Announcing Announcements?

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Life was tough this winter, but the writing continued. We’re getting ready to make all manner of announcements as concerns FFO2: Last Bastion. The long wait is coming to an end.

On that note - book 1’s cover is going to be changed soon. So, if you have a printed copy, then congrats! You have a rare version of the book that might never be available again. How cool is that?

If you don’t have a print edition yet now’s your chance for said rare version. (Note to self: order another box of stock before changing the cover.)

How I Copy Paste from Word to Scrivener while preserving italics.

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How I Copy Paste from Word to Scrivener while preserving italics.

I don’t intend for travisbach.net to be a writing blog, but some things are too important not to share. So, the title says it all - this is how I am copy-pasting from MS Word, to Scrivener, on Windows 10, without losing my italics and such. Will it work for you and your workflow/manuscript? IDK. I’m not a Scrivener guru, more like a neophyte. I hope my process here will help other authors leap over this hurdle one way or the other.

So if you’ve ever tried to do this, then you know what a pain it is. Paste-Match-Style from MS Word to Scrivener will dump italics and it’ll make all your quotes straight quotes. So you have the devil’s choice of manually transferring the word document OR all your precious formatting.

Keep reading to see how I managed to solve this problem.

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Update: Where has Travis been?

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TL;DR - life’s been hard lately. I mean, my flooded basement was #2 on the list of horrible things I’ve been dealing with. Imagine that. Anyway, that’s why the short stories have dried up all of a sudden. I have limited resources right now and writing Forever Fantasy Online takes priority over blogs and social media when my time & energy are tight.

Speaking of FFO - I have some happy updates for everyone on that front.

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Going into Kindle Unlimited

FFO will be leaving wide distribution soon and moving into Kindle Unlimited instead. I wanted it to be widely available, but in hindsight FFO isn't the right book to do this with. As a new author and series, the book really needs the extra discover-ability provided by kindle unlimited. It was overly ambitious to put it everywhere starting out.

FFO will likely make a return to wide distribution once all three books are out and it has had a chance to grow and establish itself.

Launch Day!

After two-and-a-half years of work, Forever Fantasy Online is now available for purchase. I'm so excited, also terrified. It's one thing to write a book in the privacy of your own home, or to show it to trusted friends and readers...It's another thing entirely to have it just out there on the shelf for everyone to see, read, buy, and judge. 

It's silly to worry though. Rachel and I have packed the book with tons of amazing and have polished it to a gleam. I'm so very proud of it as a story, but also as a product. There are parts of FFO which make me leap from my chair in excitement and also ones that I still, still cannot read without tearing up. That's proud-worthy IMO.

-Travis

Oh, and cause this link is my breath and blood all day today. Click here to buy FFO.