Getting Ready…
A Bunch to Learn or Relearn…
Just to get ready to start this challenge of writing a novel every two weeks. And do collections. And other books.
I got to relearn all over how to find art that is not AI. I got to relearn InDesign, which I have already started on and having a blast.
Double column layouts of Smith’s Monthly issues will be a challenge. Using Vellum for regular books will seem easy people tell me.
Getting my learning back up to full on Shopify will take a little time, but looking forward to that this coming year.
None of that is the writing side, just the publishing side. I am no longer going to be dragged down with waiting for someone to do something with one of my books. If I manage to publish 75 books in my 75th year, it will be 95% me doing all the work.
So the more I get comfortable on the publishing side, the more that will send energy to my writing and the more writing I will do that will send energy back to the publishing side.
Can you tell I am excited? (grin)
This is the full spread I showed here a while back forwhat I hope is the November issue. Depends on my learning curve for the interior with InDesign. Got the covers knocked out just fine. (grin)

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