Have you ever noticed that characters in book often seem to be overly queasy. It seems that if you are a main character in a book you suffer from some kind of stomach disorder because every little thing can make you throw up. The ability to suspend disbelief is extremely important for an author. The […]
I wrote Fire Light in first person. Honestly, in my first draft, I never described my main character. My awesome editor, Sarah Bylund, pointed this out to me. Describing your character is not required. In Jane Austen’s Persuasion, the main character, Anne Elliot is never described. However, I felt like my character Jake needed to […]
Some authors want to add progress bars to their blog. However, most authors are not web designers or developers. So they don’t know how to do this. Well, there is a secret in the html development world. The secret is that “Everything is easy once you know how to do it.” Yes, it is actually pretty […]
The html behind your book looks like this when you have blank line. The blank line will be remove automatically by the software and become just this: So common blank lines I know about that Authors use in Word often are these: Using blank lines to place text (Such as title page, chapter headings, etc) […]
Keep It Sigil Simple – Creating a high quality eBook
So you started writing a novel and you are stuck. It happens to many of us. I have to say, that I’ve only been stuck once. Every short story or novel I have set out to finish, I have easily finished except once. Now, I’ve only written two novels and only published one (the first […]
Here is an overly simplified business plan to help small press and self-published writers understand the realities of what they can expect if they take up writing as a career. Year 1 Spend 1 year writing 1 novel. You go to writing conferences and buy books on writing, etc. Cost $1,000. Year 2 Write book […]
So I really only see two ways to gift a kindle copy of your eBook. This post will take a look at these two options. Method 1 – Send a copy of your mobi file outside Amazon You can send anyone your book as a mobi file outside of Amazon. There is nothing wrong with this […]
Pretty much any author can use find and replace. But how many can really use it effectively, even to save money? I can. If you read this article, you can, too. This article will include simple find and replace suggestions. But most authors have never even heard of Regular Expressions. Regular Expressions, often called Regex […]
I have been asked how one can give my one of my books or novellas as a gift. Amazon.com makes it very easy to give an ebook as a give. There are two ways to give an eBook as a gift: Virtual Gift Have the gift ebook sent directly to someone’s email address Physical Gift […]