Monday, July 30, 2007

Nearly there?

I've signed up with Discovered Authors; formally Bookforce. I've emailed my files to them, but the cover files are currently causing a bit of a problem, so a bit more work to do there.

Monday, July 16, 2007

Ready to go…

The learning curve I mentioned in a previous entry turned into a sheer cliff face over the last couple of weeks. Writers’ forums have proved to be a lifeline for help and advice over formatting and turning my files into PDF. As I’d already done my own illustrations for the book I decided to design the cover myself, then with help from my daughter coloured them on the computer and saved them as tiff. I think I’m going to let the publishers format them.
I’ve decided to buy the ISBN through the publisher too, it’s time to hand over a few of the tasks and get back to what I really set out to do – and that’s writing.

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

The end is in sight?

I keep thinking I've got everthing ready to publish, then something else crops up. Last week I realised I had got my formatting all wrong, and my pictures weren't at a high enough dpi. I've scanned all my illustrations again, and now need to reformat and rearrange the illustrations - then I should be ready to go...