Sheila's Guests and Reviews

I finally got those stories down onto paper--well, into the computer. It took a couple of failed attempts to upload them to Lulu, but the formatting's looking pretty good now, the table of contents makes sense, and the fonts are okay. I've even made a cover that seems the match those from the rest of the series. So now I'm proof-reading pdf files on my kindle. It's strange how much easier it is to spot those mistakes when I can't fix them, but maybe that's the trick; I know I can't fix, so I'm not in writing mode, so I read more carefully? That's my theory anyway--just click the button and highlight the errors (well, all the ones I see). I'll type the changes into Word when I'm done and proof-read the cover. Then I'll re-upload and order my free proof. I wonder how many more errors I'll find when I hold the "real" book in my hand? Anyway, it's nice to finally get Joshua's Journeys out of my head. Those stories h...

Our mailman's great. He knows all his customers by name and even greets us in the street if we happen to be walking when he drives past. He knows which parcels will fit in the box and which require personal delivery. And he even always had a good word for the dog when we still had a dog. (In fact, one of our mailmen even had a biscuit for the dog, resulting in our dog's conviction that all mailpersons were best friends.) Since I like books, our mailman often has book parcels for me. Sometimes they're surprises, like the gift of a hot-off-the-press hardback edition of " Once Wicked, Always Dead " by T. Marie Benchley which arrived yesterday. I reviewed a paperback ARC of Once Wicked Always Dead on gather a while ago, and it's wonderful to be able to share her delight in the finished product. Congratulations T. Marie! Other surprise parcels contain pre-release copies of books from the Permanent Press. My most recent review for them is of The Dissemblers by...

Squidoo invented a new type of lens, aimed at lovers of pets. Okay, I couldn't resist. My pet lenses: http://www.squidoo.com/maggie-and-the-raccoons http://www.squidoo.com/grandpops-cat http://www.squidoo.com/the-flying-poodle http://www.squidoo.com/doggy-dreams-and-wishlists http://www.squidoo.com/remembering-maggie So why do Squidoo games, with trophies, points and encouragement to read and comment ( participate I guess) have such an attraction for me while I continue to overwork the "ignore" button on all Facebook's games? On a similar note, what's with this lunch.com that I've just joined? It looks great for book reviews (and everything else reviews too but I only do books), and it looks like kind of an interesting community. There's a "similarity network" gimmick that purports to tell me who I have interests in common with; I suspect most of my reviews haven't made it into the calculations yet, or else my reviews display suc...