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Monday, December 11, 2017

The Writer's Life 12/11 - Mix & Match

NYC has dodged another terrorist bullet. Unfortunately, the failed attack shows how vulnerable the subway is, and there's not much the authorities can do about it.

In an op-ed piece in today's NY Post, retired Army Colonel Ralph Peters called the protests of President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel rather tepid compared to those of the past, and called out the mainstream media for its extreme bias toward the Palestinians, who have rejected umpteen offers for their own state since 1948. Here's a brief excerpt from the piece that is right on the money: "... Israel... an island of civilization amid vast deserts of barbarism." Kudos.

One set of highlights from yesterday's NFL games stood out, the Colts and Bills playing in deep snow in Buffalo. It was falling so fast all the ground crew could do was clear the boundaries and hashmarks. The Colts tied the score late in regulation, tried to win with a two-point conversion try, but suffered a major penalty that forced future Hall of Famer Adam Vinatieri to kick a 46-yard extra point. He later missed from a similar distance in OT. The Bills won on a long run by LeSean McCoy, who had more than 100 yards rushing. Kudos to both teams for their professionalism... Besides the Giants, the most precipitous fall by a team in 2017 seems the Raiders, who last season seemed like genuine Super Bowl contenders until Derek Carr was injured. Even with the QB back, the Black and Silver have been less than mediocre, putrid yesterday... It will really suck if Eagles QB Carson Wentz is lost for the season, although Nick Foles is an experienced backup... Right now it seems as if the Patriots will waltz to another title.

 

This morning I did a quick scan of the novel I will be self-publishing shortly. I asked the Word program to highlight errors. It found three or four. I then converted the file to PDF and added page numbers. I will check it to see if everything seems in order and, if it does, submit it to Create Space, which will send me a proof copy. I usually find a few more mistakes in the first proof. If that occurs, I will make corrections and request another.

It was a beautiful day of sunshine and negligible wind, and the floating book shop had a second straight good session. My thanks to the gentleman who bought six Danielle Steele paperbacks for his Mrs., and to the sweet Russian grandma who purchased three novels in her first language, and to David, a young man who went to town, selecting not only Killing but Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, Frank McCourt's 'Tis, two novels by Chaim Potok, a short story collection Sholem Aleichem, and The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie.
Vic's Sixth novel: http://tinyurl.com/zpuhucj 
Vic's Short Works: http://tinyurl.com/jy55pzc
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