I’m dragging, but NaNoWriMo kicks off at midnight, and I want to nail a couple words before turning in for the night. I feel as if I get a positive head start that way. Besides, the second game of the NBA double-header is still going on. Not that I cared … Continue reading →
PBW has posted the links for the e-Book Challenge entries. There’s something for everyone. Got a few minutes? Check out one of the shorter entries. Want something a little longer? You’ll find that there, too. Fifty-one entries in all. Some are established authors; others are authors of the future. Go … Continue reading →
It’s NBA opening night, so I’m sitting here watching NBA basketball on TNT with Inuit (Inuit waves to her webfriends). The Spurs don’t play until Thursday, so we’re just getting our off-season withdrawal relieved. My primary goal this evening is to whittle down the NaNo soundtrack from 468 tracks to … Continue reading →
Calling all Montgomery, Alabama, and surrounding area NaNoers. It looks like we have a small group of folks interested in meeting for some write-ins. I’ve checked with BAM in EastChase, and they don’t mind if we gather at Joe Muggs. So far, the vote is for Wednesday evenings. For more … Continue reading →
This is the final weekend before National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) kicks off. Now is a good time to take care of little things before the frenzy begins. So what have I been doing? Created a NaNo2006 Soundtrack Stopped in to the NaNoWriMo forum to see how many local people … Continue reading →
How many of you know how to read an ISBN? Do you even know what an ISBN is? ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number. Until January 2007, it’s a ten digit number which serves as a unique catalog number for books and other print or print-type media. In January … Continue reading →
I installed Firefox 2.0 tonight. The key feature that won me over? The most visible one? Spell checking. I haven’t installed a spell checker plug-in for WordPress, and, while I have good spelling skills, I still mess up sometimes — either through typos or a couple words I just don’t … Continue reading →
Beginnings is completed. I’ve PDFized it and uploaded it. You should be able to read it here. Here’s the final version of the cover art:
Continue reading →In conjunction with Beginnings, I’ve decided to try a MySpace page for Nat Rogers. I’m not sure if I’ll like it or even keep it, but for now, it’s there. There’s always the “Cancel Account” option if I don’t like it. When you have a pseudonym, is the pseudonymous entity … Continue reading →
I made some improvements in Beginnings today. I jazzed the font for the cover text — hopefully others can read it. Is anyone familiar with Harlow Solid Italic or Viner Hand ITC? Rosina Lippi had to mention the need to ruthlessly cut prepositions today, so I became apprehensive. I slashed … Continue reading →
