[AccessD] What To Do in the Time of COVID

[Rocky Smolin]

Well, I'm standing by to return the favor.  Sign me up as a beta tester. :o)

On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 2:13 PM Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's definitely fiction and about 30,000 words at this point. My sister
> tried to read it and she said she found it too confusing so I don't know if
> that's her or the book.
>
> I have written in an ending, but it's by way of the main character being
> told what happened -- I will not end it that way -- I will actually have
> the
> main character somehow involved in all that happens. And unfortunately, I
> think the mystery's solution is a bit canned -- so I need to find a way to
> completely change it or make it less apparent until much closer to the
> end.
>
> Susan H.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AccessD <accessd-bounces+ssharkins=gmail.com at databaseadvisors.com>
> On
> Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 4:52 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] What To Do in the Time of COVID
>
> Well, your book will always be there when life presents the right
> conditions.
>
> I got a lot of writing done in the fall of 2020 when we went up to a cabin
> on the far side of a lake outside Mammoth California.  No TV, Internet,
> phone, email, people. And the air quality was so bad from the fires to the
> west that we spent much of the day inside. Now I know why authors go into
> isolation to write.  I also treated it like a job - I got up and wrote
> every
> morning - tried for 1000 words or end of a chapter.
>
> Is yours fiction or non?
>
> r
>
> r
>
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 1:43 PM Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Congratulations Rocky. I will have a tall bourbon in celebration!!!
> > Not only am I excited, but I am impressed that you followed through on
> > this.
> >
> > Mine still sits unfinished and not even reviewed for over six months.
> > That's
> > about when I started watching Jordan.
> >
> > Susan H.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: AccessD
> > <accessd-bounces+ssharkins=gmail.com at databaseadvisors.com>
> > On
> > Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 4:15 PM
> > To: Off Topic <dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com>; Access Developers
> > discussion and problem solving <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>; List
> > <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> > Subject: [AccessD] What To Do in the Time of COVID
> >
> > I wrote a novel. I had no intention of ever writing a novel.  But
> > there it is. Why I did is a marginally interesting story, but I'll
> > post it if you're interested.  Suffice it to say that it has been an
> adventure.
> >
> > Amazon.com: Breaking The Spell: 9798797728153: Smolin, Rocky: Books
> > <https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09R3H8FJW?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860>
> >
> > One huge favor: If you do read the book, I would be hugely grateful if
> > you took just two minutes to leave a review.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Rocky
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