Notes on world-building, craft, and glossaries.
Practical writing on keeping invented worlds consistent, for authors who'd rather spend their time drafting than formatting.
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Sudowrite vs Epos AI
Making text, or measuring it.
Scrivener vs LivingWriter
Your disk, or their servers.
World Anvil vs Notion
Templates given, or structure built.
Campfire vs Notion
Buy the structure, or build it.
What to Check Before a Translation Launch
A book in a language you cannot check.
How to Run a Final Read-Through
One read, done properly.
Reading Your Book on a Different Device
The same words, somewhere unfamiliar.
Printing Your Manuscript to Proofread
Paper still works, and here is why.
Changing the Font to Catch Errors
Free, instant, and effective.
Proofreading Backwards
Removing the sense, to see the letters.
How Many Proofreading Passes
Not more passes. Different ones.
What a Legal Read Checks
What a lawyer reads a novel for.
Checking Your Review Request Page
Asking for reviews, within the rules.
What to Check Before Going Exclusive
A term, a commitment, and what it costs.
What to Check Before Going Wide
Listed everywhere is not the same as wide.
What to Check Before a Price Promotion
A promotion tests everything at once.
What to Check Before a Preorder
A promise with a date attached.
Preorder File Deadlines
The date before the date.
What to Check Before a Paperback Launch
Permanent per copy, unlike an ebook.
What to Check Before an Audiobook Launch
Correcting audio costs a session.
Checking Your Copyright Notice
One page, every copy, never read.
Checking Your Disclaimer Text
The standard wording, and when it is not.
Content Warnings and Where to Put Them
Warning readers without telling them.
Checking Acknowledgements for Omissions
The page where a mistake costs a friendship.
Checking Your Author Bio
The paragraph that is everywhere and out of date.
Checking Your Back Matter Links
The links nobody tests after launch.
Checking Your Newsletter Signup Link
The link that is worth money.
Checking Your Also-By Page
The page that is wrong in every older book.
Checking Drop Caps and Ornaments
The first thing a conversion breaks.
Checking Tables in an Ebook
Tables and reflow do not agree.
Checking Verse and Poetry Layout
Where a line break has to survive.
Checking a Glossary in the Final File
Built early, printed late.
Checking a Character List in the Final File
The cast list, against the finished cast.
Checking an Index in a Print Book
An index is only right for one pagination.
Checking Endnotes in the Final File
The round trip nobody tests.
Checking a Map at Print Resolution
Sharp on screen, blurred on paper.
Preflight for a Special Edition
A higher price, a higher standard.
Checking a Cover File Before Upload
The file that becomes every copy.
Checking Your Blurb Against the Book
The blurb describes a book you changed.
Checking Your Sample on Each Retailer
Four shops, four different samples.
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