Java Davis's Blog, page 39
April 19, 2014
Back on the road
The PubSmart conference is beginning to feel like a dream. After breakfast, I leave the hotel and hit the road once again, this time for Emporia, Virginia.
My husband took a photo of our two dogs with his phone, but was unable to figure out how to send it to me. He was right, though, that it would have done me good to see their photo. He promised me that he is trying to pay some attention to our cat, as well, but the dogs are insistent. Home.
I passed through Emporia on the way to Charleston, and it looks like a nice town. I'm looking forward to seeing it as an overnight guest.
My iPod has a number of playlists that I've created for my different car-moods: bouncy, dance, sing-along, Jewish favorites, country, classical, African, etc. My voice got hoarse after 5 hours of driving. But I'm fully recovered now, and ready to sing again.
My husband took a photo of our two dogs with his phone, but was unable to figure out how to send it to me. He was right, though, that it would have done me good to see their photo. He promised me that he is trying to pay some attention to our cat, as well, but the dogs are insistent. Home.
I passed through Emporia on the way to Charleston, and it looks like a nice town. I'm looking forward to seeing it as an overnight guest.
My iPod has a number of playlists that I've created for my different car-moods: bouncy, dance, sing-along, Jewish favorites, country, classical, African, etc. My voice got hoarse after 5 hours of driving. But I'm fully recovered now, and ready to sing again.
April 16, 2014
PubSmartCon Day 1
Here I am, stiff from all the sitting during day 1 of the conference. The thrust of the conference is author marketing and branding, and I'm so full of ideas, I could burst.
I've tried to connect with other authors as much as possible, but clearly, the information is much more meaningful to me. The socializing is secondary.
The organizers have done a wonderful job, and I'm sure if they do it again, it will be even better the second time around. Great speakers, time for connecting with industry professionals, and time to see vendor set-ups.
It looks like these posts are not getting onto Twitter immediately. When I return to Pennsylvania, I will try posting them again. Sorry for the delay. Pretend you're using dial-up!!
-- Java
I've tried to connect with other authors as much as possible, but clearly, the information is much more meaningful to me. The socializing is secondary.
The organizers have done a wonderful job, and I'm sure if they do it again, it will be even better the second time around. Great speakers, time for connecting with industry professionals, and time to see vendor set-ups.
It looks like these posts are not getting onto Twitter immediately. When I return to Pennsylvania, I will try posting them again. Sorry for the delay. Pretend you're using dial-up!!
-- Java
April 15, 2014
Day 4 UPDATE
My windshield wipers were on Supersonic today, but I made it to Charleston. This neighborhood is adorable, and BEHOLD! A Starbucks right in the building! They were expecting Northerners.
Looking forward to meeting my girls Christine Nolfi and Kari Kilroy. They're bound to be disappointed, but I'm sure I'll be delighted.
-- with love from Java
Looking forward to meeting my girls Christine Nolfi and Kari Kilroy. They're bound to be disappointed, but I'm sure I'll be delighted.
-- with love from Java
Day 4 - Driving Day 2
It's about 6 a.m., and I'll be on the road again soon. I'll get to Charleston today and have the evening to rest up for the fist day of the PubSmartCon conference on Wednesday.
I had planned on blogging from my phone, but the phone is not allied with me on this. I can see Goodreads, but I can't get into my blogging area. Hopefully, the Francis Marion hotel will have a public computer, so that I can keep everyone posted on the road trip.
The morning coffee is very strong here. Why that should be of interest to you all, I don't know!
Thank you for following this happy and exciting road trip.
I had planned on blogging from my phone, but the phone is not allied with me on this. I can see Goodreads, but I can't get into my blogging area. Hopefully, the Francis Marion hotel will have a public computer, so that I can keep everyone posted on the road trip.
The morning coffee is very strong here. Why that should be of interest to you all, I don't know!
Thank you for following this happy and exciting road trip.
April 14, 2014
PubSmartCon Day 3 - Driving, Day 1
Hello to all from Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina! I was wearing sunglasses for the road, and I thought that the black cloud over my head was the result of the sunglasses. I took them off and DUH! It was a real black cloud! But no raining on my parade.
Beautiful day for a drive. I forgot how wonderful a road trip is. Pee when you want, eat when you want, stop for the night when you want. And the TV in your hotel room is all yours.
But when I paid for the room with my credit card with a picture of one of my dogs on it, well, sniff ...
Tomorrow, on to Charleston, SC!
