Looking Back - March 20th, 6am

I'm a bit obsessive about forgetting things, so I tend to take a lot of notes.  Most of the time when I'm working on ANYTHING I have a blank Word page open so I can jot down thoughts I don't want to forget.

Most of the time of course I FORGET to save the notes or I forget where I saved them at, but that's fodder for some other post.

Today I'm sharing one of those "forget me not" notes because when I found it a few minutes ago it made me remember when I wrote it, and that made me laugh.  I hope you laugh too, but I'd settle for a chuckle or at least a snicker.

Here's the note:

Createspace – Davina’s Magical Radio - March 20th, 6am

I just finished uploading all the information for Davina’s Magical Radio to be published on Createspace.  I would not recommend the process for the timid.  At one point I had 13 different applications/programs open at the same time, just trying to get the details on the cover right.  And at this point I think I’m approaching 30 revisions of the cover, most of which I saved just in case I screwed up the next attempt.  However, I uploaded something, let’s hope it sticks. 

I’ll be happy even if it sucks so bad people talk about it and laugh.  That’s publicity, right?  By the way, I had to pick up the basics for Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrater in order to make the cover.  Prior to this attempt I’d never used either program.  And I’d just like to say, if anyone knows who designed those programs, please kick them in the shin or stomp on their toes (not really, I don’t want to be libel).  But come on, why must "cut and paste" be so difficult?  I’m sure lots of folks love the “layers” thing, but it drove me crazy for the first few days. (Now, of course, I love the "layers" thing.)

Formatting the “interior” pages for the book wasn’t that bad, but I did struggle to find the correct information because I’m working with an older copy of Word (I can’t afford an upgrade until you buy a lot more books).  There was plenty of information on Word, and I'm thrilled about the many joyous hours I spent searching through web sites that didn’t mention their information only applied to Word 2007.  Not.

By the way again, I’ve got Taylor Swift's “Forever & Always” blasting in my ears so loud it’s a wonder I can even write a single sentence the doesn’t include the phrase: “back up, baby back up.”

Everyone was asleep when I hit the final “Complete” button on Createspace, so I opened a can of tuna to celebrate with the cats.  They weren’t even finished with the first can when they started begging me to upload a second book so we could celebrate some more.  So I threw a toy to distract them and then ran into my room and closed the door.