Shared Worlds 2nd Class... The Silver Lady
Advanced Details of How to Do Shared Worlds
SHARED WORLDS: What Are They, How to Do Them, and Why... Part Two... More Information and Advanced!
For years now, Kris and I have tried to figure out how to teach shared worlds as a topic to writers to get the most benefit for writers. Both of us have written in so many shared worlds, we couldn't begin to count. From the major shared worlds of Star Trek and Star Wars, to the more subtle shared worlds of say the WMG Holiday Spectacular.
And everything in between. There are thousands of reasons indie writers and publishers would want to set up one form or another of a shared world. And also learn the tricks, the goods and the bad of writing in other people's shared worlds.
All major magazines are a from of shared worlds. Major indie publishers have set up shared worlds and have other writers writing for them. And so much more. Shared worlds are only as limited as your imagination.
This second class follows along after the first class and covers the more advanced major areas like:
1... Accidental Shared Worlds
2... Contracts (sample and clauses to watch out for)
3... Rights and IP Control
4... More value of sales to you and your business with merchandise and licenses.
5... Developing your own shared worlds.
And a bunch more...
And we will fund and run a shared world called THE SILVER LADY. Two new anthologies will be done, one mystery and one ghosts. It will only be open to those taking this class.
DETAILS OF THE SHARED WORLD CLASS...
-- This is not a workshop, a Pop-Up, a lecture, or a Study Along. This is a one-of-a-kind event.
-- Sorry, no credits apply I'm afraid.
Price is $500 and again, I am sorry, but we can't take any credits on this one.
This second part of shared worlds is a class that those taking it will write for a shared world called THE SILVER LADY, which is a hotel casino just north of Las Vegas. One anthology will be ghosts and one will be mysteries set in THE SILVER LADY Casino and Hotel.
WHAT IS THE SILVER LADY?
THE SILVER LADY is a shared world that I have created. It will be an example of a shared world all the way through this.
Details so far... In short, THE SILVER LADY is a hotel and casino complex on the old highway 95 just north of Las Vegas. It has over 150 rooms and was built in the late 1930s. Restaurant, buffet, casino, and privately owned.
We hope to have many THE SILVER LADY anthologies in the future, and once you have written for it and taken this class, you will always be invited to write for them. Romance, historical, mystery, and forms of science fiction and paranormal. All edited by Dean Wesley Smth and paying professional rates.
You will always retain rights to your story and if not taken for one of the anthologies you can sell it anywhere. (All explained in the class.)
If you have taken the first class with Cave Creek, we are doing two new anthologies for that as well. (Yes, we will set the deadlines so you can write for all four if you are in both classes.)
A lot of learning and a lot of fun.
Your Instructor
With over twenty-three million copies of his books in print, USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith now brings you original fiction every month for the past three years in his own magazine, Smith’s Monthly.
Dean wrote over twenty-five original Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, plus Spider-Man, X-Men, Iron Man novels, and others. He wrote many gaming novels including Final Fantasy.
He wrote novels and stories under almost fifty pen names and did scripts for Hollywood as well as being an editor for various magazines. He lives in Las Vegas with his wife, writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch. You can follow his writing life at www.deanwesleysmith.com