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Just returned from ConDFW. It wasn’t far from home, just about 30 miles west in Fort Worth.

All I’ve done today is update, update, update and catch up on emails. I did write one article as a test run for an editor friend in Canada. We’ll see how that goes. When someone says it only needs to be 300 or so words, well, 900 words later I’m done LOL. (That’s why we edit, right?)

Learned a LOT at…

Children’s Book Self-Publishing: Lessons As I Go

My illustrators (daughters, ages 13 and 14) have been busy with homework and violin concerts this week. But I hope they make a lot of progress this weekend:

  Unfinished Illustration (by Ava)

  By Ava Wipff

  In the meantime, I am shopping for translators at our school. Fortunately, I have access to a couple Spanish teachers and one Mandarin teacher. I will be asking them today if they’d be…

Self-Publishing: Last Minute Changes

I’m still uploading illustrations and I’ve discovered I’m missing several – actually, many – illustrations. The girls (my daughters) are not going to be happy about creating more at this point.

Oh well.

I also learned that published books through Createspace.com only come in MATTE, not glossy. Traditionally, children’s books are glossy. You know what? I’m OK with that, I think it will be cool to…

Self-Publishing: Formatting Your Pages

It’s a Saturday night. Hubby’s watching TV, girls are on their phones and I’m at my desk again.

Tonight, I’m starting the process that stopped me before: formatting my pages! I got overwhelmed in March. I’m determined to see this through! So here goes.

CreateSpace has a template you can use in Word! How easy is that? The first is the interior cover page and then a dedication:

…a blank page…

Esther and Mia Owe Me

During this self-publishing quest, I logged into my CreateSpace account (the one I opened yesterday). They prompted me to provide my EIN (Employer Identification Number). Basically, if you’re going to make money publishing, then you need a Tax ID#. Mind you, I signed up for a wonderful course on Udemy last spring and got about 67% through it when I decided to take a break. It also recommended…

Self-Publishing “Esther, Mia and the Stars”

  I’m a newbie to self-publishing. I wrote about my children’s book a couple nights ago and I’m going to share my learning process with you in this blog. My hopes are two-fold:

This will hold me accountable and make me DO IT; and

You will follow along with me and get your book published too!

Coincidentally, (and doesn’t the universe provide when you with what you need when you express your…