cosplay – Page 6 – Steven Savage

T-24 Days: Oh, Editing

September 10, 2011 by Steven Savage

24 Days Until Cosplay, Costuming, and Careers comes out!

So I'm blowing half this weekend editing.

The reason I do this is I find it easy to edit in one, huge lump. I get into the "zone," I get focused, I notice things, see patterns. Admittedly after 180+ pages I'm probably going to be hallucinating things as well and become convinced semicolons are out to get me.

This is also a tricky time as the book isn't being edited in a "normal" fashion, but I'm taking feedback on the go. This is because, simply, I'm experimenting with how I can streamline my writing process. There's a chance I'm going to be so horrified after this weeked I might slow down.

But knowing me? Probably not.

– Steven Savage

T-26 Days: Open Your Office

September 8, 2011 by Steven Savage

26 Days Until Cosplay, Costuming, and Careers,

So I'm facing converting a book of 180+ pages if it was my usual 6"x9" print book to three e-formats: Kindle, ePub, and PDF.

Pretty much this means Open Office.

Focused Fandom: Cosplay and Costuming – T-29 Days – Formatting

September 5, 2011 by Steven Savage

Well Rob and his wife just launched their webcomic, and now it's time for a countdown of my own!

I've been working on a book on cosplay, costuming, and careers the last two months, and will be launching it as an ebook at http://www.focusedfandom.com/book-cosplay.html on October 4th or thereabouts (sometimes the file uploads get a bit tricky). So youre going to be getting assorted random updates as I go through this process. You've been warned.

So what is this? Basically an ebook on how people can use costuming and cosplay in their careers, from finding a profession to finding ways it improves them professionally.