Low Rider don’t use no gas now; Low Rider don’t drive too fast
Friday, April 15th, 2011 08:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rolanniSo, a bad week on at least three fronts, and not looking to get better anytime soon. Gah. Why does life always Happen when we have a book on deadline?
Oh, wait.
Anyhow. One step at a time. Slow and steady wins the race. Not a door closes but a window opens (yeah, says a friend; so you can throw yourself out of it). Inner calm.
I did this evening re-compile a version of Skyblaze without several egregious typos and uploaded the corrected file to both Amazon and BN. No, I don’t know what happens next, or how you get a corrected file.
I also this evening compiled Halfling Moon: Adventures in the Liaden Universe® Number 16 and uploaded it to both the Nook Store and the Kindle Store. I expect the listings will be along sometime this weekend.
And now, because I am Sick to Death of people (it’s nothing personal; I’m an introvert — I get sick to death of people. Being hit on the nose with a newspaper by clueless idiots does not improve this tendency, but I digress.), I am going to be scarce for the weekend. I have a lot of stuff to do that’s not going to do itself (what is with that, exactly?), so I’d best get doing. I’ll be back around on Monday — I mean, I have to go to the day-job on Monday, anyway, so I might as well have something pleasant to balance it out.
What’re you doing this weekend that’s fun?
Originally published at Sharon Lee, Writer. You can comment here or there.
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Date: 2011-04-16 01:47 am (UTC)Or maybe, just maybe, asking if the clueless idiot would like to have their actions documented for the sexual harassment case which will be filed against them soon? This should be done with a smile for best effect. Pointing to the video camera that has just recorded the action (even if it is off) can also be effective.
I thought that kind of treatment went out with the turn of the century? Please feel free to do fun things this weekend -- there is no reason that anyone has to put up with that kind of treatment, in my opinion.
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Date: 2011-04-16 02:35 am (UTC)Have a lovely weekend. I'm still on tax death march, but hoping for a bit of good weekend myself...
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Date: 2011-04-16 02:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-16 03:06 am (UTC)Friday night role-playing in which the Party (including me) discovered that Windemere Island is not a safe place (when dealing with angry fae). And that Centaurs captured in the Peninsula War with Russia before their emancipation are pretty grumpy.
Saturday - careful rationing of Skyblaze, cleaning gutters, and watching bad movies.
Sunday - Kayaking on the Swan with friends.
Next week sees Swancon...
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Date: 2011-04-16 01:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-18 01:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-16 04:52 am (UTC)Short form - it took a couple of weeks, and ended with a 30 minute phone call. Amazon sent me a survey on my experience - they got excellent ratings for policy, and awful ratings for implementation.
Document it. In detail.
Date: 2011-04-16 05:26 am (UTC)If there is ever another incident . . .
Barb in Bandon
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Date: 2011-04-16 08:52 am (UTC)Deb
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Date: 2011-04-16 11:14 am (UTC)It's up on Amazon
Date: 2011-04-16 10:40 pm (UTC)Deb
Re: It's up on Amazon
Date: 2011-04-17 09:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-17 12:36 am (UTC)As for the weekend ... since the new washer's finally here(old one died a week ago) I finally get to have clean clothes, yay!
And get to read Skyblaze (which unaccountably managed to hide itself in the pile o'mail I hadn't been able to go through previously) as well as watching the TV premiere of Game Of Thrones tomorrow!!!!*does happy dance*
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Date: 2011-04-17 01:37 am (UTC)Regarding the "sick to death of people," if it helps, people immediately started bombarding the sites referenced above with offers of help, cash, water, the loan of stock trailers and acreage for refugee livestock, etc. The shelter and the humane society opened their facilities to displaced pets and the rodeo fairgrounds was designated as another location for livestock. Whereupon humane society and other volunteers began the onerous task of caring for and feeding these animals, while the local Salvation Army fed the fairground volunteers and the firefighters, who mostly came from several volunteer fire departments. Even instructors and students from our base fire school turned out. The local Walmart, Sam's and HEB (regional grocery chain) donated pallets of gatorade, water, etc, and other local businesses (even Best Buy, not normally viewed as the most altruistic company out there) were collecting supplies. *stops to take a breath, after that Faulknerian sentence*
I'm an introvert too, but it still impressed me. Now we're just hoping for rain. Or at least, for the wind to die down for a few days.
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Date: 2011-04-17 07:26 am (UTC)Wishing you a nice quiet weekend.
C. Gus and the Gang.
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Date: 2011-04-18 04:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-17 04:54 pm (UTC)Friday but tried not to let it affect my mood.
Weekend-wise, we had a very fun book launch party Saturday, in and around major rainstorms. Munchies featured middle-eastern
appetizers (the book was partly set in the Middle East) so this
Sunday morning the bookstore had the lovely faint smell of tahini,
garlic, and all sorts of good spices. YUM.
Sunday is beautiful if windy and folks are walking up and down Main Street...and coming in to check out the books. If I can
ignore the impending checks I have to send Maryland and the IRS,
I can be happy today.
Lauretta@ConstellationBooks
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Date: 2011-04-19 06:45 pm (UTC)