Hey Folks,
Well, I had to smile at Dean’s post. See http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/a-non-event/.
A few days ago he was annoyed, expecting a deluge of tourists in his little town to see the eclipse:
From “A Fun First Day” on August 16, “Now if we can just survive this stupid eclipse, we will be fine. Shadow goes right smack over the top of us as it makes landfall. The actual center is about two miles from the new store. No telling what will happen here with that many people trying to cram into a 60 mile wide area. We just don’t have the roads for it.”
I understand the annoyance. He and others had just rushed around for a few days getting his three stores ready for the deluge of tourists. But it’s still funny. (grin)
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Today I’ll be working with my friend, showing him how to create book covers with the Serif PagePlus program. Probably no writing today.
Nope, no fiction writing. Back tomorrow.
Quite often I find myself wanting to respond with a Raymond Chandler to some people. This Raymond Chandler quote: “I don’t mind if you don’t like my manners. They’re pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings.”
Of Interest
See Kris Rusch’s “Business Musings: My Day in Negotiation” at http://kriswrites.com/2017/08/16/business-musings-my-day-in-negotiation/. This is a great post, and I didn’t fall asleep because of business-apnea even one time. (grin)
Fiction Words: XXXX
Nonfiction Words: 230 (Journal)
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Calendar Year 2017 Novel Goal (15 novels or novellas)………………… 8 novels or novellas
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Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 4
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