Author and Renaissance wannabe
So, another week has passed with mixed fortunes. Not the greatest month for me, but I had a trip away, doddled some book notes and while I’m not yet throwing myself into the next work, I actually had some small sucess in promoting tEXt me. …
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Its been a strange month here at Derrick Towers. To be honest it’s been a bit of a crappy one, and from one of my days out here’s a stuck in the mud photos that sums me up quite nicely. And if anyone finds my …
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A visual post for you today, for tEXt me. I know this isn’t a ‘mood board’ in the traditional sense, more reference and less mood, but I thought you might be interested in some of the things you’ll find in my new novel. I’m no …
Read MoreI’m so excited that the next book is already well under way, though, to be honest, I may have ‘cheated’ slightly. Rather than starting from scratch, I have a first draft from about fifteen years ago, and this is the one I’m writing next. The …
Read MoreIf you haven’t already, read through my previous post on formatting pdf and e-books, as it might highlight some things you need to do, but I’m assuming you’ve followed that and have a Word file ready and specific to the paperback. The next bit is …
Read MoreSo, your manuscript is checked and ready for publication formatting. First job, as difficult as it is, go away and do something else for a week, then come back, re-read, and correct those typos you still missed, which will annoy the hell out of you …
Read MoreSo, where do I start? Brief hiatus on the formatting blogposts, but don’t worry, I haven’t stopped and they’ll carry on appearing very soon. The thing is, I’ve suddenly been inundated with “things”. As you’ll have seen from my most recent post, I have the …
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I hope you like this! I’ve been working with those lovely design people at Blush again, to replace the self-made cover for Man In The Bath. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the original, though having my own toes in the public domain did worry …
Read MoreI know a lot of people use different software, but today is about a program I use called Calibre. If you work on a Mac you may have better (paid options) but Calibre is free, tried and tested, virus-free and still regularly updated. Nope, I’m …
Read MoreI’ve already mentioned Styles, and I will again today, as I go through a couple of very practical tips for formatting in Word, starting with an invaluable one. As I mentioned before, a number of e-book conversion programmes have real problems with some forms of …
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