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It’s actually nice to just sit and write a blog post
When you self-publish, you have to be a jack-of-all-trades [and master of none!]. I’ve spent the entire morning working on this website, trying to improve the look, feel and navigability of it. What else have I done, that traditionally published authors would probably have someone else do? Let’s have a list. The editing The typesetting,…
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And we have TikTok
Just in case you do Tiktok! I’m a total n00b on there, but I’ll learn. Meanwhile, you get to enjoy my incompetence so it might be worth a look, if you need cheering up 😂 https://www.tiktok.com/@gill_kilner @gill_kilner Unboxing of my new book – that I wrote! ☺️ History Maps: User Interface https://amzn.eu/d/8Seq1Bv ♬ original sound…
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We did it!
The book is published. So exciting!!! 🎉 Here it is: https://amzn.eu/d/7pzXVqu
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We are doing it.
This website and blog. The book on Amazon. The book on Audible. The whole thing is going live on Friday. This Friday, 17th November 2023. It’s a bit short notice! But only because we’re a bit behind with things. I set the date myself, so I can hardly complain about it. Right now though, I…
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ChatGPT restores my confidence
I’ve been in deep editing mode for the past couple of weeks, and have got really nit-picky about my work. Today, I asked ChatGPT if the first page was a good start for a fictional novel. It said… I’ll publish it then, shall I?
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When final doesn’t mean final.
I’ve just finished my so-called final edit of History Maps book 1: User Interface. Phew! And yet. Yes. I now have a 93 point tagging list to tick off. Things to check. Terms to search for and change. Choices of names, to ponder. Things to make consistent, throughout. The end is in sight, though. And…
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And another one gone
(Bites the Dust, anyone? You’re welcome, for the ear worm! Queen gets me every time.) Chapter 44 of 47 of book 1, in the can. (Is it just sound files that go in cans? Can text files go there too? I suspect they might only be able to go in boxes, or files.) It’s mostly…
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Chapter 44. Final edit.
The finish line of this final edit is in sight, now. Three more chapters to go. I’ve been struggling to honour my one-chapter-per-day commitment, because of wedding preparations. I’m getting married in…. *checks phone countdown app*… 66 days. And there is an immense amount of work to do, still, for that. Not least, because the…
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Chapter 27, book 1. Final edit.
My snail’s pace crawl through History Maps 1: User Interface reached chapter 27 this morning. Nearly two thirds of the way through. I have struggled with this final edit process for a variety of reasons: – It’s not my favourite book of the three I’ve written so far for this series; – I’ve got ADHD,…
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The final edit. Grindingly slow.
I seem to only be able to manage a chapter a day of this last edit, so painstakingly nit-picking it is. I have my headset on, listening to my previous recording of the chapter, while I read through it, my mouse pointer on the pause button. A surprising amount of syntax errors have snuck in…