The ebook formatting 101 series continues. Read the rest of the posts in the series here. In the previous post, I talked about why ebook formatting is what it is, where to publish, and what file types you need (as a beginner). As a reminder, this series is for beginning ebook creators. More advanced creators […]
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I’m giving a talk for Pikes Peak Writers at the February Write Brain on February 21 at the Celebration Place (Citadel Mall). As usual, I’m developing my ideas as blog posts, because hey, you always gotta come up with ideas for for blog posts, and I often get good comments on stuff to add when
If you’re just jumping in, you can start the series at the Intro. You might also want to see my outline. New entries every Wednesday. All the series posts are here. Chapter 3, part 1: So now your synopsis is done. If you threw yourself into writing mode instead if being over-rational about it, then
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In the interest of full disclosure, Bob and I are trading interviews later this week… In short: Math teacher Bonnie Pinkwater gets caught in a murder mystery centered around a tornado and a dead vice-principal. Despite being the fourth book in a series, new readers shouldn’t have problems jumping in. Four stars. This is a
[A bright light shines directly in author Robert Spiller’s face as the mystery Radical Equations is shoved into the spotlight] We haff questions for you…iff you know vat iss gud for you, you vill answer dem truthfully… 1. When you are working out the who-dunnit side of your Bonnie Pinkwater stories, do you use any
I interviewed kids' writer Deb Logan about twins, imaginary twins, and confessions of a teenage tree sprite: http://t.co/vn83Bd3Q # Editing for Indie Writers: How to Write a Synopsis without BEING BORED. http://t.co/buVzvoti # Editing for Indie Writers: How to Write a Synopsis without BEING BORED. http://t.co/buVzvoti # Buy a Scalzi ebook and support Planned Parenthood:
Finally, I work through how much your long fiction is worth. I’m using the most of the same bases of guesstimation as two weeks ago (traditionally published) and last week (short indie fiction). I want my indie books to pay for my time within five years. Why five years? I don’t know. I heard a local
Appropriately, I have a synopsis to write today. I know all this stuff. And yet I’m still like @#$%^&* synopsis…I hate those @#$%^& synopses…bastards…maybe I’ll make this post just a little longer… Update: done with the synopsis! Fist punch! Yessss!!! Chapter 2, part 2 One more thing before we get down into actually writing the
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I reviewed Thunderbird by Deb Logan earlier, and liked it quite a bit. It turns out when you have a blog, that other writers will let you interview them, if they have time, and Deb did! I emailed her the questions, and she sent me back the answers, so I didn’t get to hold a
