Writing With Wynn

Purchase Progress

2011-09-29T13:24:00.001-07:00

The world needs your help. Are you up to the challenge?

Purchase Progress was created by E.S. Wynn, chief editor of Thunderune Publishing and author of over thirty published books, as a place where individuals with a few bucks and a desire to make progressive change in the world can buy from artists willing to make those changes. Take a look around, see what some of our artists have pledged to do to make the world a better place and drop a few dollars on quality, independent art knowing it will manifest as progress toward a world we can all enjoy equally.

Click here to browse our listing of artists and buy art!

Spread the word! We might not always have the time to change the world, but we can always Purchase Progress.

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Get Noticed!

2011-08-11T11:27:00.001-07:00

As Editor-in-Chief of Weirdyear, Daily Love, Yesteryear Fiction, Smashed Cat Magazine and all the other publications of Thunderune Publishing, I believe in the power of the written word. As such, I make it my duty to provide services which give new and established writers a leg up on finding new readers and customers. I’m always looking for new ways to promote emerging writers, so check back here often and take advantage of these awesome promotional deals!

$9.95
Grab a product-oriented interview by Author E.S. Wynn which will be featured not only on his official author blog, (www.eswynn.com) but also on a number of other high traffic sites. If you're looking to get your work out there where people can see it and buy it, this service is a must!

Check out other writers and authors I've interviewed (click here)

$25.00
Get your book reviewed by Author E.S. Wynn and see it featured not only on his official author blog, but also on a number of other high traffic sites. I pride myself on my speed and my ability to provide a thorough review that is fair, honest and powerful. Is this a great deal? Heck yes! You'd be paying $150 or more for this same service anywhere else!

Check out other books I've reviewed (click here)

$65.00
Your purchase guarantees you to up to 3,000 words of material (no more than ten individual pieces) transcribed to audio by a professional voice actor (me) and featured not only on my official author blog, (www.eswynn.com) but also on a number of other high traffic sites. Note: I don’t do pornography, bizarro or other forms of offensive material.

Check out other audio clips I've done (click here)

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Seminar

2011-02-02T19:07:00.001-08:00

Recently I was invited to do a seminar on the future of publishing (i.e. Art in the Digital Age.) The three recordings above encapsulate the whole speech. Enjoy!

Interested in having me speak about the future of publishing at your venue? Contact me at: admin@thunderune.com

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Skype and Chat Classes

2010-10-25T17:09:00.000-07:00

Interested in taking a class from me but not interested in signing up for a big class? I do one-on-one solo classes in writing, marketing and meditation custom built to give you exactly what you need. It's easy, it's casual, and you get to learn exactly what you want for only $30 per hour.

So what are you waiting for? Schedule a class with me today by emailing me at: earl.wynn@gmail.com

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Attention Sci-Fi Writers!

2010-10-14T18:28:00.000-07:00

Farther Stars Than These is the latest of five in magazines edited and maintained by science fiction author E.S. Wynn. Publishing new flash-length science fiction every Thursday, Farther Stars provides a platform for both new and established authors to reach readers based solely on the merit of each individual piece of writing and not on deadlines, reputation, age or any other factor. Farther Stars Than These endeavors to give unheard authors the voices they deserve, all while providing a constant dose of quality science fiction for readers all over the globe.

Writers wanted! Check out Farther Stars Than These Submission Guidelines

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The Smashed Cat

2010-10-13T00:00:00.000-07:00

Writers of flash fiction! Author E.S. Wynn has assembled a new venue for you to submit your stories to! Set to offer a weekly new brain squeezing and other stories ripe with irreal strangeness on Tuesdays, Smashed Cat Magazine is the latest of five magazines edited and maintained by E.S. Wynn, author of over thirty books and chief editor of Thunderune Publishing. His vision was to create a place where writers who pen the weirdest of experimental writing could get the exposure they need to get noticed within the mainstream of society, all while providing a constant dose of something strange, dreamlike and bizarre for readers all over the globe.

Writers wanted! Check out the Submission Guidelines today!

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New Site!

2010-10-12T20:18:00.000-07:00

Weekly Artist features musicians, writers, painters, sculptors and creative people from all walks of life and at all levels of professional experience. In the fast paced world of the internet age, being seen is the key to being a successful artist, and being featured at Weekly Artist is a great way to be seen!

