So my boyfriend and I have different views on the song popular monster. I prefer the one by Falling in Reverse and he prefers Halocene’s version. This is really not a big thing. We have different views on songs that we both like and we just deal with the other persons view.
We were going to a appointment today and his vehicle so he gets to choose the music. He played popular monster and it was an ah ha moment for me. Halocene’s voice is the same register as I sing in my head… So I like the other one because I can enjoy the song. Halocenes version ends up being my inner voice.
There’s blood in the water And they’re coming to bring me down What’s hope with no savior Yeah, there’s no one in this ghost town She looked right through me And I turned to stone Medusa, Medusa, I’ve been here alone And I crumbled to pieces My body, my weakness is on the floor And the wind will blow and blow And I won’t be here no more My wishing well has run dry Stars are dying in the sky So I’ll shed my blood and tears I’ll show no fear just to survive She looked right through me And I turned to stone Oh Medusa, Medusa, I’ve been here alone Ahh, ahh Ahhhh She says, mortal one you’ve been chosen You’re beautiful, but you’re broken So hold on to this moment And fight until you’re hopeless There’s secrets and riddles That live in these walls There’s ghosts of past heroes And I hear them call my name We won’t be tamed Oh, she looked right through me And I turned to stone Medusa, Medusa, I’ve been here alone She looked right through me And I turned to stone Oh Medusa, Medusa, I’ve been here alone Ahh, ahh Ahhhh Ahh, ahh Ahhhh
My 2 cents –
I have always loved the myth of Medusa. I see the curse she was given as Athena’s way of giving her a way to defend herself. I read a poem recently and I loved it so much… But I didn’t save it so I am not sure who penned it. Or even if I am remembering it right. But it was about Medusa. It basically said that the reason why she was hated was because she made her trauma so loud that they made her body a battlefield. Gah I wish I had saved it now. It really was so lovely.
Edit : not sure if it is going to share properly but I found a reel of it. It is titled Aphroditie made me do it by Trista Mateer.
The purpose of this one is simple. Most likely everyone here knows I run Fae Corps Publishing and I have been doing this in the background for a while now. I plan on talking clearly about the tools I use for publishing, and the way that each one works. Demystifying what I do. Is that to say that I will be making my own self unnecessary? No, because my experience is valuable. I just feel like so much of the process is made out to be harder than it needs to be.
Today I want to discuss the tools I use to deal with the manuscripts. All but one of these tools are free. They require a little bit of time and effort.
First is open office. This will allow most of the formatting that needs to be done. It functions like Microsoft office without the costs. I can when I have a full manuscript made create the pdf and epub from it that I will need for publication.
My pdf tool, which I rarely use for the manuscripts, is master pdf editor 5. I use it for contracts and covers. (I will come back to the covers in another one of these posts.)
And the last tool today is Sigil. This is the one that takes the time and effort. When you create the epub it will not make it properly. You will have to fix it for the publication. There is a couple of minor things that you need to do to get the epub to pass the check – just when you try to put it in the errors will tell you what you need to take out.
The other tools I use I will be discussing next week as I will be visiting my tools for covers and I will try to walk you through my process there.
I will leave on the bottom of the post the upcoming calendar. I feel like that will help.
May –
24th -Anthology Fae Propaganda
29th – (not a release date but I will be on the Owl Light Network reading Pip and Friends Live)
June –
4th – Anthology The Owl Light Menagerie (a special venture with the owl light network)
14th – Hope Splashes by Patricia Harris
21st – Chasing Ghosts by Serena Mossgraves
July –
1st – The Life Collection by Ashira Datya
5th – The Lightning War: Grounding Unit by Parker LaVitte
19th – Falling in Flames by Ashira Datya
August –
23rd – Beneath the Deep Wave by Andrew McDowell
September –
6th – The Fall by Amima Raziel
20th – The Magick Saga Collection by Ashira Datya
October –
18th – My Gothic Angel by Laj & Khoury Hawkins
25th – Anthology Nightmare Whiskers
December –
1st – unknown by Raz T Slasher (middle grade) (*though I don’t normally have an unknown in my list of release dates… from a couple of authors I will take the chance for “kids week” and save the spot. If I don’t get the book from them I will just have an empty spot for the day. But I think that they are worth it.)
