There are days when writing feels effortless — when the words line up, the formatting behaves, and the software cooperates like it wants you to succeed. And then there are days like today, when the outside world is sitting at 95 degrees with a feels‑like of 105, and even my PC seems to be sweating in sympathy.
But heat or no heat, I finally did it: I fixed the subheadings in the omnibus edition of Reunion: Coda.
If you’ve ever worked in Kindle Create, you already know that subheadings can be temperamental little gremlins. They shift. They indent themselves without permission. They decide they’re chapter titles. They refuse to match the style you assigned them five minutes ago. They behave, in short, like they have free will.
For months, those subheadings were the one part of the omnibus that refused to fall into place. Everything else — the dedication, the author’s note, the four‑book structure — was clean and orderly. But the subheads? They were chaos wearing italics.
Yesterday, though, something finally clicked.
Maybe it was the heat. Maybe it was sheer stubbornness. Maybe it was the fact that I’ve lived with this omnibus long enough to know its moods. But after a long stretch of trial‑and‑error, I found the exact combination of formatting steps that made Kindle Create stop fighting me and start listening.
And suddenly, there they were:
- aligned
- consistent
- properly styled
- behaving like subheadings instead of rebellious teenagers
It’s a small victory, but a meaningful one. These subheads are the guideposts of Coda — the markers that help readers navigate the braided timelines and emotional beats. Getting them right matters.
So yes, it’s hot enough outside to melt a traffic cone. Yes, the humidity is doing its best impression of a wet blanket. But inside, at my desk, I finally wrestled the last unruly piece of the omnibus into place.
And that feels pretty good.
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