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Got to have comfort when you need to work all day.
Darkangel wrote: "Got to have comfort when you need to work all day."Yep I will by a decent one because these cheapos don't hold up under the strain!
Darkangel wrote: "Just thought I would let you all know, only 83 days till Christmas - hee hee"shhhh!I alreay have 50 quids worth of presents in the basket of amazon, not sure if to get it delivered here or to my mums...
that's means less than 83 days to get this anthology printed, yikes!
I'm a bit worried because Ella was meant to have finished the cover by now, I've sent her a message bu hasn't asnwered...hope she doesn't back out!
If all else fails, I am sure we can come up with something. She did say she was having trouble trying to add the charity's logo.
Eva wrote: "Darkangel wrote: "Just thought I would let you all know, only 83 days till Christmas - hee hee"shhhh!I alreay have 50 quids worth of presents in the basket of amazon, not sure if to get it delive..."
Well if she does well will just have to see what my resident artist can come up with, I'm sure she won't mind as it's for a childrens charity. Or we can always use my winter snowscene as a backdrop and cut and paste stuff onto it - Then there is always my sister, she is a graphic designer! So we do have options we can fall back on!
Phew! thank goodness for that! we can always put the ogo inside...or at the back. They never specified where it should be
Eva wrote: "Phew! thank goodness for that! we can always put the ogo inside...or at the back. They never specified where it should be"No worries but it has just given me an idea I'm going to ask my sister to design my cover for Cally's Secret and Light the Seventh Candle- Jane didn't seem to be able to come up with anything good for that!
Morning TrishaHows things?
Darkangel wrote: "Morning TrishaHows things?"
Lol my chair is officially dead the hydraulic system is leaking oil and one of the wheels is bent, I told Sophie not to bounce on it! mind it was only 17 euros so it's not as if it cost a fortune! I asked Claire if she can help out if we need it she should get back to me pretty quickly.
Then I'm afraid you definitely have to get a new one.It is pouring down here again!
Darkangel wrote: "Then I'm afraid you definitely have to get a new one.It is pouring down here again!"
Yep though Alain said I can't - I think you can imagine my response to that! Most certainly ending in off!
Darkangel wrote: "Morning TrishaHows things?"
Things r good
Darkangel wrote: "LOL"Absolutley I don't remember him asking if it was alright to spend 400 euros on the chasse a couple of weeks ago! I was simply telling him it was caput not asking his permission to replace it!
It is now raining here too, oh well the washing will have to go on the airer in front of the fire later. Except the big things that is, they can go in the dryer.I just brushed the Yorkshire fluffball who got all wet playing in the grass with Eclair I looked on the net this morning at pictures of Yorkies. I think the people who gave him away assumed he wasn't a purebred Yorkshire I think they may have been mistaken because I found Hugo's double!
They were out at work all day, and I think he was too much trouble,to be honest. Yorkies are very needy dogs, they like human company.
Darkangel wrote: "And he is sooooo cute."Something I have to try hard to remember when I am S**t shovelling or when I find the little bugger has eaten his way through my camera cable - and now I have to buy a new one before I can download any more photographs!
I can tell today is going to be a long day
Darkangel wrote: "Oh dear maybe not so cute then ;o)"No ol cutie pie has just cost me 4 euros to replace my cable Lol I had to order a cable for the sat nav too because it has disappeared so in total that's 10 euros unecessary expense so far today!
I haven't downloaded new information since I bought it 2 years ago and the last time I used it Jacques directed me into a supermarket car park! It was the first turn off the island and 2 years ago it wasn't there!
Trisha wrote: "I can tell today is going to be a long day"Why is that Trisha?
Just writing is not moving along like I would like
Trisha wrote: "Just writing is not moving along like I would like"No Ive been skiving today too, the dog decided to chew its way through my usb connexion for my camera to and my chair is broken and the dining chairs aren't that comfortable I am going to get a new chair tomorrow!
OkI just feel like I may need to go back and find where my novel went wrong and I will need to rewrite alot
Trisha wrote: "OkI just feel like I may need to go back and find where my novel went wrong and I will need to rewrite alot"
Well I started editing my novel and I gave up! All themistakes I made...and it sounded stupid so I decided to give up and start over. Now that i'm getting used to writing short stories I think I'm getting better at my writing and i will be able to write a better one at nanowrimo.
