Recent Blog Posts
Antivirus XP 2008
post a comment | posted Sep 14
Originally posted at the underground press
My son picked up a nasty little piece of malware the other day. It popped up like a normal windows warning message, the kind you see all the time. You click anything - ignore, OK, X, anywhere on the screen - it downloads and installs. Once you clic...
ePublishing with PDF
post a comment | posted Aug 30
Originally posted at the underground press
One of the simplest ways to ePublish your manuscript is by saving it as a PDF document. These files can be uploaded to many of the websites that sell eBooks, they are compatible with most of the eBook Readers available, and they can easily be attac...
Hypertext Links in your eBook
post a comment | posted Aug 17
Originally posted at the underground press
The most basic structure of any HTML file is the division of paragraphs, the <p> tags. Next we divide sections and chapters with Headings, <h>. Simple enough. You can also use specific headings and set their style in a stylesheet by usi...
Not-So-Recent Blog Posts
Basic HTML tags
post a comment | posted Aug 11
Originally posted at the underground press
If you convert your manuscript into an HTML file, and then open it in a basic text editor, you will notice a lot of confusing tags - those things within the <>. Most are not at all necessary to a basic web page. They are formatting tags. In H...
Simple ePublishing
post a comment | posted Aug 8
Originally posted at the underground press
If you want to get your manuscript out to a wider audience it has never been easier to do. The most simple way is to post it here on Blogger. Sign up for a free blog, copy and paste your manuscript into the compose frame, hit publish, and you are o...
Get New Eyes: Lots of Them
post a comment | posted Aug 6
Originally posted at the underground press
After you have perfected your manuscript, and it is as perfectly wonderful as you can make it, it is time for some new eyes. Yours are probably a bit blood shot by now. You have read your manuscript a hundred times. It gets to the point where you a...
Welcome
post a comment | posted Aug 3
Originally posted at the underground press
Welcome to the underground press blog. Here you will find news and opinions on the literary world: publishing, writing, reviews, comments, and tips. If you are a new writer trying to break into the industry, or an old pro, there is something here f...
Lament of days gone by
post a comment | posted May 3
To try and get some more readers for the e-novel "ArchAngelxx" by Maxwell Cynn I am planning to reformat it and present it as a series on BlogSpot. I'm also going to propagate that blog to Maxwell's Virb blog and his MySpace page. That should make ...
Sugar Kitty
post a comment | posted Apr 27
We almost lost our cat last week. She had been sick for a couple of weeks. It started with excessive drinking water, and of course flooding the litter box. Then she started throwing up. That only lasted a day or two but then she had no desire to ea...
The Forsaken Companions: LotRO Kinship
post a comment | posted Apr 20
I added something else to my plate recently. I am now the new leader of a guild in The Lord of the Rings Online MMORPG. I've been a member of the guild, The Forsaken Companions, for awhile now. They were started in Lotro during beta but they have c...