DIYday Lesson 13: Manuscript Formatting Part 2
DIYday Lesson 13: Manuscript Formatting Part 2: Creating different formats of your ebook.
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DIYday Lesson 12: Manuscript Formatting Part 1
DIYday Lesson 12: Manuscript Formatting Part 1. How to make your manuscript to different ebook formats starting from scratch.
DIYday Lesson 11: GIMP 104: A Step-by-Step Tutorial
Lesson 11: GIMP 104: A Step-by-Step Tutorial. Final GIMP lesson, taking you through creating a graphic one step at a time.
DIYday Lesson 10: GIMP 103: Patterns
I reiterate here, if you have not read this post on Stocks and Resources, please read before continuing. This lesson is about patterns. I use them sometimes, but not very often. Patterns are basically tileable brushes you dump onto a layer with Bucket Fill rather than click by click. You […]
DIYday Lesson 9: GIMP 102: Brushes
Lesson 9: GIMP 102: Brushes
How to install and how to use them.
DIYday Lesson 8: GIMP 101: Open, Save, Layers and Tools
DIYDay Lesson 8: GIMP 101: Open, Save, Layers and Tools
The very basic first lesson in GIMP and image manipulation. Enough to get you started. More lessons on this to come.
DIYday Lesson 7: Stocks and Resources
Lesson 7: Stocks and Resources
Images, Fonts, Music and Videos, Application Resources. Just because you found it on the internet doesn’t mean you can use it however you want. Check the licenses and use requirements and when in doubt contact the creator before making something public.
DIYday Lesson 6: Author Finance 101
Lesson 6: Author Finance 101
You have two commodities to spend on your writing and publishing: Time and money. It’s up to you to decide which is more valuable and how you want to spend it. Three things you really, really, really should invest in–with time or money or both–are your website, your cover page, and a professional edit for your book. Why? Because these are the three faces of you.
DIYday Lesson 5: The Big Bad Interwebs
Lesson 5: The Big Bad Interwebs
The internet is your greatest friend and your biggest enemy. The good news is, as soon as you put something out there, it’s there forever. Your website, blog, books, etc. Bad news is, as soon as you put something out there, it’s there forever. Do your research and plan it out.
DIYday Lesson 4: How to Deal with Reviews: Lovers, Haters And The There Is Goldielocks
Lesson 4: How to Deal With Reviews
Reader reviews are both an honest critique and word of mouth about a book that begins and propagates itself naturally without an author’s interference. If your book made your readers feel strongly about it, your reviews are likely to end up on opposite ends of the spectrum. Keep an eye out for the Goldielocks reviews.