Lows and highs and a lesson in life
The challenge
My latest book, Betweenwhiles is out on Kindle. The last 3 weeks, I have been working on an illustrated version. This, I am planning to publish as a paperback. With excitement mounting, the task was nearly complete.
The low
Then last week, I opened the manuscript, to find the format had corrupted. Shockingly, I had forgotten to create a backup, so I had lost all my work.
Through tears of frustration, I have been girding my loins, to redo the template. My work, repairing and enhancing the old family photos, was backed up. And the manuscript for the book is safe. But I must repeat, pasting the story into the Createspace template. The photos are aligning into the script as I go. Painstaking work, but I will make sure I do a backup at each stage, this time.
The high
Through my tribulation, Betweenwhiles has received another five-star review. I am thrilled to share this with you. It has encouraged me to work, again, on the paperback.
Betweenwhiles: A family between two wars – a true story of rebellion against Nazism
5.0 out of 5 stars A family split between London and Germany in the 1930s
29 April 2018
Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase
A fascinating account of a family living between the wars, some in the cockney east end of London, some in an increasingly Nazi Germany. Following WWI life is not easy for working people in either country, but especially in the political chaos of Munich and Hamburg. The rise of Hitler is charted in the background of ordinary family lives, the impending doom all too obvious to the reader. The journal of a young engineer, incarcerated by the Gestapo for anti-Nazi activity, is a real insight into the difficulties of living in a world where your values can suddenly become dangerous. The passport difficulties experienced by those trying to join cousins and siblings in London are a real example of how history may inform our future in this pre-Brexit Europe! But above all this is a story of a real family with their tragedies, their passions, and also their more light hearted anecdotes all brought to life in an accessible and entertaining read.
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My lesson in life?
Never forget to backup your work.
Feedback from readers, spurs me, on when the going gets tough.
My latest book, Betweenwhiles is out on Kindle. The last 3 weeks, I have been working on an illustrated version. This, I am planning to publish as a paperback. With excitement mounting, the task was nearly complete.
The low
Then last week, I opened the manuscript, to find the format had corrupted. Shockingly, I had forgotten to create a backup, so I had lost all my work.
Through tears of frustration, I have been girding my loins, to redo the template. My work, repairing and enhancing the old family photos, was backed up. And the manuscript for the book is safe. But I must repeat, pasting the story into the Createspace template. The photos are aligning into the script as I go. Painstaking work, but I will make sure I do a backup at each stage, this time.
The high
Through my tribulation, Betweenwhiles has received another five-star review. I am thrilled to share this with you. It has encouraged me to work, again, on the paperback.
Betweenwhiles: A family between two wars – a true story of rebellion against Nazism
5.0 out of 5 stars A family split between London and Germany in the 1930s
29 April 2018
Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase
A fascinating account of a family living between the wars, some in the cockney east end of London, some in an increasingly Nazi Germany. Following WWI life is not easy for working people in either country, but especially in the political chaos of Munich and Hamburg. The rise of Hitler is charted in the background of ordinary family lives, the impending doom all too obvious to the reader. The journal of a young engineer, incarcerated by the Gestapo for anti-Nazi activity, is a real insight into the difficulties of living in a world where your values can suddenly become dangerous. The passport difficulties experienced by those trying to join cousins and siblings in London are a real example of how history may inform our future in this pre-Brexit Europe! But above all this is a story of a real family with their tragedies, their passions, and also their more light hearted anecdotes all brought to life in an accessible and entertaining read.
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My lesson in life?
Never forget to backup your work.
Feedback from readers, spurs me, on when the going gets tough.
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