Open Diary - williamthebloody

Open Diary - williamthebloody http://www.opendiary.com/entrylist.asp?authorcode=A155313 Bow ties are cool! Realisation http://www.opendiary.com/entryview.asp?authorcode=A155313&entry=21084 http://www.opendiary.com/entryview.asp?authorcode=A155313&entry=21084 I'm in a creative writing class. I have a creative writing tutor. She might be willing to edit my ebook for free. So, I'm going to ask her on Monday Also, someone from borotweetup has a Kindle and her father in law has a nook. She's going to check the book on both devices to make sure it looks OK. Though I will be asking people here to do the same. Be nice to get more than one opinion. Will <center> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.opendiary.com/entrylist.asp?authorcode=D811092"><img border="0" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f395/williamthebloody1880/3-7.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.sendcoffee.com/dog-o-matic/essays/writers.html"> <img border="0" alt="[ Writers Anonymous logo ]" src="http://www.sendcoffee.com/dog-o-matic/wanon.jpg" /> </a> <a target="hl" href="http://www.hitslink.com/signup-ms.aspx?mid=30852"><img alt="" src="http://counter.hitslink.com/tms1117williamthebloody-102.gif" /></a> <img border="0" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f395/williamthebloody1880/photographer-steve-550x398.jpg" /> <a href='http://readtheprintedword.org'><img src='http://readtheprintedword.org/rtpw-button3-200x128.png' alt='Read the Printed Word!' border='0' /></a> </center> 04 , 4 4 F 2012 00:00:00 GMT Let's eat grandma http://www.opendiary.com/entryview.asp?authorcode=A155313&entry=21083 http://www.opendiary.com/entryview.asp?authorcode=A155313&entry=21083 I got a new toy for my phone! Well, a new app anyway. The built in keyboard for my phone was annoying me, so I got one of the ones where you run your finger across and it does the work for you. It even does the punctuation as well! Typing is a hell of a lot faster and it traces a line as I type, so it looks like I'm drawing on the keypad! (Truth is, my screen needs recalibrating, but I don't know how to do that yet.) I'm also getting £350 soon. I applied for a budgeting loan for the SFX Weekender, which is this weekend but I can't afford to go to ( I couldn't find anyone to go me and knew from last year I'd be on the hook for four peoples accommodation). So, that's a Scrivener licence, a portable external hard drive, some clothes, ink for my printer and possibly a bookcase. Not sure about the rest. Suppose I should buy a Valentine present as well... There are some folk being noisy buggers in the park outside my window and is it's like 3am. Going to see how you calibrate this screen. Toodles. Will <center> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.opendiary.com/entrylist.asp?authorcode=D811092"><img border="0" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f395/williamthebloody1880/3-7.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.sendcoffee.com/dog-o-matic/essays/writers.html"> <img border="0" alt="[ Writers Anonymous logo ]" src="http://www.sendcoffee.com/dog-o-matic/wanon.jpg" /> </a> <a target="hl" href="http://www.hitslink.com/signup-ms.aspx?mid=30852"><img alt="" src="http://counter.hitslink.com/tms1117williamthebloody-102.gif" /></a> <img border="0" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f395/williamthebloody1880/photographer-steve-550x398.jpg" /> <a href='http://readtheprintedword.org'><img src='http://readtheprintedword.org/rtpw-button3-200x128.png' alt='Read the Printed Word!' border='0' /></a> </center> 01 , 1 1 F 2012 00:00:00 GMT Not much http://www.opendiary.com/entryview.asp?authorcode=A155313&entry=21082 http://www.opendiary.com/entryview.asp?authorcode=A155313&entry=21082 Not much has been happening in my life, really. Still job hunting. Still getting pissed off by Triage (who now seem to be under the impression that I dress the way I dress normally for interviews). Still doing creative writing on a monday night. Still loving/hating my new phone. The book is on hold till the cover art is done. Boring entry is boring. Sorry. Will <center> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.opendiary.com/entrylist.asp?authorcode=D811092"><img border="0" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f395/williamthebloody1880/3-7.