Wrote and typed in 500 words of FOA, if I do another 500 words tomorrow then I am half way through. Managed to get to number 75 in FREE humour in the UK Amazon chart. The OWIA7 promotion finally started but about 3 hours late. I had put a piece of flash fiction on Smashwords to help with the promotion but I think it went on too early.
So all day has been spent with tweeting and re tweeting and following people on Twitter. Which doesn't really seem to have worked any better than if I just re tweeted normally. Retweeted normally, sounds like a bird who has finally got over a bout of flu.
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Thursday, 10 January 2013
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Stalin
I wrote just over 500 words of FOA today, that means I am about one third of the way through the fourth short story. Typed in A DaVinci Flash last night to put on Smashwords tomorrow morning. OWIA 7 is FREE from tomorrow morning. Decided not to section the FOA short stories into 5,000 words, each has a separate theme and it would get mixed up if I cut them shorter.
When I went for breakfast at All Hallows church in Leeds, the vicar and a male helper were discussing Stalin. Neither of them had seen the programme on BBC 3 last night about him. It made me remember, when both they and the programme had said that he was the biggest mass murderer there has ever been. The one thing I said though is that, after the murders Stalin is purported to have said that he could, "Finally talk to God again."
The vicar said he was obviously not a Christian or mad. We are quick to judge who is a Christian and who isn't based on what they do. And so many Christians are criticised for being hypocrites. The only person who really knows who are His is God, the final judge, who will separate the sheep from the goats, reward the faithful and stop the unfaithful Christians from receiving the rewards they could have had.
When I went for breakfast at All Hallows church in Leeds, the vicar and a male helper were discussing Stalin. Neither of them had seen the programme on BBC 3 last night about him. It made me remember, when both they and the programme had said that he was the biggest mass murderer there has ever been. The one thing I said though is that, after the murders Stalin is purported to have said that he could, "Finally talk to God again."
The vicar said he was obviously not a Christian or mad. We are quick to judge who is a Christian and who isn't based on what they do. And so many Christians are criticised for being hypocrites. The only person who really knows who are His is God, the final judge, who will separate the sheep from the goats, reward the faithful and stop the unfaithful Christians from receiving the rewards they could have had.
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
Ereaders down?
I managed to write 430 words of FOA today so far. Put OWIA 7 on at Amazon and it could be free by tomorrow (but probably on Friday.) Gave four of my advertising slips out. I heard that Amazon was flat over Christmas. Does it mean it had a puncture or that sales were down?
Is there going to be a backlash against the ebook? I saw room 101 the other day and John Craven suggested that ereaders be put down into the chute. A lot of the audience agreed with him. I don't think Frank Skinner did though, he liked the way he could fit hundreds of books onto it to read while travelling. But it shows that there is something going on that I can't quite place my finger on yet. Maybe it is Amazon doing the tax evasion thing in the UK that caused the audience to gleefully wish for the demise of the ebook. Maybe people do really prefer a real paper book. A paper book = a book about paper? Or maybe a newspaper book? Sales of ereaders were down and sales of tablets were up. I wonder what the chemists think about this?
Is there going to be a backlash against the ebook? I saw room 101 the other day and John Craven suggested that ereaders be put down into the chute. A lot of the audience agreed with him. I don't think Frank Skinner did though, he liked the way he could fit hundreds of books onto it to read while travelling. But it shows that there is something going on that I can't quite place my finger on yet. Maybe it is Amazon doing the tax evasion thing in the UK that caused the audience to gleefully wish for the demise of the ebook. Maybe people do really prefer a real paper book. A paper book = a book about paper? Or maybe a newspaper book? Sales of ereaders were down and sales of tablets were up. I wonder what the chemists think about this?
Tuesday, 8 January 2013
Scaramouche
I managed to write 500 words of FOA today, need to type them in. Also wrote a piece of flash fiction Flash DaVinci Co-Ed which is also about 500 words.
