Random Thought Of The Day #742

Day 742

I'm pissed at myself. I missed my self-imposed deadline. I wanted this fucking thing done by Halloween. That was 2 days ago.

Also... I'm hoping to hear back from my friends that are proofing it at some point this week or early next, otherwise... fuck it... I'm just calling it done and uploading it.

I still don't have a god damn clue what the fuck to do with the cover. It seems like a number of people just don't like what I already put together, I don't have any pictures that are high enough resolution to do anything with, and I suck at photoshop. All of the online simple versions of it down-convert the images to too small of a pixel count or DPI that they just won't work for the print versions. Sure, they'll work fine for the eBook, but not the damn print version. And I would really like to NOT have different covers for the print and eBook. It'll be confusing and shitty.

I might just pour myself a gigantic beer and a half-dozen shots when I get home this evening, take a picture of it, throw a simple filter on it, and call that a fucking day too. I'm at that point where I just don't fucking care and I want it done and over with and no longer hanging over my head or worrying about if this or that thing is right. I just want it over. And also... I fucking hate self-publishing after this. Don't even get me started on some of the bullshit crap that goes along with it.

Oh, making an e-book is fucking EASY. That's not a problem. No, I'm talking about the print-on-demand shit. Covers. Layout. Formatting. Page size. Etc.

And if you ever think about doing the same thing, don't even get into the "well, I want to stick this picture in there" thing. Just kill yourself now and save yourself the hassle. It's not worth it.

And by the look of it, I'm not even going to get it done in time to get my dog elected President.

I was really kinda looking forward to being the First Owner. Oh well, I guess there's always 2016.

I guess I could theoretically just get the eBook out now, deal with having 2 different covers, and say "fuck it" just to get it done. I just hate the idea of half-assing the final product. Though I guess that's what I do for most things anyway.

Screw it... I'll be releasing the eBook over the weekend probably. Fuck it. You'll just have to wait for the print version for a week or so and deal with being confused that the covers are different between the 2 versions. I don't care. I now understand what software people feel like when they get to that point where they just say: