I was just reading through yesterday's edition of Five Star Friday, and happened across this blog post from Centre of the Universe - The Dreaming. It breaks down the cost of publishing a book (in Canada). Just in case any of you (and by "any of you" I mean "me") forgot what it takes to make it in this industry, here's some interesting reading that should jog your memory. I am definitely never going to complain about retail prices ever again...at least, not in Canada. I also learned that publishers are pushing more and more for their printers to use "greener" paper stock -- but of course, this insistence to do the world good is still coming at its explosively high price, since a lot of printers don't keep this stock on the floor. How Catch-22 of everything. Anyway. Enjoy.
http://www.cenobyte.ca/words/2009/12/math-lesson-about-books.html
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My Own Little Pep Talk
I have finished writing my required 1,667 words for the night. After uploading my current word count to the NaNoWriMo web site, I discovered that Cleveland, OH has collectively written over 384,000 words in the past three days. That is amazing.
I'm all aflush and proud to be part of this. And I'm actually not hating my work so far. Bonus!
I'm all aflush and proud to be part of this. And I'm actually not hating my work so far. Bonus!
Classically Challenged
It has recently been preying on my mind that I am not very familiar with "the classics," especially the ones written by popular female writers. You know -- the books that are categorized as the novels "Every Girl Should Read." They seem to be popping up everywhere, in the most peculiar forms. From Pride and Prejudice and Zombies to the movie I just rented, The Jane Austen Book Club (cute, in that chick-flick, straight to TBS sort of way), "the classics" are pervading my every thought lately when it comes to books. I tried reading Sense and Sensibility and Wuthering Heights when I was in gradeschool, but couldn't wade my way through. Now that almost a decade has passed since then, I've decided it's high time I get around to reading these beautiful works by their beautiful authors. In high school, our substitute AP English teacher told us we'd never make it through college without reading Jane Eyre. Well, I made it. Or did I? No wonder Wide Sargasso Sea never made any sense.
Anyway, that's what I'd like to find out. Did I really make it, having skipped these so-called "life-changers"?
Next on my list of books to read: A Classic.
Anyway, that's what I'd like to find out. Did I really make it, having skipped these so-called "life-changers"?
Next on my list of books to read: A Classic.
Patience is a Virtue, Unless You're Waiting Around for a Blog Post
Just a quick note to prepare you:
1) I'm going on vacation starting Thursday night, so the posts here will become scarce, if they pop up at all, until Oct. 12 or 13 when I drag myself back from the beach.
2) I'll be honest. Now that it's Monday night, and the weekend was much busier than I realized it could be, and taking into consideration the fact that I'm still sitting here writing/reading blog posts, doing laundry, making dinner and cleaning house instead of reading my book, I'm going to make an educated guess and say that I won't be finished with The Forever War by tomorrow or Wednesday, as originally scheduled. The good news is our vacation spot should have free wireless Internet access, so when I do finish it, I'll be able update you right away instead of keeping you waiting...Then again, I don't want to make any promises, because we all know vacations are vacations and sometimes it's just so nice not to have to deal with a computer screen.
Wow, I turned out to be a pretty disappointing blog host. Never fear. I shall return relaxed, refreshed, rested, and ready to write! I have lots of ideas piling up on my desktop, and I can't wait to finally take some time to develop them. Don't forget to pick up a banned book this week! Keep on truckin'.
1) I'm going on vacation starting Thursday night, so the posts here will become scarce, if they pop up at all, until Oct. 12 or 13 when I drag myself back from the beach.
2) I'll be honest. Now that it's Monday night, and the weekend was much busier than I realized it could be, and taking into consideration the fact that I'm still sitting here writing/reading blog posts, doing laundry, making dinner and cleaning house instead of reading my book, I'm going to make an educated guess and say that I won't be finished with The Forever War by tomorrow or Wednesday, as originally scheduled. The good news is our vacation spot should have free wireless Internet access, so when I do finish it, I'll be able update you right away instead of keeping you waiting...Then again, I don't want to make any promises, because we all know vacations are vacations and sometimes it's just so nice not to have to deal with a computer screen.
Wow, I turned out to be a pretty disappointing blog host. Never fear. I shall return relaxed, refreshed, rested, and ready to write! I have lots of ideas piling up on my desktop, and I can't wait to finally take some time to develop them. Don't forget to pick up a banned book this week! Keep on truckin'.
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