Today is the first day of school for my boys. My husband called me an hour ago to tell me that he felt like an old man when he saw kids driving themselves to school. Yep. I felt that way two summers ago when I met cousins that I had never seen and who are [...] Read more »
Self-Publishing Through Lulu: The Final Layout Procedure
This is where I screwed up. Lulu requires your page count to be divisble by four. Not a problem, I thought. I’ll just add a couple of pages to the back and one to the front to get the right number. I succeeded with that, but the layout wasn’t what I had expected. First off, [...] Read more »
Self-Publishing Through Lulu: Got Graphics?
Most authors don’t use graphics in their novels. If you do, then you’ll need to convert them to grayscale in order to publish your book through Lulu’s Global Distribution program. I’ve yet to see a black and white graphic that looked good in print, even at 600dpi, but that’s what they want. Read more »
Self-Publishing Through Lulu: Formatting Your Type
What Fonts Can I Use? With Lulu, you can use any font you’d like for your book, as long as you embed them into your PDF file before uploading. I’ll include their font list below. * Arial * Book Antiqua * Bookman Old Style * Century * Courier * Garamond * Palatino * Tahoma * [...] Read more »
Self-Publishing Through Lulu: The First Step in Creating Your Book
Lulu’s Policies First, visit Lulu and read the Lulu Basics FAQ to learn about author rights, royalties, etc. Also check out their requirements for Global Distribution, which is what you’ll be using to distribute your book. Their instructions are very straightforward. However, if you have further questions, you can go to their forum, once you [...] Read more »
Prosperity
When the power supply on my 4 year-old Mac decided to take a crap this weekend, I took advantage and wrote Chapter Nine of this novel. When I got my computer up and running again on Tuesday, I looked over what I’d written and promptly trashed it. The scene didn’t fit in with what I [...] Read more »
Prosperity: My First Writing Challenge
I was sitting at my kitchen table when I found myself invisioning a woman standing on an island in the middle of Hell, searching for the soul of her dead husband. Black Roses was still a chapter or two away from being finished, but I had to jot this idea down in my notebook. I [...] Read more »