Interested? Click the image below and check out the site for yourself!

Weekly Artist
Get seen by the people who want your art.

New course offerings!

2010-08-06T22:21:00.000-07:00

As we make our way into autumn and winter, I am proud to offer four new online workshop class series. Check these out and book your seat today before they're all taken! (Only $10 a session!)

11 Week Live Online Art and Writing Marketing Series: (Starts: Monday, August 30th at 7PM.) Sessions every Monday at 7PM. Read more. . .

11 Week Live Online Creative Writing Survey Workshop Series (Starts: Tuesday, August 31st at 7PM.) Sessions every Tuesday at 7PM. Read more. . .

11 Week Live Online Guided Meditation Series (Starts: Wednesday, September 1st at 7PM.) Sessions every Wednesday at 8PM. Read more. . .

11 Week Genre Writing Workshop Series: (Starts: Thursday, September 2nd at 7PM.) Sessions every Thursday at 7PM. Read more. . .

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11 Week Live Online Art and Writing Marketing Series:

2010-08-06T22:09:00.000-07:00

This is an online course.

$10/person for 1 hour session, 1 day per week (or $100 for an entire 11 week session)
Starts: Monday, August 30th at 7PM. Sessions every Monday at 7PM.

In this class, internationally acclaimed author E.S. Wynn will teach you all the tips and tricks of the trade when it comes to taking your art, whatever it may be, to the next level. What’s the biggest difference between a starving artist and a successful one? Marketing! Learn how to be your own agent, your own salesman and your own boss! Create what you want and make a living doing it!

E.S. Wynn has been Chief Editor of Thunderune Publishing and has worked in the entertainment industry as a writer for over five years. To read more about the instructor, go here.

Week 1: Introduction and basics

Week 2: Knowing your audience

Week 3: Quality v. Quantity in industry saturation

Week 4: Press releases and articles

Week 5: The pros and cons of free offers

Week 6: Online v.s. Offline advertising

Week 7: Using social bookmarking

Week 8: Riding the viral wave

Week 9: Selling through collaboration

Week 10: Overcoming barriers to success

Week 11: Emerging niches and closing words.

To register for this class and/or others, visit the registration page.

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11 Week Live Online Creative Writing Survey Workshop Series

2010-08-05T21:28:00.000-07:00

This is an online course

$10/person for 1 hour session, 1 day per week (or $100 for an entire 11 week session)
Starts: Tuesday, August 31st at 7PM. Sessions every Tuesday at 7PM.

In this class you will be guided through a series of creative writing workshops which act a survey of the various forms that poetry and prose can take within the established industry. You will produce new and creative works of art, share those works, get creative feedback from both the instructor and other students and learn what it takes to break into the writing industry.

E.S. Wynn has been Chief Editor of Thunderune Publishing and has worked in the entertainment industry as an author for over five years. To read more about the instructor, go here.

Week 1: Introduction and first writing activity

Week 2: Short fiction, part 1

Week 3: Short fiction, part 2

Week 4: Flash fiction

Week 5: Basic poetry

Week 6: Poetry, Part 2

Week 7: Lyrical and epic poetry

Week 8: Screenwriting

Week 9: The novel

Week 10: The novel, part 2

Week 11: Marketing and closing words

To register for this class and/or others, visit the registration page.

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11 Week Live Online Guided Meditation Series

2010-08-04T20:14:00.000-07:00

This is an online class.

$10/person for a 1 hour session, 1 day per week (or $100 for an entire 11 week session)
Starts: Wednesday, September 1st at 7PM. Sessions every Wednesday at 7PM.

In this class you will be guided on a series of meditations that will teach you not only about yourself, but also about the nature of the universe and the unseen worlds of spirit around you. Prepare for an impressive, 11 week series that will take you on an introspective journey which will change your life and the way you look at it.

E.S. Wynn has been guiding meditations, practicing reiki and teaching multi-cultural shamanic classes for over five years. To read more about the instructor, go here.

