Cynthia Harrison

Novelist

Category: Publishing

  • Kindle Kinks

    I just want to write. But there is more to publishing than writing. Especially self-publishing. According to Amazon: “A .docx file is a file from Microsoft Word 2007 that is not compatible with previous versions of Word. At this time, documents in .docx format are not supported on KDP. If your content has been created…

  • Learning Curve

    What I learned from yesterday’s fiasco: Stress gives me a migraine. (I already knew that.) Sometimes it is best to drop a problem, watch a movie then get a good night’s sleep. (Knew that too.) Woke up feeling optimistic about fixing every issue with the Kindle upload, and without the urgent need to start working on it right away.…

  • Going Kindle Crazy

    Last report on Sugar Shack’s progress, I mentioned a little trouble with the cover. I checked back on the blog and saw that I’d made a cover image in 5 minutes for Paradise Fields with Picnik. Times have changed and there is no freeware that I could fine that did anything except frustrate me. Picnik…

  • Self-Publishing 101

    Yesterday, I read through my 160 corrected pages and found about 40 mistakes. Most of them were tiny things like an extra space between words. I did find one bit of head-hopping and a couple of sentences that weren’t essential. So, it was a good lesson for me. Even when you think your copy is…