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Guest Post from Amber Rose Thompson!

Posted on November 28, 2011 by ctan

Today’s blog post comes from erotic romance writer Amber Rose Thompson, the author of Tied To Passion and Take Bi Love, both from Renaissance eBooks. Take...

Anne McCaffrey: One of My Role Models

Posted on November 22, 2011 by ctan

I just learned that the last of the three authors who influenced me most as a child has died. Rest in peace Anne McCaffrey. My three writer role models were Rog...

Google Analytics on the Daron's Guitar Chronicles web serial

Posted on September 1, 2011 by ctan

Here’s a post for those of you interested in how weblit and serialized fiction work on the Internet. So, now that August is over, I’ve been looking ...

Type and Design Tips for self- and small publishers POST #6

Posted on August 30, 2011 by ctan

DIGITAL BOOKS VERSUS PRINT BOOKS All the previous posts in this series have been about producing printed books, especially trade paperbacks. But now let’s...

Type and Design Tips for self- and small publishers POST #5

Posted on August 29, 2011 by ctan

Before I get to today’s topic, I just found out that John D. Berry’s ebooks on type and design are free for download: Dot-Font: Talking about Fonts ...

Type and Design Tips for self- and small publishers POST #4

Posted on August 27, 2011 by ctan

Let’s start with hyphenation today. USE HYPHENATION: DON’T AVOID IT I see a lot of small press books where they try to solve the problem of a word p...

Type and Design Tips for self- and small publishers POST #3

Posted on August 26, 2011 by ctan

Ok, now we get to the real stuff that no one tells you. Let’s say you’re using Quark or InDesign, you’ve flowed all the text of your novel or ...

Type and Design Tips for self- and small publishers POST #2

Posted on August 25, 2011 by ctan

Okay, so you’ve decided you’re going to design and typeset your own book. The first thing to note is that I have never come up with a way around nee...

Type and Design Tips for self- and small publishers

Posted on August 24, 2011 by ctan

Self-publishing and niche press publishing is going through an explosion right now, thanks to the ease with which modern tech lets us produce digital books and ...

Black Feathers new cover design poll. Comments wanted.

Posted on July 11, 2011 by ctan

Cover design poll! So, I’m going to do an ebook edition of my old collection of erotic short stories that Harper Collins published back in the 90s, BLACK ...

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If you wish to hire me to write for you or book a speaking engagement, email me at ctan.writer@gmail.com.

My cell phone is 617-290-9043, and I can also receive text messages there. I usually do not pick up the phone if I do not recognize the number, so text first if you want to see if I am available.

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    • Media – Video – Podcasts
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