Saturday, 12 October 2013

Another hectic week of nothing.



Two things happened this week. Well three if you count my smart phone regressing into utter brainlessness as I tried to upgrade from Gingerbread to whatever came next. I finally plucked up the gumption to rid myself of the single worst telephone provider in the known universe. I did this so that I could use my alleged smart phone to tether my tablet. For some reason you can’t do that on pay-as-you-go. So, after visiting the same shop twice a day for five days I finally managed to find someone actually working and did the swap. Great. Now I could tether my tablet. Except that I can’t. My tablet apparently didn’t like being bounced down the road at fifty mph when I was thrown from my motorbike. They really don't make them like they used to.
   The other thing that happened, or rather didn’t happen, was on Thursday. I don’t know of it’s the same in the US but for some reason this last Thursday is considered the best day for book sales of the whole year. Great I thought; bookmark the Porsche web site.
   I waited, and waited, checking the umpteen sites upon which my miserable novels are posted. I waited some more and then took a break and left it. Two minutes before midnight I went back, drooling about my 911’s new sonic twenty speaker set-up. I’ve fantasised the turbo to death already.
   Zero sales.
   I hate Porsche’s, anyway.

  
I did another painting as I just can’t seem to get the typing fingers in action.

  This is why I don't paint people or animals. Although my rocks and skies are coming on.
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8 comments:

  1. Barbara12 October 2013 at 14:53

    If it’s any consolation Roger, I didn't sell any books on Thursday either!!! October is usually very good for second hand book sales, but not so this year. I’m not really complaining because I lots sold in September, and I do need to get around to listing more but blogging and ‘chatting’ with blogging pals is so much more fun!

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  2. Three Hoodies Save the World12 October 2013 at 15:09

    It's no consolation. I want us both to sell squillions of books. I always enjoy your blogs and I just wish my daughter wasn't so old so I could buy more books for her - and read them myself. The only thing she reads these days are texts and F/B entries ending with innit bruv?
    Just what does that mean?

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    1. Barbara12 October 2013 at 15:26

      I just got an email telling me you had left a comment on my blog. That was some coincidence – you must have been asking me how sales went on Thursday, just as I was complaining on your blog saying they didn’t!
      I don’t expect any of my blogging friends to buy from me Roger. Customers buy from me not friends – actually that’s not quite true, because lots of customers have become friends.

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  3. Three Hoodies Save the World12 October 2013 at 18:34

    As long as someone buys from you. Those books are too precious to sit around on shelves.

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  4. Kay Kauffman14 October 2013 at 22:37

    Well, at least the painting turned out nicely! It's very pretty. :)

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  5. Three Hoodies Save the World14 October 2013 at 23:19

    Thank you. It's not like that anymore. I have the attention span of a gnat and keep changing things.Always for the better when I begin - but that's not how it usually works out.

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  6. Unknown16 October 2013 at 00:01

    I've never heard about the best book selling day. I think the economy everywhere is in a slump though. Don't you just love all the gadgets and how they don't work like they should? Love the painting. The person looks good to me.

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  7. Three Hoodies Save the World16 October 2013 at 19:13

    That's very kind, and also my piont. That's supposed to be a little girl.I'll just stick to things from now on.

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