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Thursday, February 2, 2023

My Improved Editing Process

While making my material look better and read better, I continue refining my editing process. If you are *well-heeled,* you can afford to pay the going rate of 1.5 to 2.5 cents per word. At an average of two cents per word, the average 50,000-word story would cost you $1000. It will take a LOT of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 27, 2023

A Photo Based Ebook - Kindle Book

I have been playing with the process in the KDP *Kindle Create* program, and I am slowly figuring out the exact size of the photo a page will hold and still look good. My first topic would be racing photos. I have at least 650,000 racing photos on hand, and I have a ready and willing huge buying... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 23, 2023

I dropped the Grammarly writing app almost a year ago and began using ProWriting Aid (PWA). I kept the free version of Grammarly because the app did have some good features that the free version allowed me to use. Their comma suggestions are usually right, but you still need to know that comma... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023

A Quick Test

I found this on a writing website and wanted to test those willing to be tested. Does one or more of these paragraphs bother you as they are written? I ran into a long conversation about "to convention" or "not convention" dialogue. My comments about the test area are at the bottom. V Breaking... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Using Vella?

If you are using Vella, you need to use this FB page. It has all kinds of newbies and pros there, all willing to answer questions. I was invited to join this afternoon. I'm hearing a lot of people asking the same questions I am hearing from my friends who are just trying Vella. If you KNOW HOW,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 31, 2022

Video Trailer

My publishing group has offered to make me a "free" video trailer for "I Hate My Mother." These tend to be about 60-120 seconds long. This video is a remake of the one my friend had done for me. I kept his voice-over but had Fresh ink Group redo the graphics. This time, they will do the voiceover... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 22, 2022

Tips Using Vella

I want to be sure Annicita sees this, but this year-old article lays out how the Vella system works with some great ideas. Check it out! Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 17, 2022

A Cool Trick

NOTE: I have absolutely no idea why this post is not formatting properly. Blog-It does this now and again, and it drives me insane... but admittedly, it was a short trip. I had someone on FB ask me how I edit my material so quickly for use on Amazon's Vella platform. Usually, I will write something,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 13, 2022

I've Hit "The Wall"

350 days a year, I will average about 1500-3500 usable words a day beyond that I write on Blog-It. Sometimes, as I have been the last month, I've been averaging about 4500-6000 usable words a day. Those are exceptionally good days... but then there are days like the last three days. After riding a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

I Got An Invitation!

I got invited to join a "user board" for Pro Writing Aid earlier today. I've just had time to sit down and fill out the application and then I started reading what the group is doing. Sounds interesting so far! Hi there! It’s Hayley, Head of Education at ProWritingAid, here. We’re always looking to... Sign in to see full entry.

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