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Monday, November 26, 2018

Amazon's New Reporting Style

Amazon is in the process of changing their reporting style for book sales. I think I like this style much better. Last month, I sold 356 ebooks. Prior to this graphic, I had to do a lot of researching to see what was selling and what wasn't. Imagine my surprise when a book ('My Long Road Back,' the... Sign in to see full entry.

I Guess I Drank Too Much Vinegar

One of the reasons I post my stories and books here is to spot errors as I go. I write at about 80 words per minute, and I am almost always am writing a story line on the fly. I don't do the 'outline' thing. Never have, never will. My brain cranks this stuff out as I go. I realize that this is a... Sign in to see full entry.

I'm trying to get back to a more 'normal' routine the past few days, but it seems that 'normality' eludes me at every turn. Maybe it was just the migration to the basement that has thrown things in the wringer for me, I'm not sure, but nothing has been consistent for me except my writing. I guess if... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, November 25, 2018

I finally finished up the edit job I had to pull on the 'Ralph' short story. It was bad, amateurishly bad. As I ran it through Grammarly, I was getting scores of high 70's and low 80's, with some terribly goofy errors. Normal first run on Grammarly gets me scores between 88 to 95. I actually had a... Sign in to see full entry.

This weekend has been an odd sort of time. I started to do one thing yesterday, and ended up far from home and accomplishing nothing. It's looking to be a 'decent' day here in the UP, the temps hovering right at the 32F or 0C temp level, giving me rain one minute, sleety snow the next. Other than a... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, November 24, 2018

Well crap. Today got out of hand early, and I am just getting back home. I had a lot of plans for this day, and I've acheived exactly none of them. It's been a relatively 'nice' day, all things considered. I think it got to about 36, but it's rained... well misted.. on and off all day. Tomorrow is... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, November 23, 2018

Dippity Doo Da

Wooo! It's 34 right now. Buster has been in and out of the house at least a dozen times in the past 20 minutes. He likes to lay in the snow and watch the comings and goings around the neighborhood. I have to go downtown shortly. I found a new printer listed in a local website from a woman who lives... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, November 22, 2018

I finished my NaNo today with about 51,250 words so far. I can't 'validate' it until next Tuesday, but I'll do that first thing Tuesday morning. I spent part of the day making my 'down stairs' office usable. It won't be as fancy as I want it yet, but at least I'll be using it by Saturday. The... Sign in to see full entry.

Whew. It's been a whirlwind of activity the last couple of days. Two new books released, both doing well ('Johnny Goes North' has broken into the top 100 of 'graphic novels, all the way up to #67!), a ton of traveling, and my NaNo has now crossed into the victory lane word count. I'm more than half... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

WOW! Thank you!

I was going to go to bed, but thought I'd check out how my last two books are doing. I just published "The Brick" less than 48 hours ago and it has shot up the charts like wild fire. Thank you. 'Johnny Goes North' is moving quite well, but it hasn't began to move into the upper ranks of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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