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Writing Life

by paranormalnut

Rated: E · Book · Activity · #2180333

Recording the adventure of being an indie authour.

Still trying to get my book into paperback. The person I hired for the formatting failed miserably. So, learning how to format it myself. Lesson learned. Never use anyone on Fivver who isn't a Level 1 or 2.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

paranormalnut

Jul 26, 2019 at 7:33am
In response to "The Squirrel and the Frenchman and Helpful Writing Books"

Hey Edgar!

Our Writers' Guild has monthly challenges. This month, we had to write from an animal's POV. :) Since squirrels are the clowns of the forest, I thought he'd be a fun character for my Uncle. :)

paranormalnut

Mar 6, 2019 at 1:38pm
In response to "My New Discovery for Selling Books - Payhip.com"

Best of luck! It's a super cool place! I couldn't believe they let you post up to 100 books for free!

paranormalnut

Mar 6, 2019 at 1:34pm
In response to "A Neat Way to Sell Books"

That's one of the cool things about our McD's. There's a lot of people who go there who are really into paranormal stuff. :) It's kind of an Appalachian thing. Appalachia is full of paranormal activity, because of that there's a lot of interest. :)

paranormalnut

Feb 26, 2019 at 3:44pm
In response to "We All Have a Story to Tell"

Thanks! :) It does take a lot more than anyone realises, but it's a heck of a lot of fun. :)

Ray Scrivener

Feb 26, 2019 at 10:54am
In response to "We All Have a Story to Tell"

Congratulations on finishing your book! I think that is a momentous achievement, speaking as a fellow writer. Not many people realize the struggle it takes to become an author. Not everyone is lucky enough to pen a bestseller or to know who to speak with about marketing. Keep fighting the good fight :)

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paranormalnut

Jan 30, 2019 at 8:30pm
In response to "Our Writing Lives On"

Thanks so much for stopping by! So glad you enjoyed it. :)

Maegan

Jan 30, 2019 at 7:16pm
In response to "Our Writing Lives On"

Great memory of a situation that is so foreign to me and yet I feel your delight, even a little wonder I think. Thanks for brightening a rather tedious afternoon.

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iguanamountain

Jan 25, 2019 at 10:48am
In response to "One Step Closer to a Paperback"

I forget what it was, but I had to switch to Word from OpenOffice for the final conversion. Somewhere in there the exact instruction does not match or it's different menu words.
Good Luck!

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paranormalnut

Jan 21, 2019 at 8:28am
In response to "yWriter and the Perfect Day Formula"

Iguanamountain, Cool! Thanks for the heads up! I found Scrivener doesn't do the best job at formatting either. I ended up downloading Kindle's own program and it was done in a jiffy. Supposedly, you can use the same for paperback, at least that's what Amazon said in the email. I haven't gotten it to work yet. :)

iguanamountain

Jan 20, 2019 at 4:17pm
In response to "yWriter and the Perfect Day Formula"

Hey, I use yWriter-5 also and have for years. But for formatting I found this book on Amazon that has all the secret stuff about Microsoft Word that you need to do clean formatting to publish. Check this out: >>Word to Kindle Formatting Magic by Chris McMullen.<< I found things I had no idea about— All the hidden codes and the differences between eBook and Print Books, how to set the options. It's very technical, but that's Microsoft.

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#21. We All Have a Story to Tell
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#20. The New Censorship
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#19. Making Hasty Judgments about Scrivener
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#18. Beating My Own Deadline by a Mile
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#17. Taking it to the Chopping Block
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#16. When Fear and Being Broke Take Over
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#15. New Tricks to a Better Story
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#14. Pickles and Piper Draft Completed
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#12. Writing Videos on Amazon Prime!
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#11. Walks and Productivity
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#9. My Book is Now in Paperback
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#8. Met My Publishing Goals This Month!
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#7. Our Writing Lives On
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