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rob: Good point, Amelia. The hours people spend reading are the greatest cost involved. Given that we sometimes get fooled and buy books we don't enjoy, it's nice to have a low cover price, too--if not for the successes, at least for the rejects.Rob

amelia: You may buy books because they are cheep (so you can fill a bookcase) or because you may or may not want it. But I hope people do not read books because they are cheap. time is to valuable

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Rob: Thanks, Amelia. Still, lots of people seem to think that stupid people doing stupid (embarassing) things is the ultimate in humor.Rob

amelia: I am with you. I do not find people doing stupid things funny. I find that people think I am funniest when I say the truth. Odd.

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Rob: Hi Amelia,Yep, you're right. Paper is okay although I think it's faster to look up words on the computer.--Rob

amelia: I thought Reboubt was some type of fort. So I was close. I looked it up in the dictionnary. Yes paper

Operation: World Wide: Just surfing through to spread a little peace and joy. Have a wonderful week.

Rob: Thanks, Clare. And what a fun site you have.--Rob

Clare: Wonderful work you are doing!! Keep it up! You have my support!

amelia: mom got here safe and sound. She said that I have a lot of food in the frig and was looking forward to stilton cheese. On the way home I will try to get some fig pine nut bread to go with it.

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Rob: Hi Amelia,Sorry to hear about Da Vinci. It's possible your reading habits are a bit more sophisticated than the average. Since I get paid for sitting in basements, it's not all bad.rob

amelia: P.S. I got DaVinci code on tape. Listened to it but got annoyed. felt manipulated so stoped also felt like I knew the end already. Finally I think goddess worshipers can be just as bad as any other religion.

amelia: good luck on your classes. What a bad Idea sit in a basement in Hawaii while Karen plays outside.

amelia: Looks like you have a Texas walaby on the cover of your latest book,

Rob: From the spam I get, Lea is probably the only one not e-mailing me. My address is in my tag.--Rob

Lea: Hello Rob, I can't get any of your e-mail addresses to work... I would like to send you new submissions from Spotlight authors. Please let me know where we can reach you with review opportunities. Thanks!

Rob: Hi Amelia,Yes, that thought had crossed my mind as well. The slowest reader controls the remote. --Rob

amelia: group reading. No everyone reads at a different pace. who will be the one that changes the page?

Rob: Hi Amelia,The spammers must have figured out a way to overcome the safeguards. Hope this doens't mean I have to take it down again.Rob

amelia: what is with these odd tags? If we have a nuculr war and any one survives I dont mind if they take all the paper books I leave.

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Lutchi : nice blog you got here...Visit me at my blog when u have time. TC

amelia: nothing is indistructable and when it wears out you want it to be recycleable. Also I am hearing about electronics being a trash problem.

Rob: Hi Amelia,But why recycleable? Why not just keep using it?Rob

amelia: priced so it will not be stolen, easily adapeted for large print, very light weight, very simple to use, hard to break, recycleable,

Wednesday, October 28th 2009

6:47 PM

Getting old

Because I'm over 50 (and maybe because my father died of stomach cancer), my doctor recommended I have something called a colonesemy (or something like that). Anyway, I spent yesterday drinking horrible salt stuff and then this morning before I really wanted to be out of bed, I went to the hospital where I got to sit and wait in air conditioned chill. I don't remember anything about the procedure itself--they drugged me up--but it only took a few minutes and I'm happy to say, my colon is fine. (weirdly, they gave me pictures--eeew). The rest of the day was pretty much shot, though. My brain wasn't quite in gear although it was spinning away.

I posted a couple of reviews yesterday. For DRAGONBORN by Jade Lee which is sexy and exciting but had some logic problems, I thought. Here's my review: www.booksforabuck.com/rompages/rom_2009/dragonborn.html. Also, THE STEEL REMAINS by Richard K. Morgan which I enjoyed although it left a lot of questions (can anyone say sequel). Here's my review: http://www.booksforabuck.com/sfpages/sf_09/steel_remains.html.

Speaking of sequels, it seems like every fantasy or SF book these days gets a sequel. Readers get invested in characters and events and want more. When I wrote MERCHANT PRINCE OF ARCADIA I ws definitely thinking sequel although I haven't gotten around to it yet. I got a note from Ken Ingle saying he's started plotting out a sequel to FIRST CONTACT (www.booksforabuck.com/sfpages/sf_09/first_contact.html). Cool. Also, my last blog entry has a comment from Paul Nelson saying he's working on another legal thriller...even more cool. I guess I like sequels, too.

Tomorrow I get back to my regular routine--writing, editing, and Tai Chi.

I'm going to make A TEXAS BOUNTY by Cathy Richard Dodson the www.BooksForABuck.com book of the day. When his 'uncle' offers a million dollar reward for the return of a lost wallaby, Noah realizes he's got to go back to the home he left after high school. He has no idea, though, that the girl he left behind is now all grown up. Lou Ann isn't about to let herself get hurt again...and she definitely doesn't want Noah to learn her secret. Still, she can't seem to keep herself away. Sexy and fun. Only $3.99. (available in HTML, Adobe PDF, eReader, Mobipocket and Microsoft Reader formats (ask me if you need Sony or ePub)). Here's the link: http://www.booksforabuck.com/rompages/rom_2007/texas_bounty.html.

Here's the cover (cover design by Jim Dodson):