The Writer's Life 1/15 - Closer

I’m sure most people would like to learn something new each day. The name Vladimir Jabotinsky is probably unfamiliar to almost all non-Jews. It was to me until this morning. In an op-ed piece in today’s NY Post, How France Can Keep Its Jews, Seth Lipsky relates the aforementioned’s beliefs to the current situation. In the 1920’s, well before the Holocaust, Jabotinsky urged Jews to flee Europe for Palestine. Vilified in his time, he is now considered a prophet. His essay, The Iron Wall, was a landmark in journalism. It refers to the cordon of defense Jews needed to protect themselves. Although he believed Jews and Muslims could live in peace, he was certain they would never resolve their differences, that no amount of negotiations would ever change things between them. Lipsky asserts that France must now create a metaphorical wall by vowing to fight anti-Semitism, embracing free speech and ending its devotion to political correctness.

I'm getting close to cracking the code regarding the production of a sound file for the publication of my rock n roll epic, Rising Star. The final aspect that has me baffled is pagination. All the pages in the manuscript read "1" at the moment. My literary angel, Victoria Valentine, sent me a representation of the page that creates the consecutive numbers, and I seem to have done things right, although obviously I haven't. I'm going with 10 point font, which has come out to 418 pages. 11 came to just over 600, 12 to 650. Those numbers don't make sense, but I'm done playing with them. The book will be less bulky and less expensive to produce, but tougher to read for those who have a vision problem.

It was still really cold today. Fortunately, there wasn't much wind or I would have packed up early and missed two valuable visits. My thanks to the gentleman who bought a canvas bag full of books. I didn't look through all of them, but there was a Grisham and a Steele among the batch. Special thanks to my most faithful customer, Marie, who I hadn't seen since before Christmas. She purchased her fifth copy of A Hitch in Twilight, which she plans to give to a friend. My thanks also to the other kind folks who bought, donated and swapped books.

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/