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Microsoft Word Tip: How to save italics!

March 30, 2012 by Lori Devoti 16 Comments

A while back I did a post on how to format an ebook with Microsoft Word as your starting place. Since writing that I discovered a great tip that makes the process even easier, how to save italics when you have to strip all formatting from the original file. If you have gone through the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ebook Formatting, Indie Publishing, Writing Business, Writing Software Programs, Writing Tools Tagged: ebooks, Formatting, indie publishing, indiepub, self-publishing

Interview with Harriet Smart, author and half of Writer’s Cafe Team

February 29, 2012 by Lori Devoti 3 Comments
Screen Capture Writer's Cafe StoryLines

Today, I am really excited to talk with Harriet Smart, half of the team responsible for my favorite writing program software, Writer’s Cafe. Can you tell us how the idea for Writer’s Café came into being? Julian and I are a husband and wife business team so we had been kicking around ideas for some … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, Writing Software Programs, Writing Tools Tagged: author interview, plotting software, writing software, writing tools

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by Dwight V. Swain

Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight Swain

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This is one of the foundation books that all novelists should have on their bookshelf.

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