My new Science Fiction Novel, Synaptergy, is a novel exploring Technology, Society, and Ethics.

This article will discuss basic types of editing and describe what I do to get my manuscript ready to be examined by my editors.

CSS, or Cascaded Style Sheets, is the markup language used to style eBooks if you want custom fonts or other important styles.

Krita is a free and open source application that can be used to create book covers. It is not unlike GIMP, and it has a few advantages. First, it supports CMYK color profiles, which is preferred for printing book covers. It also supports drawing tablets for artistry and fine-tuning elements of a book cover which cannot be accomplished as easily in GIMP. The major disadvantage to Krita is the text editing is still very clunky and hard to use.

Taken together, Krita is a great application and should be used where needed for some stylistic book cover design work. It also supports the same non-destructive layer styles that Photoshop supports making it a great FOSS application for transitioning out of subscription software.

It can be difficult to prioritize writing, particularly if you are working on your first manuscript. These steps will help you set your goals to complete your draft.

This article walks us through the steps to create and prepare an eBook from a LibreWriter document.

Today we will look at the various reasons you will or will not need an ISBN for your Print or eBook.

Getting a book cover template is the best way to get started on your full cover. You can grab a template from KDP or Ingram.

LibreOffice can build indexes either manually or with a concordance file. This tutorial will show you how to create your index with either option.

Audacity is a cross-platform, open source application for any audio file recording, edits, and manipulations. You can use this software for Audiobooks, Podcasts, and fixing the audio on your videos.