Flesh and Fire Novel

I started reading a new fictitious novel today called Flesh and Fire (Book one of the Vineart War) by Laura Anne Gilman. I don't want to fill this post full of spoilers other than to say it is about the magic linked to grapes and wine.

A writer I met recommended I join Smashwords.com so I can e-publish short stories on the Internet. But my Broadband hasn't worked all day so I finally resorted to dial-up, which didn't want to work either. I'm not sure I can open a site and join it until I can get the wi-fi connection to work again. I'm not impressed with Virgin Broadband after 3 months of using it. It often goes out of service for hours on end. When I do call I always have to wait at least 15 minutes to talk to a tech and each time they tell me there is an outage in my area and they are working on the towers. Last month they told me they would compensate me, but so far, no refund or partial refund has been given. Lame. I'm looking for an alternative now. But I like pay-as-you-go and I don't want to be locked into any contracts that start out at one price and then jump to a higher price later on. So I have my book on my desk so I can read it as I wait and wait for dial-up to change from one web page to another. At least I'm getting some reading done.

Future Plans and E-publishing

I booked another gig in the San Luis Obispo area in July. Which means I'll have to do the train thing all over again unless I have a car by then. I really hope I get one soon because I feel like life is passing me by and I'm not getting any younger. But I don't know where I am going to get the income to save for a car without having a car to get to where I can earn money. If I could only beef up my Internet income that would help a lot. I'm thinking of E-publishing stories on the Internet. Someone sent me a how to guide yesterday so I need to look into that as soon as I get back home. He sells his short stories for .99 on Smashwords.com. If you know of any good sites for that, please post a comment.