I’ve started reading it, again, now that I’m writing, again. From a post yesterday (day before?): Reading like it’s 1999. Kindle Unlimited’s monthly author fund has settled in the $50–67 million range; the first eight months of 2026 alone paid out more than half a billion dollars to authors. In August 2026 the per-page rateContinue reading “Mad Geniuses”
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More CSS Debugging
Here’s the chain. I start with a spreadsheet. Based on AI advice (that seems sound), I paste as RTF into word processor and set the style. It’s already picking up whitespace. I have table formatting in this style. It’s the font. The export to epub. The vertical spacing has gone nuts. The Kindle version looksContinue reading “More CSS Debugging”
A Long Two Weeks
It’s technically work time, so this will be quick. Chapter 27 is Marcy in the dungeon, from the outside. It takes two weeks for her to out-level our intrepid heroes. That’s a year and seven months inside. Getting the timelines to line up so they could interact was brutal, but I got it! When sheContinue reading “A Long Two Weeks”
Big Test
I actually finished all that. All the spreadsheets are updated. The Squad is getting a 5% bonus that I don’t remember giving them, but we don’t see their character sheets, yet, so I left it, hoping that a proofreading pass will remind me. Or it’s just wrong (beyond the 6 pergross is 4.2% issue). AllContinue reading “Big Test”
Spreadsheets Part Duex
Because there’s always a “two”. Tonight’s plan of attack is to fix the spreadsheet layout so it fits on a Kindle screen. I’ve always known this was a risk. It has come to pass. Since I haven’t caught up to the end of the book with the first round of spreadsheet changes, it seems wiserContinue reading “Spreadsheets Part Duex”
epub Version
This is a two step process: Export the master (.odm) to regular (.odt) then Export that as epub. I’ve got my file. The question is now: Where do I put it on the Kindle? The mount point contains: .active_content_sandbox .bcache audible documents fonts “documents” seems logical. That contains three directories (dictionaries, Downloads, My Clippings.sdr) andContinue reading “epub Version”
12 Hours Later
Tom and Luke’s character sheet has been refactored and synchronized up to Chapter 19, Tom’s shown. The big change was not the percentages. It was fixing the stats worksheet and adding one for skills. Both now have cross-tab references so changes ripple through rather than needing to be copy/pasted between tabs. Yes, I should haveContinue reading “12 Hours Later”
Percentages
In LitRPG, it’s typical for various things to offer percentage bonuses. For example, a magic ring that bequeaths +1% strength. As I’ve mentioned, I decided to make my system base-12. Unfortunately for me, I didn’t realize that “percent” is a base-10 thing until just now. I just made up a new title for our intrepidContinue reading “Percentages”
How Do You Know You’re Old?
You write an apocalypse scene and: The intrepid heroes try to call their friends and can’t get through They send texts They go to the car to see what’s on the radio If you don’t see what’s missing from that list, you’re old. I don’t know if the phone/Intertube connections will be working or not.Continue reading “How Do You Know You’re Old?”
Quote of the Day Two
Another HFY quote, but the concept is old: A plan always sounds best before someone starts shooting at it. This isn’t for pithiness, I actually looked it up: The word slough, which rhymes with “grew”… Because of course it does. Why would anyone expect it to rhyme with cough or plough? The secondary reason wasContinue reading “Quote of the Day Two”