One of my author friends on Facebook was talking about madness. I knew there was a good quote from Scaramouche when he is in the bedroom talking to a man before he goes to try kill the Marquis de Mayne. The only quote I can find on the internet is, "I also believe in laughter and I know the world is mad." Which is also similar to the opening line of the book. My wife bought me the DVD a couple of years ago but I cannot play it because it is for the wrong region (silly ASDA there buying in the wrong stuff!) So all day I have tried to find the quote somewhere and this is now what today's piece is about. Laughing keeps us healthy which is a quote from Proverbs. But also being acting cheery when you are not can put a strain on your heart and you die younger. So what does this mean? We need to "Praise the Lord at all times," as King David said, to take our minds off our troubles and to enjoy laughing without lies to keep us healthy and alive longer.
One of my author friends on Facebook was talking about madness. I knew there was a good quote from Scaramouche when he is in the bedroom talking to a man before he goes to try kill the Marquis de Mayne. The only quote I can find on the internet is, "I also believe in laughter and I know the world is mad." Which is also similar to the opening line of the book. My wife bought me the DVD a couple of years ago but I cannot play it because it is for the wrong region (silly ASDA there buying in the wrong stuff!) So all day I have tried to find the quote somewhere and this is now what today's piece is about. Laughing keeps us healthy which is a quote from Proverbs. But also being acting cheery when you are not can put a strain on your heart and you die younger. So what does this mean? We need to "Praise the Lord at all times," as King David said, to take our minds off our troubles and to enjoy laughing without lies to keep us healthy and alive longer.
Monday, 7 January 2013
Will I have time?
I managed to write and type in 431 words of FAO short story 4. Have started proof reading Goblins Versus Yetis and am about a third of the way through. I have figured out that I will probably be able to finish FAO next month but will not have enough time to do another 4 short stories.
Nothing seems to have happened yet that I can comment on. Been to Leeds and to a couple of charity shops. While I was at the last one I saw a football PS1 game starring Ronaldo. In the paper today it said he was coming to London to study. The fellow in the charity shop said, "Is he going to pay for his study?"
I said, "Unless he has lost all his money and is coming here for free."
It has been said he's going to study advertising.
I wonder how people will treat him? They might treat him quite normally if they don't follow football. Now I don't follow football but if Patrick Stewart or William Shatner were going to do a degree in York...
Nothing seems to have happened yet that I can comment on. Been to Leeds and to a couple of charity shops. While I was at the last one I saw a football PS1 game starring Ronaldo. In the paper today it said he was coming to London to study. The fellow in the charity shop said, "Is he going to pay for his study?"
I said, "Unless he has lost all his money and is coming here for free."
It has been said he's going to study advertising.
I wonder how people will treat him? They might treat him quite normally if they don't follow football. Now I don't follow football but if Patrick Stewart or William Shatner were going to do a degree in York...
Sunday, 6 January 2013
Will Rogers
I have finished writing the third short story of 'Factory of androids', need to type in the last 1,500 words though. Started a new story with the characters from the Victorian Adventure games I used to run with my kids. Lizzy McBean is the initial protagonist. I need to look up her character sheet though because I cannot remember what job she had.
I did write a little of 'The 24', about 750 words. I re-wrote the part at the Rock of Morpeth because I didn't like it. Once the final two short stories of FAO are finished I can get on with the end of The 24.
Just watched the life story of Will Rogers on TCM. I had a dream last week where somebody advised me to write my blog every day. I saw a cloud picture with something similar a couple of years ago. Seeing that Will Rogers wrote about a paragraph a day for his newspaper column I think I can keep that up.
So today's musing is :- After seeing the Will Rogers life story it has parallels with what's happening today. He used humour to get American politicians of both parties working together to help get themselves out of the Great Depression. I wonder if I succeed in this venture whether I can get out of my Great Depression?
I did write a little of 'The 24', about 750 words. I re-wrote the part at the Rock of Morpeth because I didn't like it. Once the final two short stories of FAO are finished I can get on with the end of The 24.
Just watched the life story of Will Rogers on TCM. I had a dream last week where somebody advised me to write my blog every day. I saw a cloud picture with something similar a couple of years ago. Seeing that Will Rogers wrote about a paragraph a day for his newspaper column I think I can keep that up.
So today's musing is :- After seeing the Will Rogers life story it has parallels with what's happening today. He used humour to get American politicians of both parties working together to help get themselves out of the Great Depression. I wonder if I succeed in this venture whether I can get out of my Great Depression?
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