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Huh? Yeah, all that stuff has to be in place if you want to sell books. I have a publisher, and they handle all of the icky tax stuff on their end. But if I want to take a case (or 20) of my books and go to an independent book event at a church\/community center\/Kiwanis, etc., I have to collect sales tax. Not only that, but my accountant (who is a wise man who also likes a good French dip sandwich) has made it clear to me that I should have a unique bank account for my writing endeavors. This requires a unique credit card for charging books, catering, hotel rooms when I travel far to sign books, a Paypal account to sell autographed copies on line, and a state sales tax number. Tomorrow we tackle that one – and see what I have to do to cross the border and sell books in another state.<\/p>\n
The moron chip? That little bugger is firing along randomly, throwing wrenches into the works. Much like a squirrel distracted by shiny objects, this author can’t seem to work on the final edit of another book, or write anything in the new ones (last count, 7 of them) while doing all this other junk. Even worse, a few advance copies went out – and the typos and twisted grammar rolled right back in to my email account. <\/p>\n
It’s terribly embarrassing to have anything that’s been edited, and reread, this many times still have sttupid errors. Like two “t”s in the word stupid. I was smiling along, looking at the past editions of this written train wreck and found a horrendous typo. Okay, it was one word in thousands that was a homonym (no, that’s not a gay word…) but it made me see red for a few minutes.<\/p>\n
I am going to make up for it soon. I will actually write something this week. Between the meeting with my Pastor over maybe selling books at our church and the doctor’s appointment for hypertension, I not only need God, but I evidently need more medication. As a result, I’m doubling up on the meds, doubling down on the snow shoveling, and hitting my knees for some additional prayer.<\/p>\n
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