Twenty-one people attended the first ever online Writers’ Mill meeting this month, including Sheila’s Mum, from England, and Laura (our wonderful host) from the library. We owe a huge thank you to Laura for providing and monitoring the online Zoom room for us.
Continue reading Writers’ Mill Minutes 202004 April 2020Category Archives: Editing
We made a book, and you can too!
Our “Let’s make another book” presentation covered and/or touched the following book-creation topics, with notes and additional information below:
- How to Title your book
- How to Format your book
- How to Edit your book
- How to Prepare your book for Printing
- How to Prepare your book for Kindle
- How to Upload your ebook
- How to use Amazon’s Cover Creator
- How to Upload your print book (and use Cover Creator again!)
- How to get your book onto your Author Page (yes, I know, I didn’t have time to cover this, but some of you asked…)
Writers’ Mill Minutes 10191117
November’s meeting brought 13 of us to watch and assist in the uploading of The Writers’ Mill Journal Volume 7 to Amazon. Those of you who missed it missed some fantastic healthy snacks from Ria and an ongoing scene of great stress, excitement and triumph. The minutes below are LONG because I’ve tried to cover everything we did and all the questions I was asked about what we might not have done. So here goes… Continue reading Writers’ Mill Minutes 10191117
ProWritingAid from Jim’s talk, Aug 18th 2019
Notes on ProWritingAid from James Elstad’s talk, August 18th
Jim is the author of several books, both fiction and non-fiction, and is using ProWritingAid to help with his fourth novel. You can find him at https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6491416.James_R_Elstad or look for his books at https://www.amazon.com/s?k=james+elstad&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss Pick up spare copies of notes from his talk at our next meeting if you missed it! Continue reading ProWritingAid from Jim’s talk, Aug 18th 2019
Writers’ Mill Minutes 20190818
Our August meeting was fairly sparsely attended (only around 12 people), but those of you who missed it missed two excellent presentations—one from Jim on ProWritingAid, and one from Ria on emergency preparedness. So, whether you think your latest novel or your home and family are fully prepared or not, you should make sure to read these minutes! Continue reading Writers’ Mill Minutes 20190818
Writers’ Mill Minutes 201906
Writers’ Mill Minutes 20190616 16th June 2019
Our Writers’ Mill meeting fell on Father’s Day, and those members unable to take time out missed an excellent and inspiring talk about editing from Donna Reynolds, plus the chance for one-on-one advice, fantastic snacks from Robin, and a most productive discussion about our upcoming anthology. Continue reading Writers’ Mill Minutes 201906
Notes on Editing from Donna Reynolds’ talk, 201906
Notes on Editing, from Donna Reynolds’ talk
Part 1: How to Edit
How old were you the first time you spotted a typo in the newspaper? Donna was eight, and was startled to realize that adults can make mistakes. But we all make mistakes, and we all need to edit. Continue reading Notes on Editing from Donna Reynolds’ talk, 201906
Writers Mill Minutes 201812
With apologies for the delay… Please read on for lots of useful information… Continue reading Writers Mill Minutes 201812
How to make an anthology – notes from Sheila’s powerpoint presentation, November 2018
Let’s Make An Anthology!
Or a novel, memoir, poetry book…
Writers Mill Minutes 201811
Writers’ Mill Minutes, Nov 18 2018
Only ten people were present for November’s meeting, but those ten got to watch a book grow from folders of random files to print-ready, kindle-ready documents, to a saleable, slender volume with a cover, designed at the meeting, soon to be available on Amazon! How’s that for an action-packed afternoon! Continue reading Writers Mill Minutes 201811