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Microsoft Word Tip: How to save italics!

March 30, 2012 by Lori Devoti 19 Comments

A while back I did a post on how to format an ebook with Microsoft Word as your starting place. Since writing that I discovered a great tip that makes the process even easier, how to save italics when you have to strip all formatting from the original file. If you have gone through the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ebook Formatting, Indie Publishing, Writing Business, Writing Software Programs, Writing Tools Tagged: ebooks, Formatting, indie publishing, indiepub, self-publishing

Interview with Harriet Smart, author and half of Writer’s Cafe Team

February 29, 2012 by Lori Devoti 3 Comments
Screen Capture Writer's Cafe StoryLines

Today, I am really excited to talk with Harriet Smart, half of the team responsible for my favorite writing program software, Writer’s Cafe. Can you tell us how the idea for Writer’s CafĂ© came into being? Julian and I are a husband and wife business team so we had been kicking around ideas for some … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, Writing Software Programs, Writing Tools Tagged: author interview, plotting software, writing software, writing tools

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