What Books Have I Started Reading?

_Eats, Shoots & Leaves_ by Lynne Truss is a research paper/essay type of book about the decline of grammar usage in Europe & the U.S. 

I am liking it. 

Reading Level, College Age

I could not take a good photo of _Eats, Shoots & Leaves_ because I am missing the jacket cover. 

_Wilders, Project Earth Book One_ by Brenda Cooper

It is a Sci-fi novel involving protected virtual realities and robot assistants. 
It gets really confusing to keep track of who is the robot talking versus the two sisters that are talking.  Right now, I am paused on reading this. 

 

 

My Response to Rejection Replies from Literary Agents

 

              Hi.  I have to keep working harder. 

Technical Problems with Word when Advancing/Switching from Chapters to a Full Manuscript

I went from editing chapters to editing a manuscript in Word.  I discovered what I thought was a cool beneficial feature where on its own on the left side of the document it could identify Chapter Headers as in Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3 and so forth.  

I was trying to figure out why it could not comprehend Chapters past Chapter 4.  So, I thought maybe it had to do with lack of underlines on the word Chapter insert number or being bolded versus underlined.  

When I tried to fix the problem at Chapter 5, it deleted all text from page 44 to 101.  

I Ctrl +Z'd  to get my text back.  HOW DARE IT.  

However,

I did a Google search on the problem.  

My search text was, “Why does Chapters in Word delte pages –" 

Yes, I mis-spelled delete.  

This came up, https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/removing-headers-at-the-beginning-of-each-section/73f2af47-f591-456e-811c-7d6de349a97e

This link and response, makes me not feel like I am in Hell.  

I put this feature on the back burner now, so I don't lose my mind.  

 

P.S.  I acknowledge there is a whole process from switching from chapters to getting it edited/polished, transferred in one full Word Document, but this was too wordy for the title. 

 

Brief Book Review of Zoom by Leah Zanzucchi

Library book, Zoom by Istavan Banyani

Zoom by Istavan Banyani

The picture book Zoom, not to be confused with the web conferencing tool by the same name, plays with visual perspective in unexpected ways. I think I am standing in a chicken coop, but instead I am standing in a living room looking at a puzzle/picture.  I recommend it.  I found it in the picture book section of my local library in 2018. 

Lorrain Baines, _Back to The Future: Part 1_

Lorrain Baines in _Back to the Future: Part 1_ is not concerned much of her safety, a mix of innocent/bad risk teen behavior. During the scene when Lorrain is on a “date” with Marty she makes a reference to her mom’s liquor cabinet.  This gives a context to a believable back-story.

In the scene with car outside the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance when Biff comes it’s same consistency with lack of safety or awareness. 

She says, “Some one’s coming.”  to Marty as more of a happen stance, but a wiser more self- aware person would have opened the car door, bolted and hid. 

She needs to be there for the upcoming scene to see George McFly punch Biff.  She isn’t a mature woman who can save herself.  She needs to be saved in order to fall in love.  It’s a tired story line as far as love story plot is concerned.  I would strive to write a way where love could happen without a woman needing to be saved. 

Appreciation of Understanding Aerodynamics

I am studying the aerodynamics of flight for research for my science-fiction fantasy novel, so when I saw a small plane flying over the public library I had my primal fear of making sure it stayed in the sky rounded off by an appreciation and wonder of understanding something amazing.  It was magical because often I don’t appreciate.  I am usually feeling fear about something.  Since July of this year, it's been, I understand this.  

Art Influencing Art

Today I was thinking about the cartoon show _Capitol Critters_ a cartoon show from the 1990s and wondering how it is influencing my novel.  The Concept fascinated me as an 8 year old. Though, I agree with Wikipedia under the section “Reception,” that the art needed to be improved to capture a target audience.  As a kid I had a feeling the show wasn’t doing well, but was angered that it was canceled.  Even today in the back of my mind I’ll say, Whatever happened to that cartoon show with the mice and rats living in the White House?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Critters