Early morning calls
Time to dust off the novel
Overdue re-write
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I am trying so hard to get my latest novel re-written. Tough to get back into the groove again.
Tag: Writers
Poem – D.I.Y. Author
I contort the pages
Force them into a new shape and form
They adjust uncomfortably
Electronic words are not the norm
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I have been going round and round with my Microsoft Word files the past few days. I’ve now discovered a new way to make my EBooks look great in the Kindle and other EReaders – I think. It seems to be working so far, but it involves a lot of trial and error.
The problem I am having is that when I wrote most of my stuff it was meant for print. I just popped open a Word file and started banging away on the keys. With EBooks though you got to nurse it, massage it, take it out to dinner a couple of times before it gives up the goods. You have to go in and manually set a lot of the margins, tabs, and so forth. It is a nightmare on an OCD guy like me. At what point do you just let it go? I could tweak on these things forever. And on top of all that I keep hearing how Word is the devil when it comes to making EBooks. Again, it’s all I have ever used, so my stuff is frozen in Word. Guess I got to just work with what I got.
Your thoughts. Do you hire people to do make your EBooks or are you one of those who go in like I do and try to do it themselves?
If you have an EBook you might want to look into these two sites. Both helped me along the way, and are helping me still.
http://chrismcmullen.wordpress.com/2014/09/12/styles-the-secret-for-word-to-kindle/
Haiku – Hope and A Pen
Forgotten journal
Blank, empty pages waiting
For an Author’s love
Haiku – Journey of Dreams
A timeless story
Writer’s imagination
Captures it with words
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Haiku – An Author’s Heart
Writer’s hopes and dreams
Spreading out from tip to toe
Alive with desires
Haiku – Creative Energy
Racing through my soul
Possessing my brain – body
Taking me over
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I don’t know about you, but when I write or re-write it just consumes me. I have woken up the last two days feeling like I’m coming out of a deep dormant sleep. Coincidentally, I put the finishing touches on my re-write yesterday morning. It’s like my body knows when to push me and when not to push me. That’s what inspired this Haiku.
Anybody else feel that way when they go on a creative binge?
Poem – Doubt and Fear
I’m on an island
In the middle of an endless sea
Career hopes, desires, wants and needs
Washing on the shore in front of me
My voice is lost
Hidden by the crying gull
Hunger for a feast
Like my dreams inside my skull
Poem – Sometimes . . .
. . . I feel like a fighter
Pushed against the ropes
Chasing incomplete dreams
Each day living through hopes
One day I tell myself
You will have it come due
Tasting in the victory
So sweet so true
Haiku – Author 20
A lap top keyboard
Black and white keys springing up
Stories come to life
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The rest can be found here: http://wp.me/p2kmxm-34r
Haiku – Author 19
All erotic-like
Creative fire burning
In the story zone
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The rest can be found here: http://wp.me/p2kmxm-33j
Haiku – Author 18
Query letters fly
Hopes and dreams riding along
With the e-mailed word
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Time to do the hardest part of my writing job, contacting agents, trying to get this book published. I can write over a hundred thousand words for a novel, but that one little query letter is the thing that gets me the most. I just can’t nail it down, can’t make it ring and sing. Here’s to hoping this one will work. Fingers crossed.
The rest in this series starts here: http://wp.me/p2kmxm-339
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By the way, 2 years ago I started this blog, can’t believe it has been that long. Thanks to all of you who follow, comment, and like the things I do. It is appreciated.
Haiku – Author 16
Grimace as I write
Grimace as I re-write it
Grimace as I hope
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Not sure if this means I am back to blogging or not, but the subject word at Haiku Heights intrigued me, so I wrote this haiku when I saw it.
1-15 can be found here: http://wp.me/p2kmxm-302
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Inspired by the theme at
Haiku – Solitude VII
Poet sits alone
Soaking up the energy
Resting on the beach
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The rest of this series can be found here: http://wp.me/p2kmxm-2Pu
Haiku – Author 12
Black ink words, ablaze
Finger tips rap, tap, tapping
Frantic writer works
The others in this series: http://wp.me/p2kmxm-2Uj
Haiku – Author 11
Decision to make
Work on the blog or my book
While the baby sleeps
The others in this series: http://wp.me/p2kmxm-2TJ
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Inspired by the theme at
Haiku – Author 10
Coffee pot gurgling
Fingers tap lightly on keys
Great start to the day
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The others can be found here: http://wp.me/p2kmxm-2TD
Haiku – Author 9
My favorite chair
Sitting, working on pages
Evening fades to red
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The others can be found here: http://wp.me/p2kmxm-2SD
Haiku – Tanked 4
My brain feels so flat
I am a little burnt out
Taking a small break
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Tanked 1
Nothing in the tank
It is just empty and dry
I need some new juice
Tanked 2
Running on empty
Nothing to write for this blog
Juices flowing slow
Tanked 3
Baby sick this week
My mind turned down to zero
Creative flat line
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I think I might take a few days away from this blog. Just need to get the creative juices flowing again. I’m also trying to finish the rewrite to my next novel so I need to buckle down. If you don’t see a post or two for a few days, just know, I will be back – hopefully? Thanks again for following.
Haiku – Fingers Speak
A light cascading
Shadows cast, night time silence
Writer still at work
Haiku – Tanked 2
Running on empty
Nothing to write for this blog
Juices flowing slow
Tanked 1
Nothing in the tank
It is just empty and dry
I need some new juice
One Writer Ranting 
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