Beautiful day for a drive. I forgot how wonderful a road trip is. Pee when you want, eat when you want, stop for the night when you want. And the TV in your hotel room is all yours.
But when I paid for the room with my credit card with a picture of one of my dogs on it, well, sniff ...
Tomorrow, on to Charleston, SC!
April 13, 2014
PubSmartCon road trip Day 2, PACK!
I packed the suitcase. I put things in the car. I found a halfway point and a hotel there. I leave in the morning.
The car is topped off with gasoline. Hoagies for dinner remove the whole last-evening-cooking and clean-up thing.
My two don't-forget lists are almost complete.
I'll have my cellphone with me, but in my age bracket, there is still a need to say goodbye to friends and family. It wouldn't have felt right to ignore that long-standing custom. I'll be leaving home with everyone's well-wishes. They'll all miss me, and it doesn't get warmer or fuzzier than that.
I'll miss them, too.
The car is topped off with gasoline. Hoagies for dinner remove the whole last-evening-cooking and clean-up thing.
My two don't-forget lists are almost complete.
I'll have my cellphone with me, but in my age bracket, there is still a need to say goodbye to friends and family. It wouldn't have felt right to ignore that long-standing custom. I'll be leaving home with everyone's well-wishes. They'll all miss me, and it doesn't get warmer or fuzzier than that.
I'll miss them, too.
April 12, 2014
PubSmartCon road trip
I leave Monday for the two day road trip to Charleston, SC, for the PubSmart Conference. I hope the time, effort, new clothes, shoes, hotel rooms and meals will be rewarded with an amazing event. Hopes and fears are high.
The car has been checked out for trip-worthiness. The healthy, low-cal snacks and bottled water are bought and ready for car-feasting.
Leaving my husband, home, dogs and cat is painful already, before I've even left town. Losing my Passover holiday is equally painful.
So here's the thing. I'm gonna keep everyone posted on my progress and what the conference ultimately offers me.
Stay tuned.
The car has been checked out for trip-worthiness. The healthy, low-cal snacks and bottled water are bought and ready for car-feasting.
Leaving my husband, home, dogs and cat is painful already, before I've even left town. Losing my Passover holiday is equally painful.
So here's the thing. I'm gonna keep everyone posted on my progress and what the conference ultimately offers me.
Stay tuned.
March 27, 2014
Senior Disneyland
My house and property are being transformed into a Senior Disneyland. I had more accessible steps in my hillside, I'm having a crumbling patio rebuilt, I had a stair glide installed and soon, once the puppy is housetrained, I'll get an adjustable bed. Getting older and already being disabled is different. For years, I've been the person who was too young to have such bad arthritis. I've grown into it.
My husband said that it was time to start thinking about senior-fying our house for our later years. That simple statement shook something loose inside me, and I was suddenly a flurry of activity. My life is much improved with all these changes, but it's still hard to accept that it's time for it all to happen.
My husband said that it was time to start thinking about senior-fying our house for our later years. That simple statement shook something loose inside me, and I was suddenly a flurry of activity. My life is much improved with all these changes, but it's still hard to accept that it's time for it all to happen.
March 18, 2014
PubSmartCon
I'll be attending this conference in Charleston, SC, next month. I think it will be fantastic, and I'm trying to spread the word to indie authors.
http://pubsmartcon.com/
http://pubsmartcon.com/
March 3, 2014
1984 vs. Today
I was following a thread about comparing the book 1984 to the way we live today. Everyone was playing "Can You Top This" by finding ways in which 1984 has come to life in this country.
I find it appalling that people feel that the combination of government and organized religion have taken over this country and deprived us of our freedoms. I disagree strongly. Paraphrasing a politician, we the voters get the government that we deserve.
People feel disenfranchised today from our government, as though government were a foreign entity that we cannot control. it does what it does. It's terrible that we as a nation have lost the feeling that the government is us. The two parties are so polarized that people blindly pull levers for one party or the other without considering "the content of their character," to quote Martin Luther King.
From now on, let's agree to be careful with our votes. Let's vote with certainly and intentionality.
I find it appalling that people feel that the combination of government and organized religion have taken over this country and deprived us of our freedoms. I disagree strongly. Paraphrasing a politician, we the voters get the government that we deserve.
People feel disenfranchised today from our government, as though government were a foreign entity that we cannot control. it does what it does. It's terrible that we as a nation have lost the feeling that the government is us. The two parties are so polarized that people blindly pull levers for one party or the other without considering "the content of their character," to quote Martin Luther King.
From now on, let's agree to be careful with our votes. Let's vote with certainly and intentionality.
