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Tim C. Taylor
Twitter: @timctaylor My hair's turned white since this photo. I blame having children :-) There's a beard too, but that defies explanation.
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20Books London Writers Conference 2018. My write up.
This time last week, I was on the train to London to attend the 20Books London writers’ conference. The event was a great success for me personally, and I heard nothing but praise from the other writers there. Since a … Continue reading
Writing tips: how to write robust paragraphs in Word
[In this post, I’m going to address a topic that some of you might consider pretty basic: how to write a paragraph using Microsoft Word. It certainly is fundamental but I would say around 15% of the manuscripts I receive … Continue reading
Posted in Writing Tips
Tagged Amazon KDP, ebooks, Kindle, Microsoft Word, paragraphs, publishing, self-publishing, writing advice
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Tips for self-publishers: How to publish your back catalog
I’ve worked with a number of authors who have a back catalog of traditionally printed books for which the rights have now reverted to them. This throws up a number of problems when they wish to republish their books, whether … Continue reading
Posted in Writing Tips
Tagged back catalog, copy editing, OCR, proof reading, publishing, republishing, scanning books, self-publishing
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Tips for self-publishers: Table of Contents in Word
For anthologies and most non-fiction, a table of contents (TOC) is essential for readers to find their way around your paperback book. It’s also a way of showing off the contents of your book for potential browsers, and that includes … Continue reading
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Tagged book layout, books, Createspace, cross-references, formatting, publishing, self-publishing, table of contents, Word
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Self-publishing paperbacks: faux fonts and small caps
There’s a wealth of guidance online to help you lay out your book manuscript. One of the terms you will come across is ‘faux’ meaning your word processor (or typesetting software) can’t access a properly designed glyph and so has … Continue reading
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Tagged Createspace, faux glyphs, faux small caps, font style-linking, Mac, publishing, self-publishing, small caps, Windows, Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2011, Word 2013
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Out Now! Format Your Print Book for Createspace: 2nd Edition
Out now is the second edition of my book on how to produce your book for Createspace using Microsoft Word. The book is twice as big, has many more images, updated to cover changes to Createspace and Word versions up … Continue reading
Posted in Book launch
Tagged Createspace, formatting, Microsoft Word, publishing, self-oublishing, typeset
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Guest post: Mike Cooley defends self-publishers
Passion in a author is an essential ingredient in the mix that leads to great fiction. My guest blogger Mike Cooley has passion. Read for yourself… I am primarily a fiction writer, but from time to time something pisses me … Continue reading
I’m interviewed by Robyn Porter
In which I talk about Last Man Through the Gate, my approach to writing, and the big scary ideas that lurk in the background, connecting much of my fiction. And Lego. You can see the interview here.
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Tagged author, Bromham, Colchester, ebooks, inspiration, interview, lego, novella, publishing, Robyn Porter, stephen baxter, writing tips, xeelee
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My books are up for awards…
The British Fantasy Society recently announced the shortlist for its annual awards, and two of my books are up for awards… … except you won’t see my name on the list because I didn’t write those books; I didn’t even … Continue reading →