6/20/2023 0 Comments Vellum softwareOne of the books in the series was about to come out, and she was reading the author's blog and totally following the publishing process. And Brad's wife, she was reading a ton of books on her Kindle. We didn't know what that was, and there's only two of us who work on Vellum, and I'm named Brad. Basically to create professional software that would help creatives achieve their goals. We wanted to do something, and we wanted to do something that would help creatives. We worked at Pixar for a while, but we knew that we wanted to write something ourselves. Brad and I worked together before we started working on Vellum. How did you know that this was a need? How did you become aware that there was a market for software to help writers format their own books for self publishing and indie publishing?īrad: We didn't really know, to be honest. Brad, how did you and your fellow Brad who began Vellum. Mindy: I also never get tired of hearing compliments on my own writing. We've been doing this a long time, but I never tire of hearing of those stories. More than easy really, because it guides you and it really helps you make sure that you're getting all this stuff in there that you need.īrad: We love hearing stories like that. Same with the end page matter with acknowledgments. I just had to click that tab and it added it. So I didn't have to look up the copyright language. All of that stuff, they have it all ready to go for you. Thinking like, "Oh, I have to remember to do this with the front matter and the back matter." The front matter is your title, your copyright. But so many of the things that I was nervous about doing. And it's beautiful, and there's all different things that you can sort of tweak and mess with. Upload your eBook from Word, and it makes it look like a book. I saw that there was a free trial, so I thought, "Well, it's totally worth trying it out and seeing how it goes." And it was so easy to use. I wasn't sure how hard it would be to use. And it was my first indie book that I was publishing, so I was trying to learn all the things, all at once, and it was a bit overwhelming.Īnd when I came across indie authors talking about Vellum, I didn't really know what it was. I was nervous about formatting my own book and how I would make that happen. I was, at that point, just barely trying to learn Photoshop and feeling super overwhelmed by it. I know that publishers use an Adobe program that I don't know. I was very concerned with formatting my own book and how I would do that. Kate: It was love at first use because it's just a wonderful program. you've said before you downloaded it, and it was love at first use. Mindy: Kate, since you are the person that actually came across Vellum first and led me to it. So Brad, Kate, thank you guys both for being here. And I also have Kate Karyus Quinn here, who is a fellow author and friend, who actually is the person that led me to Vellum. I use it to format my books that I write underneath a pen name. ![]() If you're a listener of the podcast, you know that I mention it often. Mindy: We are here with Brad Andalman who is one of the creators of Vellum which is a wonderful software. ![]() Give me feedback, suggest topics you’d like to hear discussed, and let me know if there is someone you’d love to see as a guest. And don’t forget to check out the Writer, Writer, Pants on Fire Facebook page. You can check out my books and social media at mindymcginnis dot com and make sure to visit the Writer Writer Pants on Fire blog for additional interviews, query critiques and more as well as full transcriptions of each podcast episode at WriterWriterPants on. We also cover craft, the agent hunt, query trenches, publishing, industry, marketing and more. Mindy: Welcome to Writer Writer Pants on Fire, where authors talk about things that never happened to people who don't exist.
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