Kelley St. John
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GOOD GIRLS DON’T
Liar, liar…
Collette Campbell wants to be good…to win Bill Brannon’s heart. But she has no idea how to tell him the truth about her position. She isn’t a computer graphics training specialist; she’s an alibi consultant for My Alibi. And her current contact, the person on the receiving end of her talented prevarication skills, is Bill.
Pants on fire…
Bill Brannon is ready to take his friendship with Lettie Campbell to an entirely new level. He loves her for her ability to tell the truth, even about her colorful past; however, when he learns she isn’t as honest as he’d believed, he isn’t certain he can live with the reality. No matter how thoroughly they burn up the sheets…or how completely she captured his heart.
Real Women Don’t Wear Size 2
When the big 3-0 comes and goes, Clarise Robinson finds she isn’t all that disheartened with the curves life has thrown her way. As a matter of fact, she’s learned to work with those curves, literally. As head of the women’s department at Eubanks Elegant Apparel, she’s known for her style, her sass and her abundant curves. Yes, the female once deemed “cautious” by her college buddies has unquestionably left that wallflower image behind to grasp a new label: “confidently curvy.”
But even though she’s found her niche in the world, Clarise knows the truth. Deep down, she’s still holding back, still playing it safe, particularly when it comes to her best friend, boss and darkest fantasy, Ethan Eubanks. And now, it’s time to throw caution to the wind, to take off the gloves, and perhaps, everything else…
Book Publishing Software
Writers have different options open to them after a book writing project is complete. Upon completion of a book writers can give the manuscript to publishers or self-publish their book. When you start your book writing project you decide if you want to use design software and on the web you will find amazing software that has word processing, graphics, page layout and more.
Desktop publishing software used for Windows which are very good and recommended to use, includes: QuarkXPress, Serif PagePlus, Adobe FrameMaker, Microsoft Publisher and hundreds more, but these few are very handy and easy to use. Desktop Publisher from Microsoft for example will allow you to easily publish, Web pages, slide shows, calendars, fliers, letterheads, Newsletters and Brochures.
A Kindle Publishing Program is another great way for writers to create and upload their book writing project. The best part is that it is all free and when you make the book available to Amazon Kindle. You will be paid for books sold. Writers using the Kindle Direct Publishing ensure that their books are electronically available. With no publishing or sign-up fees, writers will receive 70% of the money their book earns.
Scribus 1.3.7 is also open source publishing software with all the features you will find in expensive self-publishing software. Great tools in this software include table creation tools, text effects, logo editing tools, graphic editing tools PDF creation and a wiki.
The Quark X Press 8 is quite pricey has built-in Flash features, graphics effects and styles, pen tools, language support and style sheets. For $800 Mac and Windows users will find it worth the money.
Adobe’s In Design can be used as part of a free 30 day trial and has outstanding features which includes, Drawing tools, text effects, smart guides, table creation, page sizes and styles, transformation tools, 3-D artwork and much more. Online tutorials are comprehensive both in creating the book and the publishing of the book.