When I started writing with an eye to publication, I took my scribbles and typed them in. (Actually, when I first started, I got my wife to type them in.) Standard manuscript format was very plain and rigid, a suitable match for a typewriter. There was no fancy formatting. The best you could hope for… Continue reading E-Book Formatting is Upside Down
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My Comic Book Appreciation
I see via twitter chatter that it’s Comic Book Appreciation Month in January. That’s convenient. My current work in progress Pixie Dust, which is having its ARCs printed as I write, was definitely my comic book appreciation novel. Jenny, the diminutive physics grad student who lives this adventure was into the weekly pilgrimage to the… Continue reading My Comic Book Appreciation
Creating the Pixie Dust ARC
Advance Reader Copies (ARC) are early versions of books that are printed in limited numbers and sent to reviewers in hopes that early buzz and quotable reviews can be gathered in time to add them to the final released book cover. Since the big name reviewers like Publishers Weekly request these ARCs four months in… Continue reading Creating the Pixie Dust ARC