I still remember Stepping into school Face gleaming with happiness Turning around To nothing I was 9. I still remember Sitting on the floor of the garage Spending an entire day Piecing the bicycle together I was 12. I still remember My first school dance Getting dressed up, Learning the wi...

I wanted to know that these days i'm writing a story however i can't just seem to form a platonic relationship between my characters. Whenever i am writing my characters Eric and Abigail it feels they should just kiss and make out on the spot. The thing is i do not want their relationship to go t...

I've run into an issue with illustrations and cover designs. I have a member of my family who designs covers to the novels I'm writing, and a friend in Alaska that I'd like to have illustrate a children's picture book for me. Does this level of management and customization doom me to only being a...

I am currently working on a fantasy novel that is set in medieval times. I created my world, started to write, and then bumped into a big problem. My MC is blind (along with others of its race) and I find it really hard to describe the people she meets without using visual clues. I know it is st...

I have a manuscript that I'd like to add Drop Caps to at the beginning of each chapter. I currently have it loaded into my Storyist program on my Mac-book Pro. Does anyone know how I'd go about adding my Drop-caps? I can't seem to find any tools for this. I know it's not a common practice, and I ...

I am about to obtain some ISBNs for a few books I plan to publish as an eBook and possibly in print. From books I have bought from major publishers, I gather that the eBook and print version have separate ISBNs. I also gather that a new edition of a book would require a new ISBN. If I publish a...

For example, given the following: Mary said, "It was me, you know~" Obviously, using tilde in such a manner is informal. However, there is a certain raised pitch and almost cheerful/taunting/sarcastic tone that the tilde brings, the tone somewhat similar to the actual character itself—going...