{"id":511,"date":"2011-04-26T04:44:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T04:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tdspeirs.com\/2011\/04\/26\/an-update-on-life\/"},"modified":"2018-11-04T18:17:24","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T18:17:24","slug":"an-update-on-life-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tdspeirs.com\/oldblog\/2011\/04\/26\/an-update-on-life-2\/","title":{"rendered":"An Update on Life"},"content":{"rendered":"
I\u2019ve been computerless for almost two whole weeks. On Saturday my roommate went laptop shopping so I tagged along and purchased a netbook. Oh, I guess I should say why I\u2019ve been without a laptop (and still am if you consider a netbook different from a laptop \u2013 which I do).<\/o:p><\/div>\n
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About two weeks ago as I\u2019ve already said, my laptop screen decided to go haywire. Kind of annoying, but I try to look at the bright side of things. So what did I do? I decided to give myself a general break from work and writing. I devoted my time to reading (and most of that focused on Greek<\/a> and Roman<\/a> mythology<\/a> for future reference). During that time, I also read Rick Riordan<\/a>\u2019s Sea of Monsters<\/a> (second book in the Percy Jackson<\/a> series). Wow, I had almost forgotten how well his writing flows, but that book reminded me.<\/o:p><\/div>\n
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Anyway, my laptop is still in for repairs and with no idea of when they will be completed. I\u2019m not too worried, but it\u2019s gotten me thinking that I could get used to this netbook. I mean, aside from work, anything else I could want to do can be accomplished on here (the netbook, not my site).<\/o:p><\/div>\n
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So today I was doing some web reading and thinking and decided that perhaps it\u2019s not too bad of an idea to consider self-publishing my first series. I mean it requires a lot more from me, but at least it gets me in the market and doesn\u2019t tie down my books into contracts with undesirable ebook terms. If that\u2019s the way of the future (which I believe it is), then courts and the legal system may allow those contracts to change, but why jump into some contract without such certainty. Then again, I\u2019d still market my books to publishers at first (and probably accept a contract if a publisher wanted it \u2013 aren\u2019t I confusing). Before I dig a deeper hole of confusion, let\u2019s just say I\u2019m thinking self-publishing has gained some respect that it didn\u2019t used to have (I\u2019m not predicting the demise of the publishing industry, just saying self-publishing is not always considered \u201cslush\u201d anymore).<\/o:p><\/div>\n
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Oh, I began reading The Princess Bride<\/a> as well. Wow, the anniversary edition notes sure are long. But I\u2019m enjoying the book anyway (it\u2019s kooky but not to the point that it\u2019s overwhelming). I do think I like the book.<\/o:p><\/div>\n
It seems like I began reading some other books as well, but I\u2019m having a harder time remembering what. Oh, I began reading Bulfinch\u2019s Mythology<\/a> as well. I\u2019ve always wanted to see how the Greek<\/a>\/Roman gods<\/a> are all related (many people will know that the Greek<\/a> and Roman gods<\/a> were generally all related). I found it quite a fun experience to map out the connections between the different ones and to see how many women\u2026Zeus<\/a>\/Jupiter<\/a> went after. Also, I plan to read all the Greek\/Roman plays (as many as I can get my hands on, and beginning with the Iliad<\/a> and the Odyssey<\/a>) and think it\u2019ll be nice to have a chart of the relations of the gods and a basic understanding of who each one is.<\/o:p><\/div>\n
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Without looking at my last post, I believe I promised to think of topics in the writing\/reading world to blog about. Well, I did make that list, but it\u2019s on my laptop, so I don\u2019t have access to it right now. But I thought it\u2019d be good to write a new post in the meantime.<\/o:p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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