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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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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.

June 14, 2019 at 7:51am

#960780

Van Breaks Down and New Book on Kindle

Wow! It's been a heck of a long time since I've been on. It's been a wild ride. I was trying to get the van ready to travel for the summer, but the darn thing broke down 5 days into the trip, and that put me back on the farm. I was also trying to get "The Ghosts of Springhollow" finished and published, and that took up the rest of my time.

Happy to say, I published it on Kindle a couple of days ago. Still trying to format it for paperback. Ran into some problems trying to transfer the manuscript from Scrivener into the template on Open Office. Thankfully, I joined a Scrivener group on FB and got some help with the issue. :) Anyway, battery is about to die on the laptop, so signing off. :)

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