Hello from Edward J. Coburn
Well, it's been two weeks since I have written anything, but I didn't really have anything to say. I have played poker the past two weekends and it didn't go too well though I ended up fourth both times. I have updated the quotes page with some more interesting quotes I have gathered.
I spent a lot of the last week repairing my Kenmore washing macine. I have had it for about 14 years and the pump started leaking. Well, rather than pay a repair person some exorbitant amount, I decided to do it myself. Unfortuanately, when I got the washer cover off, I discovered that the pump was rust-welded on the motor shaft. It was impossible to get off. Thus, I had to break the old pump apart with a chisel (and other tools) and work for several hours to get the remainder of the old pump off. It was a real treat. Then, after the pump was off, the motor shaft was too big for the new pump (which cost $60). I used sandpaper and a Dremel tool, but finally gave up and used a grinder. That did the trick and I finally got the new pump on and all attatched. Then, after putting the cover back on and hooking it all up, it new pump worked without any leaks. Glory be. I was amazed, but I probably saved a couple hundred dollars for the service call because I would have had to pay someone else for his labor time to get the old pump off. So, all it cost me a a lot of time and frustration.
What's interesting is the preachers sermon this Sunday was about perservence. I guess that about covers it. I persevered.
I am working hard on my Christmas non-fiction book. We'll see if that one sells.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Working on my non-fiction Christmas book
Hello from Edward J. Coburn
I had yesterday off for Veteran's day. Nice. I worked on my books.
Well, I am hard at work on my non-fiction book for Christmas. It's a how-to book and, as such, has lots of picutures. Unfortunately, Smashwords has a 5 megabyte limit on the size of the manuscript and mine is way beyond that. Thus, I am having to shrink my images so they are smaller in size and will allow a smaller manuscript. At least that's the hope. But, if I can't get it down small enough for Smashwords I will still publish it on Amazon. I am not going to give up.
More later, I hope to find the time.
I had yesterday off for Veteran's day. Nice. I worked on my books.
Well, I am hard at work on my non-fiction book for Christmas. It's a how-to book and, as such, has lots of picutures. Unfortunately, Smashwords has a 5 megabyte limit on the size of the manuscript and mine is way beyond that. Thus, I am having to shrink my images so they are smaller in size and will allow a smaller manuscript. At least that's the hope. But, if I can't get it down small enough for Smashwords I will still publish it on Amazon. I am not going to give up.
More later, I hope to find the time.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
A bit about writing and Work
Hello from Edward J. Coburn
Onto writing. I have discover a web site that proports to be the largest publisher of indie (independent) books called Smashwords so I republished both of my books
on Smashwords. The interesting thing is that you post to their site using a Word document and they have an engine that translates it to 9 different formats and it gets sent to 9 different web sites that sell books (such as Barns and Nobel). You have to follow their rules (such as what fonts and styles to use) but if you're versed in word, they're not hard to follow. Wish me luck there.
I updated
Well, not much to say again today except that I had an okay week at work. I am currently doing corrections on 84 invoices that were converted incorrectly several years ago. Some of them take several hours each.
Onto writing. I have discover a web site that proports to be the largest publisher of indie (independent) books called Smashwords so I republished both of my books
on Smashwords. The interesting thing is that you post to their site using a Word document and they have an engine that translates it to 9 different formats and it gets sent to 9 different web sites that sell books (such as Barns and Nobel). You have to follow their rules (such as what fonts and styles to use) but if you're versed in word, they're not hard to follow. Wish me luck there.
I updated
- On Gambling
- On Ed's Books
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