Busy Day Sitting Still

It may not have been a storm, but during the Florida hurricanes of last summer the server carrying my website, cowart.info , suffered severe disruption. So, since 4 a.m. today, I've been restoring file after file after file, one at a time. I'm about a fourth done. O well, it keeps me off the streets.

Life's Not Fair!

Here I've struggled for ages with computer stuff and I stay lost; and here today Donald posted a brand new website and blog in just a few hours. Phooy! Makes me feel inferior.

Jax History Book About Ready

My long-delayed history of Jacksonville, Fla., is about ready for posting. Thank God!
I'd tried posting it once before but I had trouble with pdf conversion files and embeded fonts (whatever those things are), but my son, a computer whiz, is correcting my mistakes and he tells me that the book should be printer-ready in a few days. I'm looking forward to it.

Lazarus Is Finally Posted

Thursday 27 of January, 2005

Last night, after months of writing, editing, re-writing and revision, my son and I posted my sci/fi novel, The Lazarus Projects, on Lulu. Even with the easy way Lulu provides as an outlet for writers, it's till a lot of work.

Makes me appreciate what those guys with the goose quill pens went through to produce a book.

Trying to make a pdf file drove me nuts because the program I was using kept changing the format of the ms. I wanted to keep control but finally gave up and let the Lulu program make the pdf file and it did in minutes what I've been working on for days... Sometimes it pays to let the experts do the hard stuff. From now on, I'll stick to something easy like Brain Surgery While You Wait.

Posted on Thursday 27 of January, 2005 [04:17:01]

Lost In a Blog

Hi Friends,
This afternoon I found that I have been making entries in someone else's blog and they have made entries in mine. I had not been paying attnention to the dropdown boxd at the top. Sorry for the confusion. If you eally want to make a comment in my blog, be sur3e the box says John Cowart's Blog; I'll watch out for that in the future.

Form Fight

Today I've been fighting forms as I blundered through the process of applying for ISBN and Library of Congress numbers. Just as I'd almost get a form ready, the computer would time me out. Frustrating but I won; I finally got it done. Look for my first two Bluefish books in early February.

Working Hard

I'm working hard preparing a new science fiction novel for posting on Lulu. Hope to have it done by next week.

Another Try At Posting The Jax History Book

Well, it seems that I goofed on my first try at posting my Jacksonville history book on Lulu. According to the message I got, I had 15 embeded fonts in the pdf.
That can't be right.
Honest, I've never embeded a font in my life.
Anyhow, my son — bless him — managed to straighten out the mess and the book is available again. Thanks be to God.
John

Why Do I Bother?

Just when you think you are done and can move on to the next book (I started formating a sci/fi thriller today) the first project rises from the grave of printing and needs to be reformated all over again. Story of my life. Sometimes I wonder why I bother.

Florida Winter

This being January 11th, I felt I couold either shovel snow like the poor yankees or spend the day cleaning the pool. So, like a true Florida boy, to unwind from the tension of the final push for my Jacksonville history book, I've dabbled in the pool all day.

Help for Indonesia

I've spent the day running around trying to drum up long-distance help for tusumi.xxxxx, Tuskummi, xxxxx, Tsusksumi xxxxx, Flood victims in Indonesia and begging folks to buy my books.
-- John Cowart
www.cowart.info

Hi Again

Hi Again,
After much fussin, fummin, prayin and cussin over phf conversion and such, I finally posted an e-book version of my Jacksonville history today.
Now I'll begin to get the stuff ready for the paperback version... Think good thoughts for me please... Are you sure Stephen King got started this way?
John Cowart
www.cowart.info
P.S. The beautiful work of art, bluefish, decorating my storefront was a Christmas gift from my youngest daughter and I used its picture because it's almost as pretty as I am.- jwc

Just Getting Started

Hi All,

Just getting started with Lulu. Watch this space for my up coming book on Moments in Jacksonville Florida's History.

--JWC