What I'm reading: Lady of the Two Lands by Elizabeth Delisi; Golden Heart entries; More of the Crapometer
What I'm writing: End of chapter 17. Buildup to "The Scene"
After figuring out my postcards, I ran into three glitches. 1. The printer generated too much heat, apparently, and after about 2 sheets, the ink glommed up the rollers. 2. The card stock had defective perforations, so the cards didn't separate neatly. 3. The printer ran out of a color cartridge or two. My background green faded away to nothing.
I returned the stock, although they did let me keep the ones I'd already printed on the back. I bought some matte ones, but they're 4 to a page, not 2. Figured it would be cheaper for trials, but they're smaller, so back to the formatting board.
Starting Over hit Cerridwen's spreadsheet Friday, so I've been working on my cover request form. I know I want the bald eagle and the nests on the cover. I hope the cover department can come up with something that looks like the undeveloped Florida terrain. If you say Florida, everyone envisions airboats zipping through the sawgrass, but that's not where the scene takes place.
I also think I'm going to start a scoresheet for writers who have their character 'thumb the safety off their Glocks.' I don't know a whole lot about handguns, but I do know that Glocks don't have that kind of safety.
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2 comments:
So happy to hear you're reading LADY OF THE TWO LANDS. I hope you enjoy it! I really had a blast writing it, because I love ancient Egypt and all the research was great fun.
Liz
I did enjoy it -- and I'm learning how to read on the tiny PDA screen, too. One big plus--no internal editor when I read on the small screen, unlike reading on a computer. I'm a big Elizabeth Peters fan, so the Egyptian scenario kept me enticed.
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