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Publisher's Office [Public] / Re: More folks need to go indie - Tradpub in Poland
« Last post by Hopscotch on April 19, 2025, 01:52:18 AM »
Quote from: Bill Hiatt on April 15, 2025, 10:47:00 PM
The bottom line is that any road is going to be a hard road. Write because you love to write. Keep your day job until you've made a living on writing for several months. Celebrate whatever success you get. Have reasonable expectations. These are the keys to a happy life as a writer.

And just once your want your mother to say, "Hey, I read your novel - it's damn good stuff - and I never thought you had it in you, unless you've been fiddling w/that AI machine..."
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: What Did You Blog About Today
« Last post by Vijaya on April 18, 2025, 12:03:37 AM »
My book reviews in my parish newsletter: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2025/04/books.html
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Editors & Proofreaders [Public] / Proofreading & copy editing - now booking for May
« Last post by Alexa on April 17, 2025, 10:53:32 PM »
I have one open slot in May!
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Formatter's Forge [Public] / Re: Widows and Orphans
« Last post by Bill Hiatt on April 17, 2025, 10:07:15 PM »
I do whatever Vellum does.

Vellum automatically eliminates widows and eliminates orphans only after a scene break, though I believe those settings are adjustable. Vellum also automatically spread balances (makes sure each set of facing pages have the same number of lines in each.

As far as old-school rules vs looking good, I'm not sure I can think of an example in which those principles conflict, but I'd go with looking good if they did.
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: The Garden Thread that two people wanted
« Last post by LilyBLily on April 17, 2025, 10:31:26 AM »
Despite claims, most poisons stay in the ground--and show up in the crops we eat, too. I accidentally poisoned two entire trees just trying to kill some poison ivy with the wrong poison. Possibly a third tree on the other side of the yard, as well. Oops.

As for the strawberries--https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potentilla_indica
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: What Did You Blog About Today
« Last post by Vijaya on April 17, 2025, 04:49:26 AM »
Lent is almost over: https://vijayabodach.blogspot.com/2025/04/passiontide.html
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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: The Garden Thread that two people wanted
« Last post by Vijaya on April 17, 2025, 04:48:22 AM »
One person's weed is another's delight. I happen to like dandelions too.
Jeff, beautiful pictures. I love sitting out on the porch to write and listen to all the critters. We also keep bees and you're right about how calming it is to watch/listen.
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Formatter's Forge [Public] / Re: Widows and Orphans
« Last post by Post-Crisis D on April 17, 2025, 03:30:18 AM »
I also have a tiny illustration/dingbat that marks the end of a chapter so that gives me an additional challenge when faced with chapters that would otherwise end on the very bottom of the page.  So I have to tweak things so the dingbat will be on the bottom and not flow to a page by itself.

I also try to ensure that new chapters start on an odd-numbered page so a new chapter will always be on the right-hand page and not the left side.
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Formatter's Forge [Public] / Re: Widows and Orphans
« Last post by Vijaya on April 17, 2025, 12:56:53 AM »
RC, I will edit to make the page look good when formatting for paperback because I like having every chapter begin on a new page. So yes, def. no widows or orphans :)
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Formatter's Forge [Public] / Widows and Orphans
« Last post by R. C. on April 16, 2025, 11:36:30 PM »
After another round of research into the formatting of paperback books, I developed a wonder...

What's your rule on orphans and widows? 
Do you follow the "two line" rule?
Do you balance the pages?
Does "make it look good" override old-school rules?

TYIA

R.C.
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