Amazon means Argth!

   I've been having fun researching Amazon and converting the manuscripts to their acceptable format. It's oooh so much fun, I haven't been this frustrated in ages!
   I figured out how to do the table of contents, but apparently when I fix the indent problem (B&N wants tabs and no auto indent, Amazon wants no tabs and auto indent) it either 1 doesn't work... or more recently it partially works but also randomly changes my quote marks to g and h! GAAAAAAHHH! At this rate I'm going to go bald pulling my hair out! Entire chapters randomly changed! Back to the drawing board!
   Sooo, impass there until I figure something or other out with Word and Open Office. In the meantime I've been drooling over new parts for my PC... I've got a new case coming this week and I'm ordering more stuff next month. (Rebuilding my PC piece meal) I've been having a ball reading over everything. Window shopping (no pun intended) is always a lot more fun than actually putting it together and reinstalling Windows and all my software, then getting through any conflicts and other issues. That part I'm not looking forward to. Nope, not at all.
   Speaking of shopping... anyone else notice Amazon (again here we go again) has consistantly undercut everyone? I do mean everyone... well... almost everyone. not Geeks. But Tigerdirect, Frys, and Newegg are getting creamed. Lower prices at Amazon and anything over $25 has free shipping....
  
   Instead of diving right into another writing project or editing project, I've been researching the Blade liger. I've made a few zoids including the latest Shield liger... and I started the Blade liger but never got around to it. Now seems like a good time to take a break for a week or so and have a little fun.
http://www.amazon.com/Zoids-Revoltech-Blade-Liger/dp/B003LVYW1I

1 left if someone wants to get it. Me, I'm saving my money for the Avengers DVD release tomorrow. :D

3 here:
http://www.amazon.com/Revoltech-No-93-Zoids-Action-Figure/dp/B004ASOL26/ref=pd_sim_t_1

This is the version I am making: I've spent a good bit of time surfing for reference images:
http://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Kotobukiya-Limited-Edition-Mirage/dp/B003NNVEJM/ref=pd_sim_sbs_t_9

I think my buddy Mechmaster has one of these come to think of it. :)

Done!

        Well, sorta. Princess Rescue Inc. is now out of my hands, I just finished uploading it to Mechmaster a minute ago.
       It was a long tedious edit, but not nearly as long as I had been afraid of. A month, not bad. I cleaned up what I could, added some alternative view points and nearly doubled the manuscript in size from adding different things and tons more scenes and details. It's not as rich or polished as say something from Ringo or Weber, but it should work as a light read.
      Tomorrow I'm either going back to writing Jethro 2 First to Fight, or I'm going to work on something else. Not sure yet. What I am sure about is I'm going to celebrate with a frosted brown sugar pop tart and a round of Mariokart. I need to practice before my nephew comes over this weekend. >:)

Half way...

   YES! There is light at the end of the tunnel. Just a lot of leagues to go before I get back into the light. I hate editing, and combine that with a re-write and you've got a special kind of nightmare for me.
    I'm referring of course to Princess Rescue Inc. I'm adding alternative view points along with cleaning it up. It's slow going, tedious, and yeah hard because I don't want to completely destroy what I've already done or undermine any plot points. The good news is all this work has so far added 60 pages to the book. If that holds true to the end (I doubt it, some of those alternative view points are going to end drastically) it may add another 60. I'll be happy with about 300-350 pages but we'll see.
    This was supposed to be a short book, a throw away one off I spun off originally as a writing exercise that just grew and grew. (Like Afraid of the Dark). An alternative idea to Stargate and Bootstrap Colony all rolled into one messy manuscript.
    Hopefully I can finish it by the middle of the month. I dunno, we'll see. Here's hoping at any rate.
    On another note, my sister's surgery went fine, she's recovering nicely. My nephew's wrist is not broken, and hopefully he'll be a little more careful playing tag at night in the dark. We had him, his brother and two of their friends over for the holiday weekend and they had fun in the pool and playing games. Well,  I had fun playing Mariokart cause I whooped Kam's rear by a whopping single point! Take that you twerp! lol