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.sendcoffee.com/dog-o-matic/essays/writers.html"> <img border="0" alt="[ Writers Anonymous logo ]" src="http://www.sendcoffee.com/dog-o-matic/wanon.jpg" /> </a> <a target="hl" href="http://www.hitslink.com/signup-ms.aspx?mid=30852"><img alt="" src="http://counter.hitslink.com/tms1117williamthebloody-102.gif" /></a> <img border="0" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f395/williamthebloody1880/photographer-steve-550x398.jpg" /> <a href='http://readtheprintedword.org'><img src='http://readtheprintedword.org/rtpw-button3-200x128.png' alt='Read the Printed Word!' border='0' /></a> </center> 29 , 29 9 J 2012 00:00:00 GMT Frustration http://www.opendiary.com/entryview.asp?authorcode=A155313&entry=21081 http://www.opendiary.com/entryview.asp?authorcode=A155313&entry=21081 I've decided to go ahead with the book thing. I've installed the Kindle app on my phone, as well as one that lets me read .pub files. Thankfully Scrivener does the formatting for me so that's less of a worry. (I really hope I can scrape together the $40 I need for the full Scrivener license, cos I've only got 21 days left on the trial and I don't wanna go back to using Word for my stories.) I'm even getting cover art done. The person in question is extremely talented and has agreed to do it for nowt. Sadly, I can't compile from Scrivener quite yet, because I need to install another program first. This program is currently sitting on my phone memory card. I don't have an adaptor to plug it into, have yet to get a cable to connect my phone to the laptop and, because my phone won't recognise the file type, I can't bluetooth it. It also turns out that the official gmail android app will only let me email pics as attachments. I thought this was because my phone is old but it turns out it's supposed to be like that. Also, may have to ditch the pdf idea. Even with 12 stories, it'll be about 35 pages long. Not sure how comfortable I feel about charging even £1 for that. From what I've seen, page count matters less with Kindles and .epub files. Someone in my last entry made a good point about needing a good editor/proofreader. Unfortunately, it looks like that'll be me. I got lucky with the cover, but not sure I'll be able to find someone to edit/proofread for just a copy of the finished book. Incidentally, any of you with a Kindle or a Nook/other device that reads .pub files, I'll need someone to let me know how it looks on a full grown device, not just my phone. Again, payment will be a copy of the finished book. Remind me again, why was I mad enough to try this? Will <center> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.opendiary.com/entrylist.asp?authorcode=D811092"><img border="0" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f395/williamthebloody1880/3-7.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.sendcoffee.com/dog-o-matic/essays/writers.html"> <img border="0" alt="[ Writers Anonymous logo ]" src="http://www.sendcoffee.com/dog-o-matic/wanon.jpg" /> </a> <a target="hl" href="http://www.hitslink.com/signup-ms.aspx?mid=30852"><img alt="" src="http://counter.hitslink.com/tms1117williamthebloody-102.gif" /></a> <img border="0" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f395/williamthebloody1880/photographer-steve-550x398.jpg" /> <a href='http://readtheprintedword.org'><img src='http://readtheprintedword.org/rtpw-button3-200x128.png' alt='Read the Printed Word!' border='0' /></a> </center> 24 , 24 4 J 2012 00:00:00 GMT Serious questions http://www.opendiary.com/entryview.asp?authorcode=A155313&entry=21080 http://www.opendiary.com/entryview.asp?authorcode=A155313&entry=21080 If I were to put a bunch of my short stories together and sell them as an ebook (I'm thinking Kindle, pdf a.d epub)* for about £1-2: How many stories should I include? How many pages should the book be? Should I make all the stories similar or a mix? Would you buy it? I am serious about this. What do you think? Will *I know, given my attitude to ebooks in general, this might seem hypocritical. Deal with it <center> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.opendiary.com/entrylist.asp?authorcode=D811092"><img border="0" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f395/williamthebloody1880/3-7.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.sendcoffee.com/dog-o-matic/essays/writers.html"> <img border="0" alt="[ Writers Anonymous logo ]" src="http://www.sendcoffee.com/dog-o-matic/wanon.jpg" /> </a> <a target="hl" href="http://www.hitslink.com/signup-ms.aspx?mid=30852"><img alt="" src="http://counter.hitslink.com/tms1117williamthebloody-102.gif" /></a> <img border="0" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f395/williamthebloody1880/photographer-steve-550x398.jpg" /> <a href='http://readtheprintedword.org'><img src='http://readtheprintedword.org/rtpw-button3-200x128.png' alt='Read the Printed Word!' border='0' /></a> </center> 22 , 22 2 J 2012 00:00:00 GMT