Kingdoms & Curses Author Blog
Onward!
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- Published: Sunday, 15 June 2014 08:09
- Written by Michelle
I have lunged forward in progress this, with somewhat a scattered brain.
I compiled the book into one document, and learned the nuances of Word styles in the process. The book is off to another editor for mostly minor polishing changes here and there, but we'll see. The last and final story is a bit rough around the edges, only because I didn't have the distance from it as I have the others (which brings editing clarity to that first draft mentality.)
Publishing Fun
With the book off at editing, I've been everywhere at once, looking at publishing guidelines in Amazon, downloading interior and exterior templates to work with, deciding on a size... all the ins and outs of putting the book together without having the completed editing drafts. I've lucked out on the cover art, coming across this beautiful image in iStock which was actually reasonably priced and not a $30 small little image.
Marketing Fun
I've rewritten a couple of the about paragraphs to be a little more catchy. I've created a Youtube Account and soon plan to go into video blogging mode, which I haven't done since 2007. I'm going to take some Author photos soon, though so many author's take such serious photos, I hope to have a little more fun than that and take advantage of my awkward pregnant body while I have the chance. I also plan to film a quick commercial this July, throw some of my friends into costumes and hit the play button (just like the old days but hopefully of better quality.)
I should put a newsletter signup on here...
And change the background of the website... stars and greenish galaxies are nice, but black holes and pulsars does not exactly scream Kingdoms and middle ages and stuff.
ONWARD!