Category: Writing

• Scrivener Series: Final Outline

  This is the fifth installment in my Scrivener Series, which showcases how I use Scrivener to write help me write entire novel series. Be sure to check out the previous installments (Bible, Wallowing) or check out my writing process post for a preview of what I’m going to cover next. At this point I’ve got…

  Y. K. Greene

  September 30, 2014

  Living the Writing Life, Scrivener, Telling the tale, Writing

  basics, blah blah, blather, blathering bs, ebook, indie author, muse, musings, Tips, writing, writing tips

• Fly Commentors – FLY

  I much like all Independent Artists, am really attached to the issue of net neutrality. Simply because I don’t have the budget to match companies like Netflix dollar for dollar so that I can access the same user base at equal speeds. So when I saw this video on youtube of course I had to…

  Y. K. Greene

  June 3, 2014

  Backend, Living the Writing Life, Marketing, Writing

  FCC, Fight, Net Neutrality

• Scrivener Series: Write The Damn Thing

  This is the fourth installment in my Scrivener Series, which showcases how I use Scrivener to write help me write entire novel series. Be sure to check out the previous installments (Bible, Wallowing, Timelines & Outlines) or check out my writing process post for a preview of what I’m going to cover next. Alright, now…

  Y. K. Greene

  April 3, 2014

  Living the Writing Life, Scrivener, Telling the tale, Writing

  basics, blah blah, blather, blathering bs, ebook, indie author, muse, musings, Tips, writing, writing tips

• Scrivener Series: Timelines & Outlines

  This is the third installment in my Scrivener Series, which showcases how I use Scrivener to help me write entire novel series. Be sure to check out the previous installments (Bible, Wallowing) or check out my writing process post for a preview of what I’m going to cover next. By now I’ve been writing up…

  Y. K. Greene

  March 20, 2014

  Living the Writing Life, Scrivener, Telling the tale, Writing

  basics, blah blah, blather, blathering bs, ebook, indie author, muse, musings, Tips, writing, writing tips

• Scrivener Series: Novel Project – Wallowing

  This is the second installment in my Scrivener Series, which showcases how I use Scrivener to write help me write entire novel series. Be sure to check out the previous installment (Bible) or check out my writing process post for a preview of what I’m going to cover next. Alright I’ve already mentioned that my…

  Y. K. Greene

  March 18, 2014

  Living the Writing Life, Progress, Scrivener, Writing

  backend bs, blah blah, blather, blathering bs, editing tips, Formatting, indie author, musings, writing, writing tips

• Scrivener: Series “Bible”

  I love Scrivener, it makes writing novels (and writing novel series) so much easier! One of the things I noticed while constantly changing my writing process, however, is that there’s not that much information out there on how to effectively use Scrivener for writing a novel series. So I’m going to try and outline some…

  Y. K. Greene

  March 13, 2014

  Formatting, Living the Writing Life, Scrivener, Writing

  backend bs, Editing, indie author, Revision, Scrivener, Series Bible, writing tips

• My Writing Process

  My writing process has changed. A lot. In the beginning I started out using a few books on the art and craft of writing novels and tried to follow along – often deviating about a third of the way through their recommended process as I got the hang of their method, made changes to suit…

  Y. K. Greene

  March 11, 2014

  Living the Writing Life, Progress, Writing

  backend bs, book cover design tips, book covers, ebook, Editing, editing tips, Formatting, naming, Revision, writing, writing tips

• When To Pay, When NOT To Pay: Book Baby Update

  I’ve previously mentioned BookBaby here in the “you’d have to be crazy to pay these prices for this ‘service’ which you could do just as well yourself for free,” column of my When To Pay, When NOT to Pay series. Things have changed though so I suppose it’s worth a quick update. The primary sticking…

  Y. K. Greene

  January 23, 2014

  Backend, Formatting, Living the Writing Life, Marketing, Writing

  backend bs, BookBaby, ebook, Formatting, indie author, When Not To Pay

• Book Interior Formatting: Dotting Your I’s and Crossing Your T’s – Final Checklist

  Formatting. Every time I finish a book and start the process of formatting it for print, I have to run around and look at at a thousand different pages trying to remember everything I know about formatting. Every time, I end up looking up half a dozen new pages because I’ve lost or misplaced my…

  Y. K. Greene

  January 14, 2014

  Backend, Formatting, Living the Writing Life, When To Pay When Not To Pay, Writing

  Ash of Ambitions, backend bs, book covers, Formatting, indie author, When Not To Pay

• Draft2Digital

  By now if you’re an indie publisher, author or hoping to pursue independent publishing in one way or another – you’ve probably heard of Draft2Digital. But just in case you haven’t, Draft2Digital.com is a publishing platform like Smashwords’ infamous meat grinder in that Draft2Digital (D2D) lets you take your unpublished manuscript, format it for various…

  Y. K. Greene

  January 7, 2014

  Backend, Formatting, Living the Writing Life, Writing

  Amazon, backend bs, basics, Createspace, Draft2Digital, ebook, Formatting, iBook, Koble, Nook, publishing, Revision, Smashwords, Tips, writing tips