Writer Wednesday

So, I had my "formatting weekend" and managed to upload the BoI on XinXii (see the nifty little button on the side-bar?), first PDF only, then I added mobi and epub files generated with calibre. Have no idea of how they look, but well… Europe, here I am. I'm also slowly uploading to DriveThruFiction before I go to their "comics" section – I need to modify the pages of SKYBAND  (especially the few in prose) to format them for the ereaders screens.

Speaking of  which, after correcting a couple of typos here and there, I uploaded chapter 10 and Omnibus 2. I'll wait for the printed copies before making them public. Except there won't be a PDF as Lulu now has another section for e-books, so it's another formatting and upload. They have a formatting manual much like the one Smashwords give – and then they distributes epub with ISBN to their partners including B&N. To which I go through Smashwords. So I wonder if I should put myself through their epub-generator or  just do the e-version for DriveThruComics, even if it means spreading stuff on many sites, and not all have everything. But then, tthat's already how it is, as some titles are available only in certain places (like the art books – only in print – or some Smashwords shorts with no ISBN that don't go to the extended distribution).

Now, I wanted to add a few links to the usual suspects (and a couple of new ones), but I decided not to. Because this is not an "how to" blog and some things are not really up for discussion anyway. You know by now what I think and who I follow, so it's useless to point you to the posts that made my little brain go in dozens of different directions – so that I needed to stop and focus or I would accomplish nothing. I'll share only this hilarious link about the publisher-dating dictionary, because it's Brisish humor, LOL! Oh, and this one in case you want to use Goodreads for your marketing. I haven't used it that way yet, so I'm sending you to a fellow Creative Reviewer again (did I mention it's the best GR group evah? Especially friendly to indies? ).

I also signed up for Loralee's blogfest: I'll Scratch Your Back, You Scratch Mine… if you're looking for betas or crit partners, join the fun. And see you on the blogfest in 10 days. Which, by the way, means I won't have the "fiction week" after all, as I want to put out those BoI – Prequels. So one of those (free) shorts will be an exclusive new story. Stay tuned…

I also formatted the new book last weekend, and I did the cover for the third time (fourth, actually, but one version didn't reach the color version) – finally I'm happy with it. Ladies and gentlemen, CVE1 – The Spell! And no, I won't show you the attempts this time!

Blurb: Get on the wrong side of a powerful magic user and face the consequences.

A spell sends him 100 years in the future. With no way back. Adapt or die.

Living in the future – heaven or hell? With an embarrassingly adoring guide, life can't be easy.

The Spell is now live on Smashwords and Kindle, sometimes later in the month XinXii and Drive Thru, and in print only next month when Allan de Sayek also comes out – as they're both "short", I'll print them together, considering that the two stories happen almost at the same time! So, check this latest Silvery Earth baby and have a great week! This Sunday I'll sign up for SSS again, I wonder if they missed me…