First post / Introduction
This is a good time for me to start my first blog. I just finished publishing my first book, so I've got some time to promote it and recharge, before I start on my next book.
I was born and raised in Tampa, Florida, USA. My family has been here a long time. There is a small town a few miles southeast of Tampa, called Gibsonton. It was founded by my great-grandfather.
I'm a geeky nerd who builds his own personal computers. I've been using Microsoft Word since Word 97. That's 1997 for those of you who are not old nerds. If you are wondering why it took me this long to write my first book, that's a good question.
I've never been one of those people who can stop everything and spend almost all of their time doing just one thing. I know it takes that to be a professional athlete. Never been that! Until my father passed away about a year and a half ago, I had worked full-time jobs. I have been a computer programmer and a poker dealer, mostly. When my father passed, I got a small inheritance and his house. That gave me the opportunity to quit my regular job and the time to try to write a book.
In future posts I will be writing about using MS Word to write for both e-books and print, how to use Photoshop Elements to create covers for both, and the details of how to self-publish to CreateSpace and Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP.)
I was born and raised in Tampa, Florida, USA. My family has been here a long time. There is a small town a few miles southeast of Tampa, called Gibsonton. It was founded by my great-grandfather.
I'm a geeky nerd who builds his own personal computers. I've been using Microsoft Word since Word 97. That's 1997 for those of you who are not old nerds. If you are wondering why it took me this long to write my first book, that's a good question.
I've never been one of those people who can stop everything and spend almost all of their time doing just one thing. I know it takes that to be a professional athlete. Never been that! Until my father passed away about a year and a half ago, I had worked full-time jobs. I have been a computer programmer and a poker dealer, mostly. When my father passed, I got a small inheritance and his house. That gave me the opportunity to quit my regular job and the time to try to write a book.
In future posts I will be writing about using MS Word to write for both e-books and print, how to use Photoshop Elements to create covers for both, and the details of how to self-publish to CreateSpace and Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP.)
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