I always enjoy nanowrimo I have done it the past 3 years
Trisha wrote: "I always enjoy nanowrimo I have done it the past 3 years"Really? This is the first time I want to do it. I've already done the character descriptions etc... did you win? I've seen the prizes for winners are 5 free copies if you decide to print them on createspace...none to shabby...
Yes I won all three years no I did not print them thru create space I did self publish one thru lulu.com its the only one I have published
Eva wrote: "Trisha wrote: "I always enjoy nanowrimo I have done it the past 3 years"Really? This is the first time I want to do it. I've already done the character descriptions etc... did you win? I've seen ..."
Eva My sister has agreed to do the cover I have sent her all the pictures she will do a collage we need a title too for her.
Sarah wrote: "Eva wrote: "Trisha wrote: "I always enjoy nanowrimo I have done it the past 3 years"Really? This is the first time I want to do it. I've already done the character descriptions etc... did you win..."
what? but we don't know if ella is still doing it!keeping my fingers crossed
Eva wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Eva wrote: "Trisha wrote: "I always enjoy nanowrimo I have done it the past 3 years"Really? This is the first time I want to do it. I've already done the character descriptions etc...."
Well I need you to find out please, Claire is all set to start tomorrow evening, you were panicking and we really will be in the s**t and if I tell my sister no and then Ella doesn't come through.... I don't want you to think I'm interfering but the offer is on the table.... She is going to be doing my cover for Light the Seventh Candle we have just been discussing it! I'll tell her to make a start on that first she can drop that at any time to do the Christmas Anthology if necessary.
Darkangel wrote: "Morning all"Morning
Its dull wet and miserable here this morning! I haven't been up long Wednesday morning lie-ins you got to love them! I'm making the most of it because come next September they disappear as Sophie will have to go to school on the Wednesday morning! Boo...
I don't blame you. It is dry here at the moment. That can change instantly as you well know. I got soaked getting home yesterday.
Darkangel wrote: "I don't blame you. It is dry here at the moment. That can change instantly as you well know. I got soaked getting home yesterday."We are supposed to have a nice weekend, so if it happens it will make up for some of the rain. I have been discussing cover ideas for LTSC with Claire, my sister we have come up with a grey/black/red/cream/silver colouring for the cover. Lol the exact colours I want to use in my new kitchen!
Sounds good, I quite like those colours.
Oh BTW, My copy of the TBL turned up yesterday.
Yes I thought you would, it will give it a spooky appearance I have a cruxifix upstairs, black and cream satin the photo of the Abbey all I need now is an old book, some false blood and some roses and I have a background for Claire to play with going to be a 3D cover!
Look on google images for open books with skulls, mught give you an idea to play with.
Darkangel wrote: "Oh BTW, My copy of the TBL turned up yesterday."So now you have something to read LOL I ordered one for me on Monday, I got fed up of Alain asking if I'm sure it's really been printed so that's now 3 copies I can say I sold! woohoo I may have just made 5 dollars! Only another 540 to go to make the average amount self published authors make in a year! that probably amounts to a square metre of my pool!
Darkangel wrote: "Look on google images for open books with skulls, mught give you an idea to play with."Will do that now
It's funny, When I ordered it from Amazon, it said there was only 1 copy left. Good ploy!
Darkangel wrote: "It's funny, When I ordered it from Amazon, it said there was only 1 copy left. Good ploy!"I ordered it from Amazon France, but maybe it is a ploy to make people think it's hot to trot! Which it is! But it is coming from the book depository in England and they said they had 5 copies left!
Well, maybe you sold more then you think!
Darkangel wrote: "Well, maybe you sold more then you think!"lets hope so! I want to be able to put my thumb to my nose and say I told you not to doubt me- DIDN'T I! To Alain!
Darkangel wrote: "Hee Hee"I will slap the copy of the book under his nose when it arrives too - like serve it to him instead of lunch! Make him eat his words Lol my grandma said she would make my father eat his hat when I made the big time - I wonder if she salt and peppered it?
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Yep not forgetting Dolly! I think I need a new chair this one has gone decidedly dodgy when you swivel round you end up at a funny angle I think one of the castors must be bent!
Weird thing you know how in HOD I said that the youngest Ben was killed because he wasn't his son well according to a news report (real killings) mother and his brothers and sister were all killed with two shots to the head - the youngest had the two shots to the head plus 3 shots in the chest, I may be nearer to the truth than I could ever have imagined!