I spent some time this morning trying to figure out how to move a manuscript file into Google Docs, which automatically converts it to Word, which my system doesn't have. My PC has Microsoft Works word processor. Another advantage of using GDocs is that files can be emailed directly from it. I experimented with Rising Star, a rock n roll epic that is almost 200,000 words. I seemed to get the pasting right, but the novel appeared on the page for only an instant and then disappeared as the program first indicated that it was saving and then that it was trying to contact google.com -- who knows why. It should not be this hard. There are two ways the program will accept a paste: using Ctrl + V or using the clipboard icon. I don't know why it won't let it happen with a right click on a mouse. Weird. I'll try it later with my latest short story, Bad Form, a tiny file.
The Giants have started the season with their usual tricks, demonstrating mediocrity. Then again, the NFL has become largely unpredictable. How many handicappers had the Patriots in a rout over the Cardinals today? I did. It was a game I was happy to lose, though. Any Belichick loss is fun. Also on the topic of football: the NY Post's expert on the college game, Lenn Robbins, predicted that Virginia Tech would win the national championship. After two lackluster wins to start the season, the Hokies lost Saturday to Pitt, which had looked putrid in its first two games. This may have been the worse call in the history of sports reporting. I assume it was merely a hunch. VT has been a solid program in the Frank Beamer era, but has always fallen short of grand expectations.
For the second Sunday in a row I set up shop on Bay Parkway & 86th Street with only my books, and had no sales. I did have two inquiries instead of one. What's two times zero?
Shana Tova to Jews everywhere. Long live Israel.
Visit Vic’s sites:
Vic’s Third Novel (Print or Kindle): http://tinyurl.com/7e9jty3
Vic’s Website: http://members.tripod.com/vic_fortezza/Literature/
Vic’s Short Story Collection (Print or Kindle): http://www.tiny.cc/Oycgb
Vic’s 2nd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/6b86st6
Vic’s 1st Novel: http://tiny.cc/94t5h
Vic’s Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/cyckn3
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