Week 1: Grounding exercises, introduction to meditation

Week 2: Inner sanctum meditations: Finding the peace within you

Week 3: Spirit guide meditations

Week 4: Inner muse meditations

Week 5: Meditations to attract success

Week 6: Healing the self and others through meditation

Week 7: Healing and becoming one with the planet through meditation

Week 8: The past and past selves

Week 9: The future and future selves

Week 10: Checking into the Akashic Library

Week 11: Guiding others

To register for this class and/or others, visit the registration page.

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11 Week Genre Writing Workshop Series:

2010-08-03T00:00:00.000-07:00

$10/person for 1 hour session, 1 day per week (or $100 for an entire 11 week session)
Starts: Thursday, September 2nd at 7PM. Sessions every Thursday at 7PM.

In this class you will be guided through a survey of creative writing workshops, each focusing on a different aspect of writing within various genres and subgenres (sci-fi, fantasy, horror and action.) Test your boundaries, realize the vast and lush vistas of creativity that exist both within you and within the larger world of genre writing. Can writing be both literary and fun? Find out in this amazing workshop series from internationally acclaimed author E.S. Wynn!

E.S. Wynn has been Chief Editor of Thunderune Publishing and has worked in the entertainment industry as a writer for over five years. To read more about the instructor, go here.

Week 1: Introduction and first writing activity

Week 2: Science Fiction

Week 3: Fantasy

Week 4: Western

Week 5: Horror

Week 6: Thriller

Week 7: Mystery

Week 8: Adventure

Week 9: Suspense/Spy Espionage

Week 10: Blurring the lines: Slipstream fiction

Week 11: Class conclusion

To register for this class and/or others, visit the registration page.

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Weirdyear

2010-08-02T17:58:00.000-07:00

Weirdyear fiction, the internet's only daily short and flash fiction experimental / weird / literary / surrealist / absurdist / irrealist themed magazine is looking for new submissions! Send in your best, your worst, your tired and hungry stories and let us have a look at them. Turnaround time right now is less than three days, so you’ll know that quick whether you’re in or not! Send it all in and show us what you’ve got! Check us out, tell your friends, and get those stories in!

www.weirdyear.com

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Get Your Writing Out There!

2010-08-01T13:05:00.000-07:00

Yesteryear Fiction needs you! We are currently accepting submissions in the following genres!

Fantasy
Steampunk
Modern Magic
Magic Realism
Gothic Fantasy
Weird West
Historic Fiction
And many more!

Check us out online and send in your best!

http://www.yesteryearfiction.com

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Courses in Audio CD

2010-07-29T23:21:00.000-07:00

Writing and inspiration series:

Audio Creative Writing Prompts

Disc: $6.95

A collection of creative writing prompts designed and read by author E.S. Wynn. Prepare to be inspired!

Make Money Making Art

Disc: $9.95

What’s the biggest obstacle between a starving artist and a successful one? Coverage! In this audiobook class, I will teach you to take your chosen art form, no matter what it is, to the next level with a ton of marketing techniques that are sure to get you noticed!
Want more? Check out www.writingwithwynn.com

Meditations For The Soul series:

Shamanic Meditations

Disc: $8.99

A series of meditations that can be done separately or together, guiding you in the use of sage-less energetic (auric) cleansing, the awakening of the strength and power of a shaman within yourself, and the creation of energetic tools.

Mood Balancing Meditations

Disc: $8.99

A series of meditations that can be done separately or together, guiding you as you achieve balance in your life and the way that you perceive the world. Includes guided meditations for relaxation, happiness, love, passion, and confidence.

Healing Meditations

Disc: $8.99

A series of meditations that can be done separately or together, guiding you as you infuse your reality with the power and intent to heal yourself, to heal others, and to heal the planet itself.

Positive Change Meditations

Disc: $8.99

A series of meditations that can be done separately or together, guiding you as you infuse your reality with the power and intent to change yourself and your reality for the better.

Love Meditations

Disc: $8.99

These meditations will guide you to experience the love within you and the love around you. They can be done singly or with a partner and by those searching for love or those who have already found it. Whatever your approach toward relationships and love, these meditations will help you focus it, grow it, and direct it in wonderful, restorative and positive ways.

