My First Edit When I did my first edit on FATE STALKS A HERO:RESURGENCE, I decided to read through the whole manuscript and make corrections as I went along, including rewriting parts that needed it. It’s funny how when you go back over an original rough draft, grammar issues, spelling errors, and repetitive usage of the same word all pop out at you. This is a multi-part series entitled “My Kindle Direct Publishing Experience”. The first blog in the series “My Kindle Direct Publishing Experience: Part I […]

Getting My Drafts Ready For Edit Since I am sharing tips and tricks here, I must confess that I did not have knowledge of time saving procedures when I wrote the Initial Drafts of both my First novel FATE STALKS A HERO: RESURGENCE and the sequel, FATE STALKS A HERO II:THE FIJI FULCRUM. Since I can’t afford the expense of professional editors and publishers, I have had to incorporate support tools that cost very little or nothing to use. This is a multi-part series entitled “My Kindle […]

Writing My Manuscript For FATE STALKS A HERO I I wrote a previous blog stating that I had to upgrade my MS WORD software from MS WORD 7 to MS WORD 10 or better because I could not use the Kindle Direct Publishing Add-In software to my WORD program unless I did so. So I upgraded to MS OFFICE 2019 by purchasing a download ‘KEY’ from a reliable vendor and got the whole package because I use MS EXCEL also. This is a multi-part series entitled “My […]

Image by Stephen Key with backdrop from Pixabay First Step: Choosing A Platform With my manuscript ready to publish, I went on the Internet to learn about Kindle Direct Publishing (aka: KDP). After doing research about which publishing platform to use, it was obvious that KDP controlled over 90% of the market. And the platform was not only free to use and prepare your manuscript in, it also provided me with a free ISBN number. An ISBN is essentially a product identifier used by publishers, booksellers, libraries, […]