Writing Help and Advice for All
Publishing My First Novel, Using CreateSpace
Originally posted on Lisa Morrow Official Author Page:
Publishing a novel really does take an entire team, or a writer willing to learn a lot of new skills. Recently, I published my first novel (it’s available for pre-order): To Kill a Wizard, through Amazon. Even though I’m definitely not an expert, I thought others might…
Navigating Kindle Direct Publishing
Originally posted on Lisa Morrow Official Author Page:
Learning to use Kindle Direct Publishing to publish my novel To Kill a Wizard wasn’t nearly as hard as learning to properly format my book for Kindle readers. Both, however, had their challenges, which I’ll share here, as well as, some tips on how I formatted my…
Surprising Self-Publishing Statistics
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
My thanks to Catherine Hamrick for directing me to this great article. to see it, click on the logo or link below: surprising-self-publishing-statistics
Pitching Yourself to Book Festivals…
Originally posted on Mel Cusick-Jones:
This isn’t really something I’d thought about before, or looked into, but this is a great blog post on how you can go about pitching yourself to book festivals, if it’s something you fancy trying. The post leans towards a focus on children’s book festivals, but the tips and advice…
How do I change the numbering style of footnotes and endnotes in Word?
Originally posted on LibroEditing proofreading, editing, transcription, localisation:
As part of my series on footnotes and endnotes, here’s how to change your footnote and endnote numbering styles on the go (e.g. while editing someone’s work, or when you change your mind, or when you’re working to a particular journal’s style and need to amend something…
What’s an Independent Author?
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
You might’ve heard these terms: Independent Author, Self-Published Author, Indie Author. You might’ve even heard some say it with a sneer and others with a cringe. You might’ve read some mean spirited articles putting down self-publishing. And others more optimistic saying that it’s changing the…
5 Ways to Get Early Feedback on Your Book Idea or Manuscript
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
To read this interesting post by Nina Amir, Click on her photo or link below: 5-ways-to-get-early-feedback-on-your-book-idea-or-manuscript
From LinkedIn Pulse – Why Readers, Writers, and Freelancers Need BookGarage
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
To read this great article by Jessica West, Creative Director at Kosa Press click on her photo or link below: Here’s Why Readers, Writers, and Freelancers Need BookGarage
Step-by-step creating a project in Scrivener – nailing that outline
Originally posted on Live to Write – Write to Live:
So how is my Scrivener project going? Going to be honest here, I’ve switched my project. I was going to use Scrivener to write a memoir manuscript on clearing my heart of clutter in order to clear my house of clutter. I’m still going to…
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