tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post6374760941597717685..comments2012-10-02T20:06:36.594-07:00Comments on The Lone Writer: Day 104 - The Book Blurb Has Finally Been VanquishedJohn Daultonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14025421836196668002noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post-69967687153758238622011-07-07T20:26:24.576-07:002011-07-07T20:26:24.576-07:00Yay! Success at last!Yay! Success at last!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324048399309263642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post-8778945980112015232011-07-07T18:08:35.130-07:002011-07-07T18:08:35.130-07:00And there you have it.And there you have it.John Daultonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14025421836196668002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post-49339136952054394622011-07-07T18:08:16.714-07:002011-07-07T18:08:16.714-07:00Logged out at work, trying again from home. It sti...Logged out at work, trying again from home. It still won't work on IE, so trying Firefox.John Daultonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14025421836196668002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post-11490780752614217232011-07-06T21:33:55.166-07:002011-07-06T21:33:55.166-07:00Posting from my iPad to see if Google can tell the...Posting from my iPad to see if Google can tell the difference from it and my laptop.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324048399309263642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post-86903781782827086492011-07-06T08:07:58.023-07:002011-07-06T08:07:58.023-07:00Ok, test post. Logging out after I post this. (I&#...Ok, test post. Logging out after I post this. (I'm at work). We'll see if I can post at home this afternoon.John Daultonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14025421836196668002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post-82012678962864762022011-07-05T18:37:03.935-07:002011-07-05T18:37:03.935-07:00Thanks Pam. :) And I'm glad you are getting s...Thanks Pam. :) And I'm glad you are getting some. Maybe once I don't have so many dependents I can back off of the "for the man life consuming labor" thing and do more for me. We'll just have to see. (And can you imagine if you sent the power company a stack of lit rags, saying, "Hey, it says $6.00 on the cover, so here's 28 of them to cover my bill. Thanks."John Daulton who is logged in but Google can't tell because of how ridiculous their system is, thus proving why they can't beat Facebook in this social game.http://www.daultonbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post-36320194167705597212011-07-05T17:31:49.103-07:002011-07-05T17:31:49.103-07:00Hey John, I was just wondering if you ever got you...Hey John, I was just wondering if you ever got your photo to show up when you post comments?Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324048399309263642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post-31398251171746712102011-07-05T17:25:58.378-07:002011-07-05T17:25:58.378-07:00I hope you get that, John.
I'm semi-there. P...I hope you get that, John. <br /><br />I'm semi-there. People talk about how crappy money is online, but I always think, money is crappy everywhere right now! Seriously, I've made more money writing for the net than I ever made writing for little literary magazines. <br /><br />You can't pay the electric bill in copies. ;)C. R. Rookwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167804392560473423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post-74624040573840981492011-07-05T09:02:36.249-07:002011-07-05T09:02:36.249-07:00Sweet, Pam. You'll love the control you get. I...Sweet, Pam. You'll love the control you get. It's soooo worth the learning curve up front.<br /><br />As for my mint, I would be so happy if I could just support myself modestly by writing. What a perfect second half of life it would be to be able to make my living telling stories and giving people a few hundred pages of joy every now and then.John Daultonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14025421836196668002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post-44941570823213396502011-07-05T06:23:42.278-07:002011-07-05T06:23:42.278-07:00Applause, applause!
I hope you make a mint. Seri...Applause, applause! <br /><br />I hope you make a mint. Seriously.<br /><br />BTW I am so impressed with what you are doing, I am shamelessly copying your ambition (minus the fantasy novel). Looking at web hosting, gonna consolidate it all on my own site, kick it up a notch.<br /><br />You rock, John. Kudos.C. R. Rookwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167804392560473423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post-44501946315123479042011-07-04T09:34:57.511-07:002011-07-04T09:34:57.511-07:00Oh, be sure you have a photo loaded in your Google...Oh, be sure you have a photo loaded in your Google profile.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324048399309263642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post-84762200084239748822011-07-04T09:26:38.866-07:002011-07-04T09:26:38.866-07:00Damn it! I just typed an entire paragraph (using m...Damn it! I just typed an entire paragraph (using my iPad's keyboard) and then deleted the whole thing. Argggg!!! <br /><br />Okay, anyway ... I think what I had to do was change the settings in both Google's general "dashboard" and in Blogspot? Sorry I'm not more help. The only thing I can remember for certain, is that it was a royal pain in the a$$.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324048399309263642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post-51795530246812965112011-07-04T08:24:48.397-07:002011-07-04T08:24:48.397-07:00Because working on our own blurbs SUCKS?
