Catching Up

Hello my two faithful followers! It is about time that I wrote something in the writing blog. About writing. Duh.

I have been keeping up with the blog, for the most part. I have taken a few days off this year - not many. But when I really had nothing to write, or when I got up too late, or when I got too absorbed in all of my other daily activities, the thing that got skipped was my blog. Part of me writes the blog just because I can. Because it is good writing practice. And as I have mentioned before, writing the blog is like a laxative, it keeps my writing from being less blocked. And that is a good thing.

Writing for the computer application is not the same thing at all. Similar, yet, but not the same. It certainly does require a bit of creativity, but not in the wording - that has to be, by definition, exact.  But it still feels like writing. A game has to have a plot. And a through line. And characters, of course. The cool thing about a multimedia game is the addition of graphics and sound!

As I mentioned in my regular post today, I had a few thoughts about one of my writing projects - my self-help book. I am currently planning on this to be an e-book only. Unless I sell lots of them. Which is always possible (but in my life (says he sort of dejectedly) but not very likely. I will keep on plugging along, though...

Maybe it is just google...

This writing blog has 200 views already - and only two posts! Weird.

A few quick things - anyone anywhere know how to program an e-book? Not just a PDF - but an e-book that can be read by the iBook reader or the Kindle or the Nook...I haven't even googled it yet - but plan to. And I am going to need a designer again for the self-help book. At least that is the current intention. I think I am going to go for someone local, if I can find someone I can work with (tall order there) and who won't be too expensive.

Does anyone know where to get an inexpensive copy of InDesign? I think that is the app that Heather used to design Diary of a Plate Addict. I am planning on doing the revisions and the update on my own. A few errors have already been noticed - and I am going to want to add a few pages - maybe 6 or 8 - after I finish going to all of the Saucers. And since it is mostly designed now - I think I can manage to add a couple of pages that look to be part of the package.

Lastly, this isn't really writing related, but I am looking forward to actually catching up on the picture a day albums on Facebook. Hopefully, by the time this is posted, I will have accomplished at least one of the 6 remaining months!