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| Cramping Fingers but some success anyway | Entry #676203 |
I had to walk AWAY from the computer yesterday. My fingers cramped so bad I couldn't type. So, my daughter and I watched The Ugly Truth for the second time since we just bought the DVD.
Today they were better but I took a break in between to do some gardening. When I had hand/wrist issues as a teen, the doc said washing dishes would be good for them -- anything that uses the muscles differently than writing/typing. Shoveling and picking a bunch of rocks up out of the burgeoning (I like that word recently) flower garden that will soon host a flag pole in the middle should be the same idea. They are better tonight.
Of course it could have also been from squeezing the shamwow out for some time last night when my kitchen sink decided to leak all over the underneath of the cabinet and the floor. I found it when I stepped up to the sink to start dinner. Wet socks are just nasty, nearly as bad as wet jeans. Anyway..
I'm catching up with Nano (part of WHY my fingers cramped) and am at 19,166 -- still behind but not as far behind. I'm hoping I have enough story for 50K, which makes me chuckle considering the length I usually do.
But.. as tired as I am, I'm seeing results other than Nano. My blog tour is picking up people I don't know and although there aren't a lot of comments (average of 7 each so far) I know most people who read don't comment, so I figure the word is still getting out.
And, my bookmarks came in a couple days ago and they turned out well. 
Plus, on a POD list I'm on, 'experts' in the field kept insisting that if you use LSI to publish your books, you have to hire someone to do your cover art to make it one piece and sized right because they are very particular and won't accept it if it's not just right. That had me a bit nervous. I've done covers but only the front. However, I wasn't going to pay $500 or so for a pro to do it when I have art experience and photoshop knowledge, and at least a few brains. So I read the specs, downloaded the template, checked the spine width for the size of my book, and just did it.
It went through fine.  I shouldn't count chickens yet maybe since I don't have the proof in hand yet. I'll still be nervous until I see if it worked as I hope.
They also said you can't use M. Word and get good results because of the complicated formatting. Well.. I did. Yes, it takes time to learn how to set it up, especially with page numbering and putting your name on the odd pages and title on the even pages in the header and NOT having page numbers on the first page of each chapter. It takes time to figure out. But yes, it can be done without paying a professional.
I should put this in my publishing blog. Maybe I'll copy it there.
So.. I might seem quiet here but I'm actually talking my fingers off on my blog tour and my Nano.
Tomorrow I go get a hose to fix the sink. That'll be my hand break, I guess, although I think I'm meeting another local Nano at a coffee shop for a while. That should be nice. Glad to have my Netbook so I can take my file with me and type there.
Haven't touched Nano today.. better do that a bit before bed.
How's everyone else doing with yours? Or if not Nano, what else are you working on?
OH.. and I put up a website for my book yesterday. It's really pretty, I think. Wanna see it?
http://www.lkhunsaker.com/OffTheMoon/main.htm
I also interviewed a NYC pro/indie drummer and posted it to my site blog today:
http://lkhunsaker.blogspot.com
Come say hi to Gino!
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