Relaxation Meditations

Disc: $8.99

A series of meditations that can be done separately or together, guiding you as you enter a deep state of relaxation and achieve true peace within yourself, within your inner sanctum, and within the planetary energy which connects all life on Earth.

Energy Meditations

Disc: $8.99

A series of meditations that can be done separately or together, guiding you as you explore and utilize some of the techniques for cleansing and protecting yourself and your energy field. These meditations will guide you as you cleanse your own energy field, change the ambient energy in a space or room, and create an energetic shield meant to protect and keep out negative energy.

Vision Quest Meditations

Disc: $8.99

A series of meditations that can be done separately or together, guiding you as you journey first into the planetary consciousness, then to the universal repository of all knowledge, the Akashic Library, and then make your own astral journey into the known (or the unknown!) Have a question you need answered? This is the meditation set for you.

Introspective Meditations

Disc: $8.99

A series of meditations that can be done separately or together to guide you as you seek out your spirit guide, seek out and come to know parts of your inner and past selves, and remove the obstacles that stand between who you are and who you are meant to be.

Scrying Meditations

Disc: $8.99

A series of meditations that can be done separately or together, guiding you as you infuse your reality with the power and intent to make a journey of the mind into any place you desire in the present, past and future.

Think Fractal!

2010-07-28T17:57:00.000-07:00

Today marks the launch of Thunderune Publishing's latest online addition: FRACTAL NOVELS.

Fractal Novels is a collaborative art project, which means everyone is encouraged to submit!

Read the stories, find a spot that inspires you, then tack on anything (anything– paintings, pictures, words, fragments, found art, sound, anything as long as it is your own creation) and take that spot in a new direction! It's a community canvas just waiting to be painted!

Submission Guidelines

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Daily Love

2010-07-27T17:57:00.000-07:00

Daily Love, the internet's only daily love story and romantic poetry magazine, is looking for new submissions! Send in your best, your worst, your tired and hungry stories and let us have a look at them. Turnaround time right now is less than three days, so you’ll know that quick whether you’re in or not! The mushy, the devotional, the artistic and sappy– send it all in and show us what you’ve got! Check us out, tell your friends, and get those stories in!

www.dailylove.net

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The Instructor

2010-07-06T18:00:00.000-07:00

Earl "E.S." Wynn is the author of over thirty books, the chief editor of Thunderune Publishing, the sole creative force behind its 20+ imprints, (Including the magazines Smashed Cat Magazine, Farther Stars Than These, Daily Love, Fractal Novels, Yesteryear Fiction and Weirdyear) the author of over a hundred and fifty articles, several hundred short stories (published under nearly as many pen names) and a voice actor with over fifteen albums of literature and guided meditation under his belt. As of January 2011, he is 26, engaged, and the proud owner of a B.A. in English. It is his belief that everyone is capable of miracles and that everyone is as unstoppable as they choose to be.

Credentials:
* B.A. English (Summa Cum Laude, Education/Creative Writing Emphasis)

* 3 Years as Chief Technical Editor for Hot Psychology Magazine

* 5+ Years of freelance teaching experience, as well as working within the entertainment industry.

* I know what the big boys in the media are looking for. I have several pieces which have been optioned for production into television shows.

* I have also been guiding meditations, practicing reiki and teaching multi-cultural shamanic classes for over five years.

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Register for Classes

2010-06-06T19:43:00.000-07:00

Find a class (or several) that you'd like to take? Registration is easy! Just follow the steps below:

In an email, include the following information:

*Your name

*The class(es) you'd like to take

*Whether you'll be paying for an entire series ($100) or buying certain class sessions piecemeal ($10/ea) (Make sure to mention exactly which sessions you want to attend if you're buying them a la cart like this.)

*A paypal-account associated email address I can submit the bill for your order to. (You'll get a receipt and a confirmation number once the payment clears.)

*Whether or not you would like to receive updates on new class offerings from Writing With Wynn.

... then email the whole thing to me at admin@thunderune.com

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What to expect in my classes:

* A friendly learning environment

* Powerful and highly relevant content delivered by a highly trained, highly focused and highly competent instructor

* A life-changing experience

Whether you are taking these courses for personal enrichment or to give you the edge you need to make it in the industry, they are sure to be exactly what you need and exactly what you're looking for.