IT'S ABOUT TIME!

IT'S ABOUT TIME...

 I FINALLY GOT THIS BOOK ONTO AMAZON KINDLE!

                                                

IT'S BEEN A TORTUROUS FIVE YEARS TRYING TO GET MY BOOK, "I FELL FOR PARIS" ON-LINE. I HAD DONE A PAPERBACK PRINTING BUT WOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY ABOUT A THOUSAND BUCKS TO ORDER JUST 25 MORE ON BOOKBABY.COM.

I FINALLY FIGURED THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THIS WOULD BE TO PUBLISH FIRST ON KINDLE EBOOKS. BUT TO FORMAT THE MANUSCRIPT FOR KINDLE WAS PURELY HELLATIOUS!

TO MODIFY THE MANUSCRIPT FOR KINDLE WAS SO DIFFICULT I SIMPLY GAVE UP SEVERAL TIMES,  ALLOWING MANY MONTHS TO ELAPSE BETWEEN TRIES. I HAD ALMOST GIVEN UP ALTOGETHER BUT READ A BOOK BY JOHN TESH, "BEYOND RED ROCKS, MAKING YOUR DREAMS A REALITY.  IT GREATLY ENCOURAGED ME. I STARTED AGAIN THE LAST FEW DAYS OF DECEMBER 2019.

AFTER REVAMPING THE BOOK'S COVER I SET OUT ONCE AGAIN TO UPLOAD THE MANUSCRIPT TO AMAZON KINDLE. THEIR FORMS ARE NOT EXACTLY "USER-FRIENDLY". EVERY TIME I TRIED SOMETHING, LIKE SIMPLY CATEGORIZING THE BOOK, IT TURNED INTO A MAJOR ORDEAL.

I HAD ALMOST GIVEN UP HOPE WHEN MY SON TEXTED ME YESTERDAY AND SAID, "SEE MOM. I TOLD YOU I'D GET MY BOOK ON AMAZON BEFORE YOU!" HE SENT ME A PHOTO AND LINK OF HIS BOOK, WHICH SORRY TO SAY I CAN'T SHOW YOU. THERE IS INFO ON IT HE ASKED ME TO WITHHOLD, SO I HAVE TO HONOR HIS WISHES.

HOWEVER, THE THOUGHT OF MY SON "BEATING ME TO THE PUNCH" JUMP STARTED MY ENDEAVOR AGAIN... A USEFUL PSYCHOLOGICAL TRICK ON HIS PART. I DETERMINED I WOULD WORK STRAIGHT THROUGH THE NEXT 48 HOURS OF WEEKEND OFF TIME, AND GET THAT BOOK UPLOADED...COME "HELL, HIGH WATER" OR NUKES! I DIDN'T EVEN STOP TO EAT OR DRINK UNTIL IT WAS DONE!

I SPENT THE ENTIRE DAY REFORMATTING, PROOFREADING, WORKING THROUGH GLITCHES, ADDING A NEW COVER...

NOBODY EVER SEEMS TO GET THE JOKE! "EI FFEL FOR PARIS"! FOR THAT REASON I USED THE PHOTO I SNAPPED IN A PARIS SOUVENIR SHOP WHOSE SHELVES WERE LOADED WITH MULTICOLORED EIFFEL TOWERS. NOW MAYBE S-O-M-E-O-N-E WILL GET IT!

AT 11:00 P.M. LAST NIGHT I WAS STILL STRUGGLING TO GET THE THING PUBLISHED...IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT SOMEHOW MY COMPUTER FONT SIZE SETTING HAD CHANGED TO THE MOST MINUSCULE SIZE THAT I COULD BARELY EVEN SEE IT. WHEN PROOFREADING THE FINAL EDITION IN KINDLE CREATE I COULD BARELY READ IT, LET ALONE CORRECT IT.

WHEN I PUSHED THE "PUBLISH" BUTTON, I ALMOST JUMPED OUT OF MY SKIN WITH EXCITEMENT. THEN I TEXTED MY SON TO TELL HIM SINCE HE'S BEEN GOADING ME FROM THE VERY BEGINNING TO GET THIS DONE. HE READ IT DURING THE NIGHT. THE ONE GOOD THING HE SAID WAS, "IT'S EASY TO READ".

SO IF YOU WANT TO GO TO PARIS, OR SIMPLY WANT TO ARMCHAIR TRAVEL THERE, READ THE BOOK.

I FELL FOR PARIS

IF YOU LIKE HEARTFELT STORIES OF FAMILY REUNIONS IN EXOTIC LOCALES, READ THE BOOK!

I F E L L F O R P A R I S

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE TIME SPACE CONTINUUM - READ THIS BOOK! REALLY - IT'S ABOUT T-I-M-E!

IF PEOPLE REALLY LIKE THE BOOK AND I'M ABLE TO AFFORD ANOTHER TRIP TO PARIS - MAYBE I'LL TAKE A GROUP WITH ME AND BE THE TOUR GUIDE. AFTER ALL, ONE OF MY FIRST JOBS WAS "TRAVEL AGENT".

OR MAYBE I'LL DO TWO SEPARATE TOURS, ONE CENTERED AROUND SHOPPING AND EATING IN PARIS, THE OTHER ABOUT FINDING THE TIME SPACE PORTAL AT THE MYSTERY LOCATION IN THE PARIS AREA.

IT WILL REMAIN A MYSTERY UNTIL YOU READ THIS BOOK! IT'S ONLY $2.99 AND DEFINITELY WORTH THE TIME...UNTIL THEN A TOUTS A L'HEURES PARIS-LOVERS!

AND PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO VISIT MY WEBSITE AT:     WWW.IFELLFORPARIS.COM     

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