Hey, can...Because working on our own blurbs SUCKS?<br /><br />Hey, can you tell me how to post using my Google account? Every time I try to post using it, it comes up as anonymous, yet you seem to be able to do it just fine.John OMFGTHISPOSTINGSYTEMSUCKS Daultonhttp://www.daultonbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post-19511422754571827292011-07-04T08:22:46.415-07:002011-07-04T08:22:46.415-07:00Awesome suggestions, both, Charlotte and Motown. I...Awesome suggestions, both, Charlotte and Motown. I guess I'm not quite done yet, lol. I sort of suspected as much, but I just wanted to be done with it. Such a PITA. :)<br /><br />Laurel, indeed I do remember the 70's. That's when I really discovered reading, and that's the sort of stuff that got me hooked. Phillip Jose Farmer was one of my first favorite authors. Esepcially the John Daultonhttp://www.daultonbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post-36922068519482320022011-07-04T08:11:28.795-07:002011-07-04T08:11:28.795-07:00Why is it so much easier to work on someone else&#...Why is it so much easier to work on someone else's blurb than my own? I've changed "Enchantment's" blurb twice <i>since I published it. </i>Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324048399309263642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post-69150663684310788662011-07-04T07:01:02.457-07:002011-07-04T07:01:02.457-07:00I like Charlotte's suggestion also.I like Charlotte's suggestion also.Motown2Chitownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13173055665567339360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post-28799346631702345022011-07-04T07:00:09.999-07:002011-07-04T07:00:09.999-07:00What about "in the void?" I think it wo...What about "in the void?" I think it would fit well with "cold emptiness" and you wouldn't have to use space again...plus it would give even more insight into how Orli really feels about space?<br /><br />Or of course, you could tell me to butt out! LOLMotown2Chitownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13173055665567339360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post-79766893910430494742011-07-04T06:29:00.520-07:002011-07-04T06:29:00.520-07:00I'm no critic, John, but your blurb reminds me...I'm no critic, John, but your blurb reminds me of a long lost author's work,"Venus on the Half Shell" by Kilgore Trout, Remember him? Haha. Ahh, the seventies!Laurelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post-15080131318893127542011-07-04T06:06:21.158-07:002011-07-04T06:06:21.158-07:00I just noticed my suggested correction is incorrec...I just noticed my suggested correction is incorrect. (Wrong place). More proof of why I need to use an editor.<br /><br />I didn't notice the repetition of "amongst the stars" the first time I read your blurb, but if it bothers you, you could use "wandering the universe." It's not as accurate or poetic, but it is different.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324048399309263642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post-55001857811055631982011-07-03T22:45:48.390-07:002011-07-03T22:45:48.390-07:00Yes, it's a real problem because there's o...Yes, it's a real problem because there's only "stars" and "space" and space repeats in the spaceship as well as, well, the other places. It's a real PITA. lol.John Daultonhttp://www.daultonbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post-18336684108245477362011-07-03T20:02:27.506-07:002011-07-03T20:02:27.506-07:00Or Orli's paragraph could even read just "...Or Orli's paragraph could even read just "in space" - something like that.Motown2Chitownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13173055665567339360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post-61187863006227565992011-07-03T20:01:33.643-07:002011-07-03T20:01:33.643-07:00Are you sure you want to use "amongst the sta...Are you sure you want to use "amongst the stars" in both paragraphs? I'd say Orli's paragraph should read..."she's spent the last ten years 'in the vastness of space' living a life she never asked for..."<br /><br />Here's my reasoning - "amongst the stars" is a hopeful, romantic phrase, likely to be used for Altin, who is dreaming of what&#Motown2Chitownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13173055665567339360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post-17050214058007011102011-07-03T13:38:33.987-07:002011-07-03T13:38:33.987-07:00Hah, I did it yet again. The old missing word tric...Hah, I did it yet again. The old missing word trick. (sigh). Thanks for the heads up! (fixed)John Daultonhttp://www.daultonbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008472307299210755.post-51842910809252090692011-07-03T12:54:30.078-07:002011-07-03T12:54:30.078-07:00He’s got too much magic to control, yet not enough...He’s got too much magic to control, yet not enough save himself.<br /><br />He’s got too much magic to control, yet not (to) enough save himself ;-)<br /><br />Sounds good, John. In fact, I can't wait to read the book!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324048399309263642noreply@blogger.com