After two very successful Superstars Writing Seminars (Pasadena in 2010 and Salt Lake City in 2011), we are now planning the next seminar, in Las Vegas, April 30–May 2, 2012 at the Golden Nugget Hotel. Special Early Bird pricing is now in effect—$699 for new attendees, $599 for students, $399 alumni—but prices go up $100 on May 1. For full details on the curriculum of this intensive, no-nonsense business-of-writing course taught by five international bestselling authors, see the Superstars Writing Seminars Website. Below, we've posted what the former attendees have to say about the experience.  (And thanks to Nancy Greene...
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After being gone from home for more than two weeks, it was great to arrive back in Colorado, to my own house, my wife, the cats (all of whom claimed to be attention-starved), my kitchen, my office, my pillow...and the stack of mail, all the "take care of this when you have time" requests, the usual household emergencies, the ringing phone. I did manage to go out for a brief hike the following day, Saturday, with beautiful weather and a lovely overlook on a plateau south of Denver, then on Sunday I drove around and did dropby Hellhole signings at...
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Landed in Houston, grabbed my luggage, met my driver Charles…this is all seeming very familiar, getting into a routine, running smoothly.  Must be time to wrap it up. Over the course of the day we drove to eight bookstores.  Sprawling Houston has a very large geographical area (mostly filled with malls, restaurants, and freeways…at least that’s what I could see from our car).  Charles and I had a lunch of good Mexican food (a requirement secondary only to barbecue…and we wuld have barbecue for dinner). Over the course of this tour, going from bookstore to bookstore in city after city,...
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Two cities left of the 13 cities, and I still have energy.  In fact, with great turnouts in Chicago and Atlanta, I got a boost to keep trudging along on the marathon.  And last night’s signing in Dallas drew the biggest crowd of the whole tour—so far. Houston, you have a last chance to kick it up a notch tonight. When I started out on this journey, it sounded like a good idea to post a blog with photos every day.  Within a few days, however, I began to realize that I had locked myself in.  Each night before I...
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