Kindles

Amazon has updated the kindle app and it is causing all sorts of issues. I have just spent almost an hour on the online chat and in the end the technician gave up trying to solve my issues. He has promised to report it to the developers. Apparently there have been a lot of complaints. I still need to figure out where all my free books have gone, having won them I need to be able to read them. Looks as though this may be a long saga. Given it is so difficult to access the menus I may get very angry with the app, especially when it shuts one book when I open another and moves it back to the beginning of the book.

I have been very slow to enjoy my writing lately, distractions have taken precedence over buckling down and working. I need to get back to it before I lose my momentum completely. I hope the longer and warmer days will allow me to spend more time thinking, researching and writing. I need to get my story out there, it is very important.

Last night I watched the last episode of The White Princess, a series which has at times bored me but also fascinated me. Derived from a Phillipa Gregory novel, the costumes were superb, the storyline interesting if at times unbelievable, it was not historically correct but has led me to read up on the monarchs of the time. The cruelty was stunning, overwhelming, vicious, and totally unnecessary. Thankfully we have moved on. It might encourage me to read some of her other books.

I often wish I knew how long people write for, research for, and how much time is spent in meanderings which become plans and changes in their scripts. I am sure people do not write all day, nor do they spend hours trying to fill their time doing other things. I need to get busy with my researching, this will help me to formulate a real outline plan for my book. I also need to read a few more writing books, this may help me to focus. perhaps I should start with Stephen King's book on writing.

If no one reads this blog soon I may have to abandon it like so many others I have started. I am unsure how writers get followers, obviously I don't have the knack. Very disappointing, despite catchy titles and bookish input, my high level of education does not seem to attract people to investigate my blog. Perhaps I am boring!