Just kidding. There's nothing about animals in this book. It's all about torture, as the reader realises they have spent ten bucks on something that is at least over mercifully quick. A bit like a boyfriend I used to have,…
Category: publishing
Fiverr Gigger
Now that I've gotten a copy of Vellum and learnt how to use its basic features, I'm out to see if I can improve the world.Not just my own stories, though the improvement in presentation is clear to see, but…
And Carrie makes three
The process of formatting a book in Vellum is simplicity itself. I use Scrivener for writing, and I have yet to find a better tool for the writer. Apart from being a lovely writing environment, Scrivener can handle all the…
Fresh and fun
Hot on the heels of my purchase of Vellum, the extraordinary book publishing program, my first project was a fresh new edition of my first published erotica story, Coding by Candlelight.This time the contents page looks and works as it…
Casus Vellum
One of the first questions I had when I got into this game was "How do I turn my words into an e-book?"It all seemed very difficult for a technical dunce like myself. The simple act of creating a title…
Selling it
I can do better. Inspired by Jane Caleb Wood's advice here, I set my hand to designing an ad for Mile High Scrub. I think it kind of works, but my image doesn't fit in with the blue background. The…
How to be the Queen of Sex
Vickie Vaughan and her erotic stories have appeared in this blog before. She not only knows how to write white-hot sex scenes that put the reader into the heat of the action, but she constructs a plot that pulls the…
Wordselling
There comes a time in the career of every Kindle writer when they realise that despite the anxious study of the sales figures, it ain't happening. Their lovingly-crafted works of literature are part of the long tail. Sure, published, available…
Two Come Carrie Tonite!
Writing and publishing this story was a challenge. It's my second Camp NaNoWriMo story, but unlike the first one, which I actually got live on line during April, this has taken another month.It took a fair bit of research -…
I wanted to get it just right
Call me a sucker for Hugh Grant. Please.I watched Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill back to back recently, and when another Hugh Grant film came up, I took a look at that.Music and Lyrics kind of does…
