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Happy Mars Direct! (Original Post) BlueIris Apr 2012 OP
Finally! Habibi Apr 2012 #1
Finally, indeed. teenagebambam Apr 2012 #2
Forward motion.. Why Syzygy Apr 2012 #3
Yes, I most kimmerspixelated Apr 2012 #4
My book went live as a paperback today! The Blue Flower Apr 2012 #5
Fantastic! kimmerspixelated Apr 2012 #6
Are you going to convert it to ebook format sometime? kentauros Apr 2012 #8
You can get a free Kindle app at Amazon The Blue Flower Apr 2012 #13
Well, I don't have a smart-phone, kentauros Apr 2012 #14
Bookmarked!!! Howler Apr 2012 #11
Thanks The Blue Flower Apr 2012 #19
Congratulations! Melissa G Apr 2012 #12
Many thanks! The Blue Flower Apr 2012 #18
We need to find a way of slowing down Terra's orbit, kentauros Apr 2012 #7
mars direct? noel711 Apr 2012 #9
How do you do that? murielm99 Apr 2012 #10
Bless you Muriel... noel711 Apr 2012 #15
Mars direct indeed MorningGlow Apr 2012 #16
WOO HOO!!!! Howler Apr 2012 #17
Thanks, Howler! MorningGlow Apr 2012 #21
Hay, that's great! kentauros Apr 2012 #20
Kewl!! MorningGlow Apr 2012 #23
Woo Hoo! BlueToTheBone Apr 2012 #24
Thank you kindly, Blue! MorningGlow Apr 2012 #25
So, on Sunday, I fell BlueToTheBone Apr 2012 #22
Ouch! MorningGlow Apr 2012 #26
Ooooh! Sanity Claws Apr 2012 #27
Prognosis is great BlueToTheBone Apr 2012 #28
OOOOOOUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Howler Apr 2012 #29

The Blue Flower

(5,636 posts)
5. My book went live as a paperback today!
Sat Apr 14, 2012, 10:37 PM
Apr 2012

Feels fantastic to finally have it finished and out in the world. (It's called Inhuman Resources, about the murder of a homeless woman in Seattle.)

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
8. Are you going to convert it to ebook format sometime?
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 08:27 AM
Apr 2012

I'm not buying too many physical books anymore (I still do, if there's no Kindle version.) Do you have an excerpt online somewhere we can read? I wouldn't mind taking a look

Copngratulations on getting it out there, too. I know it will be a relief for me whenever I can get mine organized properly, edited and finished!

The Blue Flower

(5,636 posts)
13. You can get a free Kindle app at Amazon
Tue Apr 17, 2012, 01:40 PM
Apr 2012

If you download it onto your computer, you can then get the book.

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
14. Well, I don't have a smart-phone,
Tue Apr 17, 2012, 01:52 PM
Apr 2012

but I do have a Kindle (and a computer, and a format-converter program, mainly for seeing how my stuff looks on a Kindle)

Unlike many people, I don't mind reading books on my computer. I do it all the time! Especially the writing and editing part

I'll go take a look for your book then.

Howler

(4,225 posts)
11. Bookmarked!!!
Tue Apr 17, 2012, 09:22 AM
Apr 2012

I can't wait to read it Blue Flower!!! Congratulations!!! It sounds very interesting and I love Thrillers and mysteries!!!!

The Blue Flower

(5,636 posts)
19. Thanks
Wed Apr 18, 2012, 10:53 AM
Apr 2012

If you like it, please do me the favor of a good review on Amazon. I'd love to attract a big publisher.

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
7. We need to find a way of slowing down Terra's orbit,
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 08:23 AM
Apr 2012

so that all of the other planets are always direct!

noel711

(2,185 posts)
9. mars direct?
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 08:26 PM
Apr 2012

Too much violence in the world; it seems that mars station jammed everything up, including me. I have been simmering with anger and exhausted.

Mars has been sitting on my natal saturn and wont budge till the month's end. I am trying to practice 'serenity now' and not take the judgments of others to heart. I am power walking 6miles daily to burn off the frustration and getting lot of housecleaning done. But professionally people are getting on my last nerve.

murielm99

(31,437 posts)
10. How do you do that?
Tue Apr 17, 2012, 01:21 AM
Apr 2012

Not take others' judgments to heart? Please tell me how it works for you. I can't manage that at all.

noel711

(2,185 posts)
15. Bless you Muriel...
Tue Apr 17, 2012, 04:53 PM
Apr 2012

I try to see with compassion..into what motivates them to judge...
sometimes stepping out of myself... helps me get beyond the judgments.

I've lived for years trying to make everyone happy,
but I've learned that I'm not here to make everyone happy..
I have a goal and a path to get there, but pleasing everyone
isn't it. I try to be pleasant, helpful, loving,
and if in some small way I can help you on your journey,
but ...

I guess too much scar tissue has built up around my battered,
oft-broken heart. Don't like who I am, or what I do?
That's life....

sounds callus I guess... but life is too short to dance
to the tune of another's music...

MorningGlow

(15,758 posts)
16. Mars direct indeed
Tue Apr 17, 2012, 05:00 PM
Apr 2012

I got "the call" today--an agent offering to represent my novel. Here's hoping everything keeps moving forward as well as it's doing right now!

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
20. Hay, that's great!
Wed Apr 18, 2012, 11:23 AM
Apr 2012

I hope it all keeps moving forward for you, too! Let us all know the details as you get them

I also got a call today. For an interview tomorrow with a large engineering firm here in town. If I get the position, the contractor told me the wage is fairly high. That is, the lowest in the range is about 50% more than my last position!

It does seem like "A New Day" today

BlueToTheBone

(3,747 posts)
22. So, on Sunday, I fell
Wed Apr 18, 2012, 02:32 PM
Apr 2012

and broke my knee cap! Yikes! The first hour was really horrible, but the pain is pretty much gone (if I don't even come close to bending it) But what the heck does this mean?

Sanity Claws

(22,038 posts)
27. Ooooh!
Wed Apr 18, 2012, 05:03 PM
Apr 2012

Just reading about your broken knee cap makes me wince.
How are you managing? What's the prognosis?

BlueToTheBone

(3,747 posts)
28. Prognosis is great
Wed Apr 18, 2012, 06:53 PM
Apr 2012

I knew what to do to take care of myself. I only got the xray to make sure I hadn't shattered it with little pieces of bone floating around. It was a clean break...sort of a sheared off part (I hit the edge of the sidewalk) BUt, arnica gel and comfrey leaf poultice will get me well soon.

Believe it or not, unless I try to do something weird, there is no pain. It's uncomfortable using my right side so much (my right shoulder is sore from hoisting myself) but soon, I'll be fine. But it's just the continuation of shit that I'm going through right now.

Howler

(4,225 posts)
29. OOOOOOUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Wed Apr 18, 2012, 07:06 PM
Apr 2012

That hurts just to think about!!!!! Oh Man sending Get better soon Vibes!!!!

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