This page is for showing love for all the creators of open-source applications and royalty-free media I use in building my website and promoting my work. Just because it’s free doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take a moment to support the creators.

Calibre helps me convert my MS Word files into e-book formats. It’s a free and extremely powerful tool for the modern writer.

GNU Image Manipulation Program (aka GIMP) is an open-source image editing application I use to create ebook covers. It’s a more economical alternative for those of us who can’t afford the more well-know photo editing softwares.

The header image on this site is a public domain image from NASA called “Hubble Captures View of Mystic Mountain.”

  • NASA ID: PIA15985
  • Keywords: Hubble Space Telescope
  • Center: JPL
  • Secondary Creator Credit: NASA/ESA/STScI
  • Date Created: 2010-04-22
  • Visit JPL Website 
  • NASA Hubble Space Telescope captures the chaotic activity atop a three-light-year-tall pillar of gas and dust that is being eaten away by the brilliant light from nearby bright stars in a tempestuous stellar nursery called the Carina Nebula.

Gerhard Gellinger is a photographer and contributor on Pixabay who shares his work royalty-free. If you have a moment, you should check out his page. If you like his work as much as I do, I invite you to click the “Coffee” button on his page and slide him some monetary love.