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Category Archives: Getting Published

The long and winding road to publication

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Plea to the Developer of Scrivener for Windows

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on 23 June 2016 by Pam23 June 2016

I was recently asked by Eden Mabee, in a comment on my recent progress, what I was referring to when I said I had been disappointed to discover issues caused by missing features when compiling in Scrivener for Windows; features … Continue reading →

Posted in Formatting, Self Publishing, Work In Progress | Tagged ebooks, Microsoft Word, Print on Demand, Scrivener, self publishing

Lessons in Line Editing

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on 14 June 2016 by Pam23 June 2016

This account of my writing progress has slipped for a while, mainly because I’ve been so busy writing and also learning how to create ebooks! The last time I blogged, I had just entered a couple of short story comps.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Self Publishing, Work In Progress, Writing Challenges | Tagged editing, My goals, progress, ROW80, self publishing, wip

Camping out under the Writerly Stars

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on 31 March 2016 by Pam23 December 2016

It’s that time again as April commences – CampNaNoWriMo.  I’ve joined a cabin with a couple of other writers I know, with the intent of really getting down to the edit.  I’ve done a bit more in the past week; … Continue reading →

Posted in Self Publishing, Work In Progress, Writing Challenges | Tagged My goals, NaNoWriMo, progress, ROW80, social media, wip

Slight Derailment

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on 26 March 2016 by Pam31 March 2016

Well, not such good progress the past couple of weeks:  sat down at the machine a few times, then ended up doing other stuff rather than the edit.  Especially as there were a few IT issues.  So I only managed … Continue reading →

Posted in Old School, Work In Progress, Writing Challenges | Tagged Competitions, My goals, progress, ROW80, traditional publishing, wip

Must Try Harder….

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on 8 January 2016 by Pam12 February 2016

… or something.  Despite best intentions, I have not managed to blog for nearly six months (groan) after two posts in July, one of which represented a lot of research into book covers that I thought people would find useful, … Continue reading →

Posted in Discoverability, Marketing and Promotion, Self Publishing, Work In Progress | Tagged discoverability, My goals, NaNoWriMo, progress, ROW80, self publishing

Book Cover Research

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on 27 July 2015 by Pam8 September 2015

You can’t judge a book by its cover, right?  Well, the trouble is, everyone does.  I had a rapid and interesting education on the subject earlier this year when I commenced my search for a suitable cover for my epic … Continue reading →

Posted in Cover design, Self Publishing, Work In Progress | Tagged cover design, progress, self publishing

Recap of a Busy Few Months

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on 24 May 2015 by Pam12 February 2016

OK, I’ll hold my hands up.  Another massive gap in blogging.  More life events.  Never mind, I’ve been working away behind the scenes researching the ins and outs of self publishing.  I’ll blog separately about aspects of that. I’ve also … Continue reading →

Posted in Cover design, Self Publishing, Work In Progress | Tagged alpha readers, cover design, My goals, progress, ROW80, self publishing

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