WRITING: Book is done!

Thursday, January 1, 2009

UPDATE 1/11 later 1/12 early: According to the Lulu site, my order should ship as early as 1/12 (tomorrow/today) or as late as 1/16 (Friday). Coming by FedEx Ground Delivery. (Lingering question, are Lulu books printed offshore and that’s why it takes so long?)

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1/1/2009

Well, it’s finished. Cooked. Booked. I’ve Lulu-ed it.

Now I’m waiting for my proof copy.

It’s sad. Four decades late, I’m done.

Luddite helped with the proofing. CJ gave me a better punch. Frau gave me good input to the cover design.

But, it’s done.

All that I have to do is wait for Lulu to send me my proof.

710 pages.

Just under a half a million words.

A little less than a year.

So many lessons learned.

(1) You have to be organized.

(2) Keep one copy as the master. All changes get made there.

(3) Need versioning.

(4) There’s no good software for a big wp project.

Note: Office corrupted the doc after about 6 months. Despite creating new files. Master and sub-docs was a horror show.

Note: Apple’s PAGES sucked at big docs.

Note: Google docs choked at the size.

Note: Luggable’s WINDOZE Office locked up one night and lost three hours of my best prose.

Argh!

(5) It’s always takes longer and is harder than you expect.

(6) A GANTT chart with realistic estimates would have helped.

(7) Schedules weren’t met.

(8) Illness, job loss, laziness, and stupidity all caused delays.

(9) When blogging fan fiction, have the project DONE before posting the first segment.

(10) Was it fun?

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ConspiracyTheories: I have a “thermometer” for measuring these

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Checking the Conspiracy Theorist “thermometer” (i.e., Conspiracy Theory Taxonomy and Ruler Type and Veracity) says: it is:

CATEGORIZED as … … 

Governmental
Political
Historical
Commercial
Miscellaneous
Health

AND I RATE IT AS … … 

Generally Accepted As True
Likely
More likely than not
Plausible
Possible
Less likely than not
Unlikely
Generally Accepted As False

For example:

The JFK assassination was a Governmental conspiracy theory that I’d rate as More likely than not.

The Moon Landing Hoax was a Historical conspiracy theory that I’d rate as Generally Accepted As False.

Hope this helps you know that my personaltin foil hat is not on too tight.  There are degrees of certainty in everything.

“My first rule: I don’t believe anything the government tells me.” — George Carlin

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