Wowza
Joy is subtle. And, apparently, very sick of the non-stop Fifty-Shades meshiva.
Continue ReadingWell Then
I have been given a stern talking-to by friends, family and colleagues, so this is about to become a thing: More details in the coming days.
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Because I keep hearing “I didn’t know you posted that on your site…” here’s a New Year’s present: Here’s my version of the ‘nuclear method’ for authors, aka How To Nuke A Document Without Losing Italics (or other special fonts). Okay, to be more accurate, italics and other special fonts do get blasted with the rest of the potential bugaboos. But this tutorial shows you how to prepare special fonts for the blast and restore them in a few simple steps afterward. Have faith. We’ll get through this, I promise. PART I: Intro WHY BOTHER WITH THIS? If you look really close at the image below, you’ll see why. Don’t… Read More
Continue ReadingDecember Giveaway Winner
This month’s winner is… Okay, thanks to my child’s enormous hands, we ended up with TWO winners. Sweet! Liz Z Rhonda Congrats, ladies! Both of you are now added to the auto-send list, and will receive all remaining Season Two episodes shortly before or on the day of release. Thanks, everyone else, for entering. Better luck next time. Speaking of which, January’s giveaway is up and running.
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Congratulations to the November, 2014 monthly giveaway winner: Nancee Thank you so much for entering. At long last, you’ve finally won!
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Things I Need Today: Way more coffee. Way fewer kittens wrestling on top of my chair-back. An electrified doorknob on this office. Louder music. For instance… This: And way more of this:
Continue ReadingSo Excite
It might be moving day. Moving into the new office, that is. Picture me standing here, doing the pee-pee dance of shameless excitement. This is good news; once I’m settled again, things can get back to some semblance of normal, as far as the writing goes. In other news, send good thoughts Mr. Silver’s way. He has an interview tomorrow for a job he’s actually interested in. I’m crossing everything. Except maybe my eyes. I kinda need those. Have a great Monday!
Continue ReadingNew Ebooks Available
I probably should have mentioned these in the last post, but I’m in a rush, sorry. To create sample files for the formatting gig, I used some of my favorite books. These are available in a lot of places for free, but they’re never formatted like a normal person would do it. (No offence, but who likes reading fiction with huge gaps between the paragraphs, and no indents? Honestly.) The EPUB and MOBI versions are available on megsilver.com for free download: [wpdm_file id=28] [wpdm_file id=29] Pride And Prejudice [wpdm_file id=31] [wpdm_file id=30] Other titles I plan to make available include: The first five (public domain) volumes of Edgar Rice Burrough’s… Read More
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