Our speaker on May 18th 20205 was Cindy Brown, the author of some really fun mysteries with the coolest titles – MacDeath, Sound of Murder, Oliver Twisted… She’s also a ghost writer, copywriter, scriptwriter, content writer, traditionally published, self-published with Draft 2 Digital, and more. Find her at https://www.cindybrownwriter.com/
Continue reading Do you want to be Published, with Cindy Brown (and Draft2Digital) 20250515Category Archives: self-publishing
Erika Giles on Memoir, Research, Publishing and more – Jan 2025
Nora introduced our speaker, Erika Giles, who is a Writers’ Mill member and author of Becoming Hungarian, a Memoir. Amazon described this book as “a fascinating story of resilience and discovery that will inspire anyone who has struggled with their identity and tried to come to terms with the past.”
Continue reading Erika Giles on Memoir, Research, Publishing and more – Jan 2025Minutes 2024 11
We had 5 in-person and 11 on-line members at Novembers “UPLOAD” meeting, and we did eventually get the technology to work. Apologies to anyone who had to wait to join – the library computer decided it needed to update, then it wouldn’t run zoom, then the spare machine… then… You get the picture. But the book was uploaded and will hopefully be released in the next day or so, ready for your Holiday purchasing.
Continue reading Minutes 2024 11Book Template
Last year, someone recommended that Sheila create a template file that could be used for subsequent anthologies, so she did. It’s a Word Doc rather than a template, and she included (chapters of) instructions on how to use it, in hopes that perhaps someone will take over from her and “use” it next year! The template should also be helpful for anyone who hopes to self-publish their work in a 6×9 inch book.
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Housekeeping
Writers’ Mill had 10 attendees in-person and 7 on Zoom for a total of 17 at our August meeting. Sheila started the meeting with the usual boring reminders: For online members:
Continue reading Writers Mill Minutes 202408Writers’ Mill Anthology Style Guide
Here’s the current Writers’ Mill Style Guide, developed over several years of creating the Writers’ Mill Journal. The aim (for editors) is to edit invisibly.
Continue reading Writers’ Mill Anthology Style GuideHow to make an ebook
How to Create a Kindle or ePub version of your Word document
First make sure your Word document is “clean.” Take out the tabs (^t) and manual line breaks (^). Remove the contents list. Use Word ellipses (^i) instead of sets of periods… (see Tips and Tricks with Word). Then…
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How to Upload Your Book
How to Publish on KDP
Taken from https://www.portlandwritersmill.org/19/we-made-a-book-and-you-can-too/
Continue reading How to Upload Your BookSet up your Amazon Author Page
Your author page proves to the world that you’re an author. And if you’ve been published in our anthology, you ARE an author!
Continue reading Set up your Amazon Author Page