The Wannabe Journal
for
September 2013
We
collected three books for the LLI Lounge at our September meeting. I
know there other authors and poets who have produced books in the last
few years that I would love to have a copy of for this special
collection. Please bring a signed copy of your book to UD's River
Campus and provide them to either Gina or Denise until I can collect
them. I am going to make a sign
which will be placed on the shelve with the books notifying the reader
that the books are a gift to the LLI program and as such are to be kept
within the LLI Lounge for the pleasure of the students who take
classes. You may also mail me a copy of your book to my home address
7623 Old Woods Court, Springboro, Ohio 45066.
Now to a review of this months meeting with Kathi Kargl.
Kathi is a Lecturer at the University of Dayton and teaches Graphic Design to the students there. Here are some of the pointers that Kathi reviewed in her discussion of Formating and Editing using In-Design Software
Using In-Design:
Download the
templates from Createspace, Blurb, Kindle, Pubit, or others for the cover and
text of your project.
Create
master pages:
• Can use for either
your own or add to a provided template file from the downloaded templates
• Allow InDesign to do
the work for you, they are efficient and accurate
• Use to set up page
numbering, headers and footers( i.e.: Blurb)
Type:
alignment, size, font size are potential type issues
• Smaller than 6 point could
cause printing issues
• White type over a
color could cause problems when ink hits the paper
• Type within a photo
could cause legibility issues
• Small type in color
could print badly
Scanning:
•
Resolution: Tips on improving your pictures
• The higher the
resolution, the more pixels per inch, the more detailed the image can be reproduced—the
better it looks when it’s printed
• The fewer the pixels per
inch, the larger the pixels will be—and the less detailed the image will be
when reproduced
• If the resolution of
the image is too low, the pixels will be larger, and you will clearly see that
the image is made up of a mosaic-like pattern
•
Check the size of your digital image in Photoshop
• Adjust for the
resolution the image should have in print
• Once this number has
changed, you will see the actual dimensions of the image and will know if it
can be used as large as you need it in print
Illustration:
• If you need to scan a
hand-done element (illustration, painting) for use in your book, you would use
the same settings as if you were scanning a photo
Printing Images:
•
For
printing, you want to have your images at 300ppi at 100% of their FINAL size.
If you need your images larger, you’ll have to do the math and then multiply
that by 300 to determine your scanning resolution.
• The
higher resolution you select to scan at, the more detail the scanner will
translate and record, resulting in a larger file
• If
you make the resolution higher than what is necessary, your image will take up
more storage space and be slower to process when printing, saving and redrawing
the screen
Member Highlights:
Here are some of the topics that the group members are participating in this month.
Don
H. Reminded the group that on October 12th a free writers seminar will
be held in nearby Cincinnati. The event is one of the largest events
in the area. It is called:
Mission
Books by the Banks is the
region’s premier book festival with the mission to entertain and enrich
the lives of the citizens of Southwest Ohio/Northern Kentucky by
presenting and promoting authors while celebrating the joy of literacy
and lifelong learning through reading.
Vision
Books by the Banks vision is
to encourage literacy among the Southwest Ohio/Northern Kentucky
communities by promoting an annual festival showcasing organizations,
and individuals, in support of fostering education and the love of
reading.
Overview
Books by the Banks, the
region’s premier book festival, brings literature to life through
programs and activities for all ages. Books by the Banks is free and
open to the public. Attendees can meet local and nationally known
authors and illustrators and purchase autographed copies of their work.
The Cincinnati area has a long history as a community that appreciates
and values books and reading, annually earning distinction as one of
“America’s Most Literate Cities.” Books by the Banks embraces the
region’s love for literature, books, and reading. Books by the Banks
inaugural event was held November 3, 2007, at the Duke Energy Convention
Center in downtown Cincinnati. In 2014, Books by the Banks will debut
outdoors on the Ohio riverbanks with anticipated 10,000 attendees and
numerous local partners.
Faye: Working on her Memoir
Linda M
Attended a Writing Lab at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New
York(roughly an hour or two north of Poughkeepsie, New York. Check out
some of their upcoming seminars. http://www.eomega.org/learning-paths/creative-expression
Rosie:
Her Painting Poetry will be featured in an upcoming article that will
appear in a upcoming article in UD Magazine. She is currently teaching a
class in the current session of the LLI program at the University of
Dayton. The title of her class is "Connecting Art and Spirit: Painting
Poetry".
Wanda: Working on getting her Illustrations scanned and digitized for a planned children's book.
Carl H: Wants some help in creating video files into a memoir project.
Ann H: After the writing
prompt last month she has continued to work on her memoir and even extended the original story of "Your Delicious".
Bill: Still working on writing short
stories involving his friend in California...she is a nun.
Other Seminars and
Education:
There
are a number of seminars at the Dayton Public Library, Kettering
Library and Books and Co. in Beavercreek. Upcoming classes include
Journaling and writing a memoir.
Next
Meeting: We will have a guest speaker. A well know local artist who
recently moved from Yellow Spring to Dayton will be our featured poet.
The exact details of her session with us are still in the planning stage
and will be finalized the first week of October. At that time I will
publish another email with
the details of our meeting. Stay tuned.........
Next Meeting on October 18th.
