I have finished
formatting the manuscript of ‘For Rapture of Ravens’. As e-readers use the
‘EPUB’ file format I decided to invest some time in using the ‘Sigil’ program.
Previously I had simply loaded a Word copy of my manuscript but after I revised
the original draft and loaded up a new version I was alerted to a significant
number of errors and formatting problems appearing in the finished text. It
seems that in crossing from .doc to EPUB some convertors are capable of giving
rise to such problems.
The obvious
answer is to do the conversion yourself, hence the investment in ‘Sigil’.
Although it takes more time it also gives me another chance to review the
manuscript and make one or two last minute changes and, if I am honest,
corrections.
Using ‘Sigil’
turned out to be a lot less work than I had expected so now that the second
instalment of ‘The Sorrow Song Trilogy’ has been submitted I have turned my
attention to carrying out the same exercise for the first book; ‘The War Wolf’.
There’s a part of me that really chafes at the knowledge that the e-reader
version is not as good as it should be so for that fact alone this is a
worthwhile undertaking. Also, I want to submit this book to other platforms
such as i-Tunes and I want it to be right. I don’t want readers to think that I
do not care; I do!
I also think
that this is a good use of time while I wait for the second book to make its
appearance. I have another writing project on the back burner at the moment, well
actually the gas is a little higher than that, and I will be giving it my full
attention once I have finished re-formatting ‘The War Wolf’. I wish I did this
writing thing as a full time job, not just because I love it but because I have
a serious shortage of time! I have so many ideas for so many different projects
knocking about my head, all I need is a device that will allow me to write
telepathically because as fast as I can type it still seems too slow!
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