Vegas Police detectives playing poker and solving cold cases. Retired Detective Bayard Lott hosts the weekly poker games at his home. The group calls themselves the Cold Poker Gang. And they succeed at closing old cases. Lott's very first homicide case as a brand-new detective had gone cold more than twenty years earlier. But retired Reno detective Julia Rogers, new to the Cold Poker Gang, suggests they look at that case again for personal reasons. From that simple suggestion spins one of the strangest and most complicated murder mystery puzzles the gang has ever seen. Read the whole thrilling series: Kill Game Cold Call Calling Dead Bad Beat Dead Hand Freezeout Ace High Burn Card Heads Up Ring Game Bottom Pair

Volume 6 closes this acclaimed science fiction short story series with a space opera theme. Ten stories each by New York Times bestselling authors Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith.

Volume 5 of this acclaimed science fiction short story series tackles the topic of war. Ten stories each by New York Times bestselling authors Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith.

Volume 4 of this acclaimed science fiction short story series explores the rich meanings of the term "goofy." Ten stories each by New York Times bestselling authors Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith.

Volume 3 takes the acclaimed series across time, space, and alternate history. Ten stories each by New York Times bestselling authors Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith.

Aliens populate Volume 2 of this acclaimed series of science fiction short stories. Ten stories each by New York Times bestselling authors Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith.

As the modern publishing industry continues to evolve, writers look for help to navigate the changing landscape.In this WMG Writer''s Guide Bundle on the Industry, New York Times bestselling authors and renowned business bloggers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith help writers find success in the ever-changing world of publishing.In Rethinking the Writing Business, Rusch provokes writers to think about their own careers as a business with limits only the writers, themselves, impose. From information on IP and licensing to what the writing industry truly looks like today, Rusch lifts the veil on the potential for every writer''s business to thrive.In Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Publishing, Smith addresses the ten most damaging myths that writers believe in modern publishing to illustrate the pitfalls and traps that undermine many writers'' careers.In Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Indie Publishing, Smith knocks ten myths down one after another-from the myth that indie writers can''t get books into bookstores (they can) to the idea that indie publishing must be easy (it is and it isn''t)-and might just save you years of wasted time.

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.

The secret of a great story often lies in 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.

Making the wrong decisions on the business side of publishing can destroy a writer''s career.In this WMG Writer''s Guide Bundle on Business, New York Times bestselling authors and renowned business bloggers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith share the best practices that have helped shape their successful careers.In Heinlein''s Rules: Five Simple Business Rules for Writing, Smith takes you step-by-step through Heinlein''s Rules and shows how following those rules can change your writing-and career-for the better.In Closing the Deal...on Your Terms, Rusch takes writers-whether self-published, traditionally published, or hybrid-on a journey that will help them understand what they''re selling and what they could accidentally give away.In The Magic Bakery, Smith helps writers understand the very nature of their business, how to sell more, and make more money from every story. Using the metaphor of a magic bakery, copyright becomes easy to understand, and the writing business makes far more sense.

Being a successful author requires more than just writing a great book. In the modern world of indie publishing, getting readers to buy your book takes marketing savvy.In this WMG Writer''s Guide Bundle on Marketing, New York Times bestselling authors and renowned business bloggers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith help writers navigate the complicated world of publishing.In How to Write Fiction Sales Copy, Smith addresses the major challenges that lead to bad sales copy-including using passive voice and too much plot-and offers 32 examples from his own stories to illustrate his points.In Creating Your Author Brand, Rusch teaches the basic concepts of branding and helps authors convert those concepts into useful action to individually brand themselves to maximize reader recognition.In Discoverability, which was named one of the 11 Best Book Marketing Books, Rusch offers professional writers the most comprehensive guide available today to help them make an informed decision about the best marketing approaches for their writing businesses.