The Writer's Life 1/13 - Help!

Ohio St. may have won the four team tournament, but I’m naming TCU, which was unjustly left out of the mix, as the number one team in the country. It’s hard to believe the Buckeyes lost to a mediocre Virginia Tech squad in the opening week of the season. Their closing run was most impressive, especially since the offense was led by a third string QB. Kudos… Also on the football front -- the Broncos fired Coach John Fox, who in four years went 46-18, and took them to the Super Bowl last February, his second appearance in the Big Show. He was the head man for the Carolina Panthers in 2003, and came close to winning it all with Jake Delhomme as his signal caller. Rumor already has it that he will end up in Chicago, which seems to have underachieved. Fox did wonders with Delhomme, who wasn’t nearly as talented as Jay Cutler, who, unfortunately, has a demeanor that does not inspire confidence.

I finished the tedious task of assigning page numbers to the PDF of my rock n roll epic, Rising Star. I re-submitted the file to Create Space and, as I expected, there were a slew of problems with it, most stemming from the fact that the system had to crop the 8.5x11 to 6x9. I read a slew of stuff about it online, but found no solution. It's surprising, given the sophistication of modern technology, that it apparently cannot be done by striking a few keys. I hated to do it, but I've asked my literary angel, Victoria Valentine of Water Forest Press, for help.

It was a gorgeous day, but too windy for the floating book shop. It's been almost two weeks since I set up at my usual nook. Maybe tomorrow.

Vic's 4th novel: tinyurl.com/bszwlxh

Vic's 3rd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/7e9jty3

Vic's Short Story on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/k95k3nx
Vic's Short Story Collection: http://www.tiny.cc/Oycgb
Vic's 2nd Novel: http://tiny.cc/0iHLb Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/kx3d3uf
Vic's 1st Novel: http://tiny.cc/rP7o9

Vic's Rom-Com Screenplay: http://tinyurl.com/kny5llp

Vic's Horror Screenplay: http://tinyurl.com/cyckn3f

Vic's Blog: http://vicfortezza.blogspot.com/

Vic's Web Site: http://members.tripod.com/vic_fortezza/Literature/