Why I am choosing to self-publish

I have not made any serious efforts to get a publisher. I am going independent because I couldn’t find a service that I needed a publisher for. My book was well-edited without a publishing companies help. I was referred an editor by Brandon Sanderson’s team. Sarah Bylund was amazing. I got great advice on my […]

What inspired me to publish a novel?

I enjoy writing. I love imagining and getting my imagination on paper. I was, however, not writing much until a little more than a year ago. In June-ish of 2012, I wanted to read a book I would love. I had just finished Jim Butcher’s latest book, so I started reading different Urban Fantasy books […]

Setting a.m. and p.m. to small caps in your eBook

Normally when you write time, such as 10:00 a.m. or 7:00 p.m., the a.m. and p.m. should be small caps. Doing so is just one more way to make your novel’s layout more professional. This is a style choice and is not required. In fact, I just finished a book published by a large publisher where […]

Painting a picture around dialog

I couple days ago, I discussed Painting with Dialogue, which involved changing text where you are telling to text where you are showing using dialog. However, what if the text that you need to change is already dialog. How do you paint the dialog itself? Consider two people conversing. When they talk, do they hold perfectly still? […]