Jennifer Crusie's Blog: Argh Ink

So in the interests of keeping things simple so potential buyers don’t have to wade through a lot of stuff to find info, I’ve pared the content for my lecture pages down to a minimum. What I need to know is, does this give enough info about the course? read more >>

We’re still in let’s-put-on-a-show-in-the-barn mode here, so all the feedback is great. The ad was half a joke–we’re kind of liking a Victorian vibe for the design as a whole but the rest was in-joke snark–but all the comments were right to the point and very helpful. Meanwhile, behind the curtain, I’ve been trying to figure out how to make my lectures worth $10. read more >>

So we’ve been working on Writewell along with our books. Lani has the kinks worked out of the audio process. I’m learning Photoshop Element which is long overdue. We’ve got the first three lectures written, although not produced. We’re getting there. In the off moments, I’ve been thinking about marketing. Not too hard, but marketing. So I’m wondering, what would make you as a writing student (if you’re not a writing student, pretend you are for a moment) go check out Writewell, assuming you’d never heard of Lani, me, Storywonk or Argh? (Amazingly, people like this exist.) read more >>

First thank you so much for all the feedback. It’s been tremendously helpful. I feel better than ever about the $10 per lecture, but it’s good to question these things. Lani and I are working on the first three right now so we can get a feel for how this works while establishing the format and website and all that stuff. We’re keeping it simple, but it still has to be done in a way we’re both satisfied with, and since we’re both perfectionists, that’s gonna take some days. I’ll close the comments on the other thread and move them to this one so we can still keep talking about it, but the response to the last two posts have clarified so much that we can really move forward now. And thank you so much. The Argh People never fail.

Lani and I had lunch and talked about the Writewell Academy idea in more detail, then read the feedback we’ve been getting and talked again tonight, and here’s where we are tentatively.

The 100 level lectures would go up first: read more >>