Eldon’s Comments (group member since Jan 05, 2017)

Eldon’s comments from the Navigating Indieworld Discussing All Things Indie group.

CeDany wrote: "My experience has been that loads of words have missing LETTERS -- example double LL, one gets dropped.

What is left behind is a space (which shows up if you press SHOW HIDDEN CHARACTERS)...."

Hey CeDany!

These are some of the reasons I've come to discover as to why proper formatting is essential for every ebook. I'm neck deep right now (whenever I can spare a moment) trying to learn HTML so my own books won't have these issues.

CeDany wrote: "I'm going to be doing this exactly, later on tonight... Fingers-crossed it goes well. If it does, I'll be answering questions on how to go about it.

Cheers!

CeDany, BB, V-V!"

Good luck CeDany :) Be interested to hear how it works!!

Carole wrote: "I've done it a million times. If you self published your book- you just upload it where it says cover. If it's locked, you have to call them to unlock and you can load it again."

Awesome Carole!! Thanks a bunch 😁

Just a quick question....does anyone here know the process for updating a cover on Createspace? Has anyone done it before?

Seems a good consensus here then :D

Amy wrote: "I edit them more in prose than dialogue. I don’t bother in dialogue. It’s the way people speak. I won’t stilt my dialogue because of that rule.

Missing Remnants is a challenge because it’s writte..."

Good advice Amy! It is the way people talk so why should dialogue conform to the rule.

It must be hard to write British aristocracy. Wouldn't have a hope myself :)

OK, so I have to ask. Any other writers here often end sentences in prepositions? My trusty PWA keeps flagging me for doing this and I'm wondering it this grammatical rule is one of the biggies or can be safely ignored?

As an example, "What are you talking about?" would be a sentence ending in a preposition. As would anything ending in up or down.

Denise wrote: "Nice cover, Eldon! Have you considered switching the positions of the title and phrase? Just a thought. I like the title effect."

Thanks Denise! Something to consider :)

Amy wrote: "Just a change in cover."

Really? That's odd....

Amy wrote: "Last time I contacted the librarians they told me to do it myself lol."

What were you asking for?

R.L. wrote: "Love the cover Eldon. Bravo. You have to type librarian in the search bar and make a new post over there asking them to change it. It’s a process"

Thanks R.L. :) The librarians are on it!

Amy wrote: "Awesome cover. Not sure if you can just change the cover on here or upload a new one leaving the old one visible."

Thanks Amy!

Erica wrote: "Love it! Great eye catching cover. :)"

Good to hear Erica :)

Marie Silk wrote: "Looks awesome :) well done!"

Thanks Marie!!

Thanks Carole and Christine!! Seems the new cover is a hit ;)

The cover has updated on Amazon. Anyone know how to update it here?

Sam (Rescue Dog Mom, Writer, Hugger) wrote: "Great cover AND website, Eldon! Hugs"

Glad you like it Sam :)

Alex wrote: "Nice, I like it."

Thanks Alex :)

Would love to hear what everyone thinks of my new cover:

https://eldonfarrellauthor.com/2017/1...

Thanks!

Alex wrote: "I've got an ad going with them on Sunday, I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes, especially since it's for the first book in my series and it's free - I'm hoping for a top 100 in the overall fr..."

Good luck Alex :)