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Harper Kingsley · 06-19-2011, 06:55 PM

If I'm getting this right:

I use LibreOffice (used to use OpenOffice, and before that Microsoft Word.) So I write as .odt, then save a copy as .doc for Smashwords, or as .html for Amazon. I use Mobicreator to make a .prc so I can send it right to Amazon. I use Calibre to turn the .prc into an .epub so I can post on Goodreads.

I try to write 8400 words a day for 20 days, then spend 10 days editing a previous project.

I write out kind of an outline of what I'm working on--characters, what I expect to have happen, etc. For some stories I just go with the flow and write from that, for others I write out a chapter-by-chapter, sometimes scene-by-scene breakdown of what's going to take place.

So far I've been publishing on Amazon and Smashwords. I have a couple of projects I've sent off to traditional publishing companies, but it's going to be awhile before I hear back on those.

06-19-2011, 06:55 PM	#2
Harper Kingsley Clone Trooper Posts: 212 Karma: 4566103 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Washington Device: kindle	If I'm getting this right: I use LibreOffice (used to use OpenOffice, and before that Microsoft Word.) So I write as .odt, then save a copy as .doc for Smashwords, or as .html for Amazon. I use Mobicreator to make a .prc so I can send it right to Amazon. I use Calibre to turn the .prc into an .epub so I can post on Goodreads. I try to write 8400 words a day for 20 days, then spend 10 days editing a previous project. I write out kind of an outline of what I'm working on--characters, what I expect to have happen, etc. For some stories I just go with the flow and write from that, for others I write out a chapter-by-chapter, sometimes scene-by-scene breakdown of what's going to take place. So far I've been publishing on Amazon and Smashwords. I have a couple of projects I've sent off to traditional publishing companies, but it's going to be awhile before I hear back on those.