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Portfolio entries by Slartibartfast
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Fun with Fonts
- Slartibartfast
- 3 min read
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Broadly speaking, general-purpose fonts are divided into two families. Serif fonts. These are fonts like Times New Roman or Garamond which have... -
Starting to Typeset
- Slartibartfast
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Ah, typesetting. ...also illustration. Typesetting is great fun. The differences between ‘typesetting’ in a word-processor and typesetting in a... -
Staying Sane Throughout
- Slartibartfast
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The error I see most often with other writers is that they assume that the reader knows what they do. This book is a how-to guide of sorts and I... -
Getting an Editor and first Beta-Reader
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Oh boy, this was fun. Proofreading and editing is an expensive service and involves a lot of trust. Anyone can charge you a few hundred to... -
Tips for Using Fiverr
- Slartibartfast
- 2 min read
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Things I Learned When Using Fiverr: - The pricing model is a lot more attractive to people who live in countries where the average wage is lower... -
Finding Freelancers on Fiverr
- Slartibartfast
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One of the places I turned to for ‘odd jobs’ that I either didn’t have the skill or the software to do myself was Fiverr. This was such an odd... -
Looking Through The Draft
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Step one, before I even thought about paying anyone to do anything or calling in any favours, was to look over the document myself. It's a short... -
Setting the Scene
- Slartibartfast
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This journal is about the self-publishing process. I spent the first few weeks of lockdown finishing off a non-fiction project. It’s sufficiently...