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The long and winding road to publication

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Reaching the Finish Line

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on May 5, 2019 by PamSeptember 6, 2019

For too long I’ve been quiet but nevertheless I’ve been busy. After overcoming some last minute technical hitches, I finally published my novel, The Reluctant Hero, on both the Kindle and Kobo reading platforms a few days ago. Countless revisions … Continue reading →

Posted in Getting Published, Work In Progress | Tagged ebooks, My goals, progress, ROW80, self publishing, wip

Slogging to the Finish Line

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on February 8, 2018 by PamOctober 31, 2018

A while ago I was asked to sponsor a family friend who was in training to ride from London to Brighton for a very worthy cause, Myeloma UK. I was very glad to do so, and followed her progress as … Continue reading →

Posted in Formatting, Self Publishing, Website Development, Work In Progress | Tagged editing, My goals, progress, self publishing, website maintenance, wip

Learning Curves

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on April 11, 2017 by PamApril 11, 2017

Funny how you can read the same thing over and over again, re-edit it for the umpteenth time and suddenly have an epiphany – well, fancy term for something that happened when the latest text-to-read runthrough reached a particular conversation. … Continue reading →

Posted in Formatting, Work In Progress, Writing Challenges | Tagged Competitions, editing, My goals, NaNoWriMo, progress, ROW80, self publishing, wip

Pushing Through

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on February 19, 2017 by PamMarch 12, 2017

Some progress over the last week or so. I completed the read-through to the end of the novel and embarked on creation of the fourth ebook version for a final read-through before approaching pro editors. I used the process I … Continue reading →

Posted in Formatting, Work In Progress | Tagged ebooks, editing, My goals, progress, ROW80, self publishing, wip

Catching up is hard to do

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on December 13, 2016 by PamDecember 13, 2016

Do you know that feeling when there are too many things to do and not enough hours in the day? Yep, that’s been the trouble here, for the last few months in particular, hence no posting on this blog, though … Continue reading →

Posted in Formatting, Work In Progress, Writing Challenges | Tagged ebooks, editing, My goals, NaNoWriMo, progress, ROW80, self publishing, social media, wip

Onward and Upward

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on September 6, 2016 by PamDecember 13, 2016

Since the last post I’ve been busy, so busy I’ve had no time to blog about what I’ve been doing. First off, I completed CampNaNo well ahead of the target which I had revised a couple of times but couldn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Formatting, Work In Progress, Writing Challenges | Tagged ebooks, editing, Microsoft Word, My goals, NaNoWriMo, progress, ROW80, self publishing, wip

Lessons in Line Editing Part 2

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on June 23, 2016 by PamJune 23, 2016

Since my previous update, I’ve continued using the text-to-speech method of editing and I’m finding it more and more valuable.  It has shown up three typos so far, but its main use as before is in making it obvious where … Continue reading →

Posted in Self Publishing, Work In Progress, Writing Challenges | Tagged editing, My goals, progress, ROW80, self publishing, wip

Plea to the Developer of Scrivener for Windows

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on June 23, 2016 by PamJune 23, 2016

I was recently asked by Eden Mabee, in a comment on my recent progress, what I was referring to when I said I had been disappointed to discover issues caused by missing features when compiling in Scrivener for Windows; features … Continue reading →

Posted in Formatting, Self Publishing, Work In Progress | Tagged ebooks, Microsoft Word, Print on Demand, Scrivener, self publishing

Lessons in Line Editing

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on June 14, 2016 by PamJune 23, 2016

This account of my writing progress has slipped for a while, mainly because I’ve been so busy writing and also learning how to create ebooks! The last time I blogged, I had just entered a couple of short story comps.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Self Publishing, Work In Progress, Writing Challenges | Tagged editing, My goals, progress, ROW80, self publishing, wip

Camping out under the Writerly Stars

Pam Baddeley, Writer Posted on March 31, 2016 by PamDecember 23, 2016

It’s that time again as April commences – CampNaNoWriMo.  I’ve joined a cabin with a couple of other writers I know, with the intent of really getting down to the edit.  I’ve done a bit more in the past week; … Continue reading →

Posted in Self Publishing, Work In Progress, Writing Challenges | Tagged My goals, NaNoWriMo, progress, ROW80, social media, wip

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