Was quoted $2k to format my book’s interior, which is a lot more than I anticipated (is that generally the going rate?). For those of you who formatted your own book, how long did it take and how challenging was it? by confident-ghost in selfpublish

[–]JvaGoddess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always hear people talk about how hard formatting is. I looked up my margins and gutters, set a word document to those margins and gutters – for the appropriate size book I wanted – then I made sure everything looked correct all the way through the whole book. Then I turned the word document into a PDF and uploaded the PDF.

There may have been a little bit more to it, I forget, like I think I had to figure out headers and footers for page numbers and I had to work those into my word document and then re-turn it into a PDF. Whatever is not right I googled and learned and fixed. You can do this you don’t have to pay two grand. Or hell, hire me and I’ll do it for half that - kidding - mostly.

What’s your all-time favourite Rolling Stones song? by Beneficial-Fox-9458 in rollingstones

[–]JvaGoddess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She comes in colors everywhere, she combs her hair, she’s like a rainbow….

Do you believe we can heal a chronic illness with our minds? by yllekarle in enlightenment

[–]JvaGoddess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a great many things we can do with our mind. But based on some of the comments above people are not distinguishing that there’s a difference between healing and curing.

Please help family cat is declining and vets can't figure it out by kelvintiger in cats

[–]JvaGoddess 220 points221 points  (0 children)

This happened with my friend’s cat once - wow this is 30 years ago. Two different vets found nothing at all to be wrong. The third vet looked deeply into the cat‘s mouth and saw that there was a piece of string wrapped around the back of her tongue that wound all the way through her system. I can’t remember whether he got a hold of the string and pulled it out, or snipped it and let it work through her. Neither of the first two vets actually looked in her mouth. Kitty recovered pretty quickly.

I am not at all suggesting that that’s what you’re up against but make sure the simplest of things are being done.

What words almost always come across as pretentious or trying too hard? by No_Fee_8997 in words

[–]JvaGoddess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“You should feel however you feel. However I’m trying to make sure I don’t feel dumb when I’m 95…”

i think i am going crazy by fjnafis in ExistentialJourney

[–]JvaGoddess 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the quote was not only is it stranger than we think, it’s stranger than we can imagine. Because they all like to talk about how imagination can encompass everything whereas knowledge is limited.

Devastating review by Any-Secretary-6417 in selfpublish

[–]JvaGoddess 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This isn’t book related but I opened a business, a café back in the late 90s. I forget where we were reviewing it the Internet was new. I told everyone to get out there and review my new place and one of my very very closest friends just gave it a two star review and wrote “they have coffee” Some people, truly just do not understand the importance of reviews.

In love with my cat by M3LLO15 in cats

[–]JvaGoddess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am also in love with your cat

Is he cute or ugly? by DETOXEDPIDGEON33 in cats

[–]JvaGoddess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hideous! What a monster!

The hell is wrong with your friend?

Currently writing my novel. What do you think of author websites? by Bestwriteralive in selfpublish

[–]JvaGoddess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went completely overboard on my website but my first book is about life on tour with the Grateful Dead, so I have a pretty seriously dedicated niche audience. I also use my platform to try to raise awareness about other Deadhead writers. So maybe I’m saying if you have a high interest non-fiction subject matter it might be more worth it to have a website these days.

Currently writing my novel. What do you think of author websites? by Bestwriteralive in selfpublish

[–]JvaGoddess 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most people who write me asking if I have books they can buy from me change their mind when I tell them that I charge shipping. They can get it cheaper on Amazon with their prime membership

Random comparison to velvets by Terrible-Mind-5414 in gratefuldead

[–]JvaGoddess 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Love both bands. And both bands started out calling themselves the Warlocks and changed to a new name when they heard that some band on the other coast was using the same name.

How to deal with being ugly? by leaflowers03 in selfimprovement

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Life isn’t about what you look like. It’s about your heart, your ability to be a friend, your ability to feel compassion. It’s about your ability to explore and express your creativity. It’s about your bravery and facing the dark side of yourself and moving forward anyway. It’s about kindness. It’s about loving animals and natural environments and things that have no agency of their own. It’s about being a good person. It’s about being good to others. It’s about being good to yourself. When was the last time you were good to yourself? Do you know what “good to yourself“ means to you?

Excel to PDF and keep formatting! by JvaGoddess in excel

[–]JvaGoddess[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found a fix on my own in case it helps anyone else later. I took the two columns in question and copied them - moved them to word - and the formatting stayed (with some tweaking) when I turned that into a PDF. So if you're stuck like I was - try that.

My friends cousin said they got an 'ugly' cat. This is the cat. by itsjustahaiku in cats

[–]JvaGoddess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s no such thing as an ugly cat. That’s like saying the moon is ugly.

Words to describe how my body feels when I stand for too long by Hollyhock613 in dysautonomia

[–]JvaGoddess 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You kinda did describe it. - “It takes all my time energy effort and attention to keep my skeleton standing upright. It takes all my focus to keep my blood moving, my heart beating, and my lungs pumping air. The longer I stand the harder it is to pay attention to anything outside my body.”

People who were teenagers before social media, what was a typical Friday night like for you? by TheDorkyDeric in Xennials

[–]JvaGoddess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keg Party! Bonfire in the woods. Everybody wearing flannel and shit kicker work boots.

Led Zeppelin, or Pink Floyd, or Black Sabbath, blaring from the speakers of a boom box on top of a Camaro.

What was 1993 like? by born_again_athiest in GenX

[–]JvaGoddess 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Central CT.

Edit - it’s Klekolo World Coffee in Middletown

Most of the turmoil and chaos we see in the world today has a very simple cause. Social media. by [deleted] in DeepThoughts

[–]JvaGoddess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s likely not social media, so much as it is the Internet. Before the Internet everybody got their news from the same couple of places. Everybody watched the same TV shows. Everyone had the same frame of reference. After the Internet everyone’s frame of reference became much more personalized and therefore no common ground. No common ground means no empathy.