Category: Author
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How to Make a Book Step 5: Make a Cover
In this eight-part series, I’ll walk you through the creation of a book using the next release from Practical Fox as an example. As I do the steps to make Life Among the Paiutes, I’ll write about it! You can start with Step 1. Okay, you’ve got the text, edited it, and designed the interior. Now comes the…
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How to Make a Book Step 4: Book Design
In this eight-part series, I’ll walk you through the creation of a book using the next release from Practical Fox as an example. As I do the steps to make Life Among the Paiutes, I’ll write about it! You can start with Step 1. If you are traditionally published, all of the book design will…
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How to Make a Book Step 3: Book Editing
In this eight-part series, I’ll walk you through the creation of a book using the next release from Practical Fox as an example. As I do the steps to make Life Among the Paiutes, I’ll write about it! First, let’s deal with one of the most pressing questions on book Twitter: Do you need a…
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How to Make a Book Step 2: Set a Publication Date
In this eight-part series, I’ll walk you through the creation of a book using the next release from Practical Fox as an example. As I do the steps to make Life Among the Paiutes, I’ll write about it! Start with Step 1 here. You’ve written your text, or picked a public domain text, or bought…
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How to Make a Book Step 1: Get Yourself Some Text
In this eight-part series, I’ll walk you through the creation of a book using the next release from Practical Fox as an example. As I do the steps to make Life Among the Paiutes, I’ll write about it! The most basic thing every book needs is some text. Some words on some pages, whether they’re…
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Skull and Sidecar: Where Did Those Characters Come From?
If you’ve read my novel Skull and Sidecar, or even if you’ve only read its description, you might be wondering, What the hell kind of name is Gunn Flagely? And where did Nell Kelly come from? Well, wonder no more, friends! Gunn Flagely A couple of years ago, I was on the phone with my…
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Launch Party for Skull and Sidecar!
If you’re in the Portland area this weekend and want something to do on Saturday afternoon, come pick up a paperback copy of my new novel, Skull and Sidecar. It’s historical fiction about women anthropologists set in 1926. There’s a man in a black hat, and a Harley-Davidson with a sidecar, and a trip across the…
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A Bullet Journal Journey to Page-Chomping Freedom
When I was a kid, probably about eight years old, I got my first hardcover journal. I think it was for my birthday, though it could have come in an Easter basket. We were a gift-giving family, so sometimes after decades have passed, I don’t remember precisely what holiday was the occasion for a gift.…