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Proof Copies
I am a novice independent publisher. Maybe when I’ve published ten novels, I’ll know all the ins and outs. Maybe not. I can be stubbornly stupid sometimes. Just ask anyone who knows me really well. I did not order a proof copy of my first novel (“Millie’s Adventures in Time”). I had wanted to. But…
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Drive-thru Restaurants
I’ve been thinking a lot about drive-thru restaurants lately. They are everywhere. Lots and lots of them. Right now that’s probably a good thing. But in the past, I’ve been known to remark that there are just too many of them. It makes eating poorly too easy. I’m old enough to remember carhops on roller…
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Almost Ready to Publish: “The Alien Visitation Chronicle”
It’s almost ready and it’s making me nervous. Did I catch all the errors? Probably not. According to a reader of my first novel, “Millie’s Adventures in Time,” there were a lot of errors in it. Of course, “a lot” is a very relative term. I asked her if she made note of them. No.…
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If You Can
If you can, then you should. If you should, then you must. If you must, then you can. I woke up in the middle of the night last night and had the above thought. It seemed absolutely brilliant at the time. Often such things do. I repeated it to myself several times so that I…
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Murphy’s Law
Over the years I’ve had a lot of experiences with machines of all kinds. Some have been pleasant and some have been decidedly not. The mimeograph machine that I had to use in high school comes to mind as a good example of the latter. It seems that my most frustrating experiences with machines have…
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It’s so Frustrating
Quite some time ago, Costco stopped carrying their huge cans of tomato puree. The can was so large that I only needed the one can in order to make five one-quart jars of spaghetti sauce. I have so many food allergies that I can’t buy ready-made spaghetti sauce. Well, actually, for the most part I…
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Worry gets You Nowhere
I try not to worry as a general rule. I consider outcomes and postulate responses. I prepare. I don’t deny that a problem might exist. It’s just that I don’t want to fret about it. Worry gets me nowhere good and often hurts me. But it’s hard not to worry right now. My sister says…
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What a Mess
I went out on Friday, yesterday, to do my regular weekly grocery shopping. People are crazy. I’d like to say that’s all I’m going to say about that, but it’s not. Warning. This is a rant. I usually have at least two stops to make on my Friday shopping run. Yesterday, I had five. I…
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Eating Out vs. Eating In
It’s never really been a question for me. Well, for the last 30 years or so anyway. I eat in. I have so many food allergies that it is almost impossible for me to eat out. That is unless I want a plain baked potato or a salad without dressing. Neither of those is all…
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