Lessons On Writing From Ray Bradbury

Last week’s newsletter was about my latest book - image below:

This isn’t an ‘official newsletter'.’ One of my bugbears of using Substack is that the email capability is has is clunky. And ideally you’d need to hook it up to something else, like Kit.

As I’ll be moving off Substack reasonably soon…this will have to do.

What I wanted to say was:

I had some issues getting the cover version live, but yesterday that was published too. So you can either get the Kindle version at 3.99 or the print version is 12.99. (Or, if you have Kindle Unlimited, you can read the book for free.

Here’s a link to the US store so you can check it out:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F31GVZ5X

Obvs. if you’re in a different territory, you’ll have to do a bit of searching. But it shouldn’t be hard.

Now this is a short book….130 pages in print….just shy of 20K words. But still, I’ve put a bonus together if you buy in the next few days - let’s make Wednesday the arbitrary cut off - and send a copy of your amazon reciept to me here:

• paul@deliberate-practice.com

Don’t - repeat DON’T - reply to an email from me via Substack. That will disappear and never reach me.

When I get that invoice copy, I’ll add you to a bonus area where I’ve curated 5 or 6 Bradbury videos that you can check out, along with detailed timestamped notes underneath. (More on videos and timestamped notes in PTWS either tomorrow or later in April).

But I’ll also send you a link to download a 30 minute video. What’s in this video you ask?

Well…I started my next book last Monday…and am aiming to finish (and publish) in the next two weeks. As soon as that one’s done….there will be another short book. Then another. And another.

And the video details the strategic thinking behind what I’m planning to do over the next year.

Now this might fall completely on its arse and not work. I don’t know. But there’s a strategic goal in mind, and if it works….it will be awesome. And whether it works or not, I’m never gonna make a course teaching it. So the only way to understand what I’m doing is to either buy the LESSONS FROM BRADBURY book by Wednesday (and send me a copy of your invoice) or - down the line - book me for an hour of consulting (anywhere from $375 to 500 currently) and ask me directly.

So 3.99 to get your hands on that….I think that’s a bargain. If you don’t…then you don’t.

That’s it for this Saturday. Short and sweet. If you’ve got any questions, use the email address in the post. Otherwise I’ll see you in your inbox at some stage tomorrow (Sunday) for the next issue of Practicing The Write Stuff.