You Asked For It: Ebook Formatting From A to Z

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So I’ve been railing for YEARS that ebook formatting is not hard.  I’ve been doing it myself since I started self publishing in 2010 and I FINALLY got around to putting together a class to teach the rest of you.   It is available through WANA International.

Ebook Formatting from A to Z is an intensive 4 session class designed to teach you how to take your book from Word doc to all industry standard formats. You’ll be ready to self publish on any and all major platforms. Class is designed to take place over a period of weeks to give you a chance to implement the skills I’m teaching you in your own manuscript, with an opportunity for me to check your work and do hands-on troubleshooting. Each lesson is a streaming video that you can watch on your own time (as many times as you want). Then you’ll have access to interactive classrooms and discussion boards for more in-depth problem solving, as the need arises. This class will be most effective if you have a manuscript ready to format, as it is a hands-on skill.

It’s $160 a head and is available starting March 31st.   So…spread the word and stuff.

 

Three Awesome Things

Awesome Things,

You all know I ADORE The Piano Guys.  Or maybe you don’t, so…yeah I do.  They’re awesome.  Innovative and creative, doing these fantastic mashups.  They’ve just released one of Let It Go from Frozen mashedup with Vivaldi’s Winter.  AWESOME.

This was an absolutely fantastic article about why Neville Longbottom is the most important character in Harry Potter.  After reading this, I totally want to go back and reread the entire series.

 

And MOAR from 2CELLOS.  They just keep getting better!

Midweek #ROW80 Check-In

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  1. The sounds of construction outside my office window have been giving me an eye twitch this week.  It looks like they’re building a big ass concrete bunker.  In fact it’s  a building that will be housing some kind of fancy pants servers.  I don’t care what it is…the sound of heavy construction equipment BEATING THINGS like a hammer is making is SO flipping hard to concentrate.
  2. I’ve made the executive decision to NOT try starting this next book until I’m back from my trip.  There’s enough problem getting rolling without getting started and then getting immediately out of whatever groove I start with.  So I’m going to refine some plotting and READ this week.
  3. I’m doing a lot of menu planning at the moment because when we get back from our trip, we’ve decided we’re doing an allergen elimination diet.  Which means cutting out gluten (did that), dairy, soy, corn, fish, shellfish, peanuts, tree nuts, and eggs.  So two weeks cutting ALL that out (which, dude, is HARD–at least one of those things is in EVERY MEAL WE EAT) and then gradually adding stuff back in to see how we feel.  I’ve spent all this time learning about food intolerances and nutritional endocrinology and such for hubby, and I’m thinking it’s time I applied what I’ve learned to myself.  I just…haven’t felt right in several months, and I’m starting to have a lot of the symptoms he had in the early days before we figured out the gluten intolerance for him.  So we’ll see how it goes.  :prays I don’t have to cut out eggs or dairy for life:   I’m planning out EVERYTHING we’re eating for those 2 weeks because it’s too much of a challenge to figure out off the cuff.
  4. The weather has turned cold again, which I usually like, but it’s got my nose doing its best impression of a faucet.  I swear, Mother Nature has been BIPOLAR this winter!  I don’t think hubby has been able to breathe in months.
  5. At the Evil Day Job, Monster Grant is SUBMITTED.  It’s been out of my hands for a few days, but it’s officially out of the University’s hands entirely now.  Thank God.  I’m now staring at an inch thick pile of articles to read for a lit review for the next one…No rest for the weary.
  6. I feel like there’s more news that I’m forgetting but, I can’t think of any so…tune in tomorrow for the latest edition of Three Awesome Things.