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Adaptation Animation – Dynamic Changes

There is a temptation, with everything we create, to fiddle and poke and prod to get it ‘just so’. This applies to writing, of course, but also to drawing and, as I’ve discovered, animating. The...

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The Struggle of the Artist – Time

Artists are a crazy bunch. We spend our time complaining that we are tired, that we need a break, yet when a break comes up, we spend it… working. I don’t know if it’s a compulsion, or an attitude, or...

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Next in Paranormology – Jolimont Street Ghost

OK, I lied. I promised I wouldn’t do any writing over the holidays. The laptop was there, I managed to squeeze a spare hour out, one thing led to another… The Series Keeping with the idea of a “ghost...

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The Struggle of the Artist – Doubt

Imagine you are standing on a wooden stage. There is a big, thick curtain in front. On one side is a massive, nattering, rumbling crowd. On the other side is you, listening to the noise coming from the...

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Jolimont Street – First Draft

This time, no mucking around with silly plots. What am I talking about? Well, if you look back a fair few posts, Hampton Court Ghost started life as a train-wreck. There was a mangled plot and a weird...

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Take the Win

When it comes to defining success, context is king. Status? Money? Power? Sure. If that’s the goal. Sometimes it’s an all-or-nothing affair. Other times it comes in degrees. Like cider. Cider? Cider....

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Jolimont Street Ghost – Front Cover

For the next in Paranormology, I’ve gone back to the beginning in terms of my front cover, except that, unlike Grosvenor Lane Ghost, Jolimont is a fair bit darker and nastier. Now, for the past three...

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It’s that time again…

‘Jolimont Street Ghost’ second draft is done. Still a few things to tidy up. Still some paragraphs that need work. But now it’s time to break out the red pen. Yeppers, it’s head down, bum up, editing...

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Blurb is a Four Letter Word

Third draft of Jolimont Street Ghost is done. More changes, “whoops, how’d that get in there?”, get rid of that unnecessary tosh, red pens and redder eyes. Now I’m going to let it stew once more, while...

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Jolimont Street Ghost – Free at last!

Tada! Please find Jolimont Street Ghost at Smashwords, yours for free, with my compliments, in whatever format you like. Cue the fireworks and open the champagne. OK, maybe I’ll just crack a beer and...

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Format, Distribution, Promotion…

Publishing Jolimont Street Ghost should have been a ‘crack a beer and take a week or two off moment’. After all, the hard stuff is done. Writing and editing and proofing and all of that stuff. Done....

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Digital Versus Hardcopy

Getting your book up in digital is exciting. Once you’ve put an ISBN against it and pushed it to the numerous distributors, it can be found across the net. Wow! Funny thing is, while it’s awesome...

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eBook to Hardcopy – Lulu

The Print On Demand option is very attractive for indie authors. We’re not rolling in dough. We haven’t got the patience or time to go running after a publisher or go chatting to distributors to please...

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ISBNs and All That Jazz

When you publish your eBook, you can assign an ISBN to it. You know that butt ugly barcode that’s sitting on the back of a book? That’s the one. In digital format, you don’t need to worry about having...

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Lulu – ISBN, Copyright and Table of Contents

Last post I showed you how to begin converting your eBook to a paperback. Choose the font, format, etc. and begin by separating out your first page from the rest. Now fix up the rest of the front...

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Lulu – Page Numbering & Chapters

If you have a table of contents, one of requirements is that the numbers of the chapters must match perfectly. However, there isn’t much point having a table of contents with page numbers if you don’t...

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Lulu – Tidy up, Double Check and Export

We’ve been converting our digital eBook to hardcopy. From the get go, there have been changes, mostly around the front matter and the formatting. We’ve added a copyright page, a table of contents,...

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Lulu – The Cover

Pushing the digital version of your book to hardcopy requires a revision of your front cover. You’ve knocked your cover up. You are pretty chuffed with it because, hey, everything is just as it should...

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Lulu – Back Cover & Spine

When you have finished converting your front cover, you need to slap your forehead and say, “Oh, right!” Why? Because, unlike eBooks, real books have a spine and a back cover. Considerations You’ve got...

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Lulu – Uploading!

Hey! You’re on the home stretch! You’ve got everything in place, now you need to upload your bits and pieces. At this stage, you should have: A Lulu account set up A Project in Lulu for your book. Your...

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