Michael's Musings

August 15, 2011

I was surfing through the Amazon.com website 3-4 days ago and I landed on their page that explained how one puts a book into their Kindle format.

In the past, once had to pay somebody a fairly substantial fee ($69-$250) to convert your book into a Kindle, but according to what I read the other day, if your book is already available in a compatible format (e.g. Word.doc, pdf, etc.), all you have to do is fill out a brief form, then upload your book file and all that is free.  Within 24-hours, your book is out there for sale.

A few months ago, I published 6 of my one-person plays on Amazon's  CreateSpace and, in fact, formatted them myself.  As I reported this past Friday, they are selling regularly.

So, over the weekend, I uploaded those very same Word.doc files to Kindle, and now the plays are available in that format for $5.00 each.  [The paperback copies sell for $7.50.]

I don't expect to sell a lot of them on Kindle, but if you just want to read the play and don't need a physical copy, there you are.

Just go to the Kindle Store on the Amazon site and do a search for either the play title (see bold below) or my name, and you will find them.

The titles:

CLARA BOW
Errol FLYNN
Clark GABLE
Carole LOMBARD
Spencer TRACY
ORSON WELLES

You have a creative day.

Michael

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August 12, 2011

The stock market is so depressing.

The other day, I was thinking about jumping out the window, but then I remembered that I live in a one-story house.

One nice thing is that the 6 one-person plays that I published are selling rather well on Amazon.  None of them are ever going to be best-sellers, but they are selling steadily...and that's the important thing.

Interestingly, the most popular of the group is Carole LOMBARD.  Perhaps there are a lot of actresses out there who would like to play the "Queen of Screwball Comedy".

The other plays are Clark GABLE, Spencer TRACY, Errol FLYNN, ORSON WELLES and CLARA BOW.

You should take a look on Amazon, because even if you are not an actor, the plays are entertaining reading.

I have two new reviews posted on the Best Bets on DVD site, accessible via the link in the Introduction section of this page.  They are SIMBA, a 1955 movie with Dirk Bogarde that deals with the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya, and a new 2-disc set from The Criterion Collection, THE KILLING paired with KILLER'S KISS.  Both are film noir, early works by Stanley Kubrick.

Please take a look.

You have a creative weekend and I'll be back on Monday.

Michael

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August 11, 2011

I may have posted this one before, but it's still funny.


Morty  visits Dr. Saul, the veterinarian, and says, "My dog has a problem."

Dr. Saul says, "So, tell me about the dog and the problem."

"It's a Jewish dog. His name is Irving and he can talk,"  says Morty.

"He can talk?" the doubting doctor asks.

"Watch this!" Morty points to the dog and commands: "Irving, Fetch!"

Irving, the dog, begins to walk toward the door, then  turns around and says, "So why are you talking to me like that? You always  order me around like I'm nothing.  And you only call me when you want  something.  And then you make me sleep on the floor, with my  arthritis.  You give me this fahkahkta food with all the salt and  fat, and you tell me it's a special diet. It tastes like dreck!  YOU  should eat it yourself!  And do you ever take me for a decent walk?  NO, it's out of the house, a short pish, and right back home.  Maybe  if I could stretch out a little, the sciatica wouldn't kill me so  much!  I should roll over and play dead for real for all you  care!"

Dr. Saul is amazed, "This is remarkable!  So, what's the problem?"

Morty says, "He has a hearing problem!  I said 'Fetch,' not  'Kvetch'."

You have a creative day.

Michael

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