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July 26, 2013
When one door closes another opens
I received another email from Amazon support this morning : “We’ll contact you with more information by the end of the day on Friday, August the 2nd.” -sigh- Assuming Amazon tech support do find the problem, and fix it in that time frame, the Egg will now be released on the Kindle two days after I […]
A primordial amphibian?
I was reading Candy Korman’s post on MONSTER words when I stumbled across her ‘frankenfish’. It’s actually called a Northern Snakehead, and is capable of surviving on land for up to four days if it stays wet. The youtube video clip shows one walking? slithering? around on grass. Apparently this ability to walk around on […]
July 25, 2013
Muse Wrangling 201
In my second lecture on Muse Wrangling, I deal with runaway Muses, and strategies to get them back. You can find the full article here, on Indies Unlimited. As always, the comments at the end are the best part. cheers Meeks Filed under: On Writing, Uncategorized Tagged: Indies-Unlimited, Muses, strategies, writer's-block, writing
The Vintage Egg is AWOL
I had hoped to be crowing about my newly published book today, but the beast has disappeared off the face of Amazon. As in… I can’t find it anywhere. When I log into my KDP page, this is what I see : The Egg is definitely showing as live. It even has an ASIN. Unfortunately […]
July 23, 2013
And the winner is…. The Vintage Egg!
Thank you to everyone who responded to my call for help on the new cover! As you can see, ‘The Vintage Egg’ was your favourite title, but only by 9 votes to 6. I looked at those numbers and realised ‘Postcards from Tomorrow’ would be great as the title of a series, so that’s what […]
July 22, 2013
Latest Wildstar video clip
I’ve posted about Wildstar before, but this latest video clip was so good, and so fiendishly clever, I couldn’t resist sharing it with you. Even non-gamers should appreciate the artistry, and Indie authors might learn something about marketing. Okay, so admit it, that brought a smile to your face didn’t it? The animation was very […]
July 21, 2013
This? This? Or this? Help!
In case the title of this post wasn’t clear, I need feedback! Firstly, I’m very tempted to change the title of my book of short stories from ‘Postcards from Torrmow’ [a bit pretentious?] to just ‘The Vintage Egg, and other stories from tomorrow’. Yes? No? Maybe? Secondly I’ve been wearing my fingers to the bone […]
July 18, 2013
Back to school at 60 – for a Cert IV
For those, like me, who don’t know the ways of the modern world, certificates [certs for short] are now apparently necessary for everything. As in, you can’t get a job in your area of expertise without one. The particular Cert IV I’m after is in ‘Training and Assessment’. It will take about 6 months to […]
July 16, 2013
How to stop Kaspersky Internet Security from slowing emails to a crawl
When I upgraded to Windows 7 a couple of weeks ago, I also upgraded to Kaspersky Internet Security 2013 [KIS for short]. KIS is a slightly more expensive, more beefed up version of the anti-virus software I’ve been using for years. I have no complaints about the application except that it literally takes 30 seconds […]
July 15, 2013
The Golden Hour
Reblogged from dadirridreaming: Like other photographers I do love those precious minutes when the sun is very low in the sky. Cherie of Weekly Photo Challenge is focussed on The Golden Hour this week. I am still sorting the holiday photos so I cannot go back into the archive right now, but with short winter […]