2nd – where’s my Sugar by Patricia Harris
3rd – Pip 4: Pip that is not Yours! By Patricia Harris
4th – Anthology Fae Recipes
5th – Unknown by CM Snow
6th – kids week open
7th – kids week open
8th – Hood of Sedna by Mina Skye
13th – Anthology Honesty in Verse
2025
I will get those listed closer. I feel like if I were to put them on the blog it would put too much pressure. I have “penciled” in dates for several authors for 2025 already.
The purpose of this one is simple. Most likely everyone here knows I run Fae Corps Publishing and I have been doing this in the background for a while now. I plan on talking clearly about the tools I use for publishing, and the way that each one works. Demystifying what I do. Is that to say that I will be making my own self unnecessary? No, because my experience is valuable. I just feel like so much of the process is made out to be harder than it needs to be.
Today I want to discuss the basics of what a manuscript needs. This should seem like common sense…but it really isn’t.
First off what size is your book?
For the Fae Corps Publishing books I keep the size the same unless it is a children’s book. we publish 6×9 books. that keeps the template I use the same. it is always going to be 6 by 9 with 1 inch margins. (I use the same margin all around. not everyone does that, but I like the way it looks on the page.)
Each book needs the same thing to be a well put together book. 1. a title page 2. a copyright page 3. contents/acknowledgements/etc 4. body 5. about the author/about the publisher
The title page is the simplest part. It is an introduction to the book. it needs to have the title, any subtitle, the author name and possibly the illustrator name. Occasionally a small illustration to draw attention to the title. Think of it as a cover letter for your story.
The copyright page is a bit of a legal document. it has the copyright declaration – don’t use this without permission and it is not your story kinda stuff. it is also where you list your editor and cover designer. it’s where you note anything legal you need to.
The contents/acknowledgements sections are going to be up to choice. not everyone wants to add table of contents, or acknowledgements, or even author notes. This is where they would be put in.
The body. I recommend using the same font for this section and I actually recommend you choose one that is easier to read. gentium book basics, Garamond, Book Antiqua, Courier, or if you really must Times New Roman. (I really don’t like TNR and will go out of my way to avoid it. it offends me to have to read anything in it. I realize it’s an industry standard but I hate it.) Try to keep the font size around 12-16. You want to keep the page count respectable.
About the author/about the publisher… this is supposed to tell the reader where you can be found… it should be in 3rd person and have at least some sort of ability to find your work elsewhere.
That is what I expect to do with each of the manuscripts I format.
I will leave on the bottom of the post the upcoming calendar. I feel like that will help.
May –
24th -Anthology Fae Propaganda
29th – (not a release date but I will be on the Owl Light Network reading Pip and Friends Live)
June –
4th – Anthology The Owl Light Menagerie (a special venture with the owl light network)
14th – Hope Splashes by Patricia Harris
21st – Chasing Ghosts by Serena Mossgraves
July –
1st – The Life Collection by Ashira Datya
5th – The Lightning War: Grounding Unit by Parker LaVitte
19th – Falling in Flames by Ashira Datya
August –
23rd – Beneath the Deep Wave by Andrew McDowell
September –
6th – The Fall by Amima Raziel
20th – The Magick Saga Collection by Ashira Datya
October –
18th – My Gothic Angel by Laj & Khoury Hawkins
25th – Anthology Nightmare Whiskers
December –
1st – unknown by Raz T Slasher (middle grade) (*though I don’t normally have an unknown in my list of release dates… from a couple of authors I will take the chance for “kids week” and save the spot. If I don’t get the book from them I will just have an empty spot for the day. But I think that they are worth it.)
2nd – where’s my Sugar by Patricia Harris
3rd – Pip 4: Pip that is not Yours! By Patricia Harris
4th – Anthology Fae Recipes
5th – Unknown by CM Snow
6th – kids week open
7th – kids week open
8th – Hood of Sedna by Mina Skye
13th – Anthology Honesty in Verse
2025
I will get those listed closer. I feel like if I were to put them on the blog it would put too much pressure. I have “penciled” in dates for several authors for 2025 already.
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