tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post4257125831117564677..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Non Geek, that's me. J.P. BowieAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-31208675163498313712014-03-21T18:19:55.553-04:002014-03-21T18:19:55.553-04:00For real, Lisabet? I've got a free read at Sm...For real, Lisabet? I've got a free read at Smashwords that has a cover my daughter designed for me when she was in middle school. I've asked her to help me design a new one, but she's a junior in college, works, has memberships in every honors group at her college, etc. I have NO idea how to even begin. Could you send me an email so we can talk? <br />fiona.mcgier@gmail.comFiona McGierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495707848048468428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-69175826844284587992014-03-21T09:38:09.972-04:002014-03-21T09:38:09.972-04:00If any of you want help with your covers, just ask...If any of you want help with your covers, just ask...! I was actually going to send you a reminder, JP, because I KNOW you've got more recent releases...!Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-9953629047988780482014-03-20T21:05:16.990-04:002014-03-20T21:05:16.990-04:00JP, I sympathize. Re backing things up, I once had...JP, I sympathize. Re backing things up, I once had the smart idea of backing up everything in my "Documents" onto floppy disks -- and then they became zombie-like when they became obsolete (if that's the right term - they no longer worked). Ack! I can't keep up. Tech support at the university where I teach helped me to retrieve some files. (They are a very patient team of young men - I dunno why they all seem to be male.) I also have a fairly tech-savvy mate, even though she is largely self-taught. I'm very lucky to have help at hand, including Lisabet's erotogeek manual.Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-38766988617966195462014-03-19T13:45:12.750-04:002014-03-19T13:45:12.750-04:00I think it's because we're "word-peop...I think it's because we're "word-people", as opposed to "tech-people". Our specialty is studying human nature and re-creating it with words that create vibrant people who have never, and will never live outside of the brains of the writer and the readers. Our brains create worlds within, software, if you will, not hardware. <br />Since it seems we're all similar, it's good that some of us managed to snag a mate who is more comfortable with tech-y stuff. Though that does lead to incidents where, for example, we were watching the movie "Warm Bodies", and I yelled out with great excitement after the balcony scene, "Honey! The male zombie can only remember that his name used to start with an "R", and the living human female's name is Julie! They're doing a recreation of Romeo and Juliet!" I turned to him triumphantly, smiling, as he groaned, "Do you have to analyze everything? You ruin things by doing that! Just enjoy the movie, for once!" <br />I guess that's the price you pay when you have a words-creator and a hardware creator living together. Fiona McGierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495707848048468428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-12046411654848067892014-03-18T19:26:28.401-04:002014-03-18T19:26:28.401-04:00I'm glad we're all so tech-retarded - well...I'm glad we're all so tech-retarded - well nearly all...JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10305127219838784688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-27793021963357585592014-03-18T14:37:12.918-04:002014-03-18T14:37:12.918-04:00JP, you've stolen my entry! :>) Bet I'm...JP, you've stolen my entry! :>) Bet I'm the bigger sap when it comes to these kind of things. Lucky I have my 'tech girl' in Momma X.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-25328660336897783382014-03-18T13:03:09.006-04:002014-03-18T13:03:09.006-04:00Sure enough, my new Mac has tools for sizing right...Sure enough, my new Mac has tools for sizing right with pictures themselves when you open them, so I've got mine adjusted to the same (rather elongated) size as the one on the page here. Who knows, maybe I'll work on deleting the one here and inserting the newer one, but not until later. There's just so much technological triumph my little brain can handle all at once. Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-43882794806298954592014-03-18T12:10:27.397-04:002014-03-18T12:10:27.397-04:00Uh oh. Now you've reminded me that I haven'...Uh oh. Now you've reminded me that I haven't yet steeled myself to try to replace my current book cover here with my latest, which came out last June. I got it onto my own blogger blog, and it looks okay, but I think they have to be a different size here. I don't even know how to tell what size a jpg is, never mind how to make it different, or trade it for a new one. I know I can figure it out if I just focus, but I've been putting it off.Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-24185677470181321022014-03-18T11:46:45.177-04:002014-03-18T11:46:45.177-04:00Of course I should have ended with - now I'm g...Of course I should have ended with - now I'm going to read Lisabet's Naughty Bits and have it all explained to me by a pro. So that's what I'm going to do!JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10305127219838784688noreply@blogger.com