http://webaccessibility.biz/blog About web accessibility and anything else that tickles this redhead's fancy Sun, 21 Jan 2007 04:18:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Forget lugging around heavy boxes of books, waiting for delayed flights and enduring jet lag to do a book tour. Do it virtually! A virtual book tour enables an author to visit blogs and chat rooms anywhere in the world from the comforts of home! And the number of readers ... http://webaccessibility.biz/blog/?p=69 Tonight, while searching for potential bloggers for my virtual book tours, I stumbled across this extremely controversial story. In a nutshell: Nine-year-old Ashley is severely physically and mentally disabled. Three years ago, Ashley's parents made the highly unusual decision to keep their daughter child-sized when they observed early ... http://webaccessibility.biz/blog/?p=68 After 30 years of dreaming, planning and researching, 4 years of writing, editing and agonizing, and only one month one week after my 40th birthday, I celebrated the arrival of my book I’ll Do It Myself on Sunday, December 10th. I purposefully did not call it a “book launch” ... http://webaccessibility.biz/blog/?p=67 Awaiting the delivery... They're here! The sword is mightier than the pen...when it comes to opening boxes... Box top...I'm very impressed with how with the books are packaged. This sight brought tears to my eyes. In this moment, my dream became reality. I did it! ... http://webaccessibility.biz/blog/?p=66 I’ll Do It Myself has received its first accolade by being named one of Pam’s Top 10 Favourite Things. Who is Pam, you ask? Pam Slim, of Escape from Cubicle Nation, coaches people on how to go from corporate prisoner to thriving entrepreneur. Her blog gives practical ... http://webaccessibility.biz/blog/?p=65 The printer First Choice Books called a bit ago; the books are being shipped today and they will be here tomorrow! I'm so excited that I can't think! My "baby" is coming. Now I need to finish clearing space for seven boxes of books. Visit Books by ... http://webaccessibility.biz/blog/?p=64 After a few unexpected delays and some procrastination on my part, my autobiography I’ll Do It Myself is at the printer! It was surprisingly difficult to send the manuscript to the printer. Despite the intensive editing and proofreading, I feared errors would still be found. It is ... http://webaccessibility.biz/blog/?p=63 I have been reading about O.J. Simpson’s new book If I Did It and I am not sure what I find more disgusting: that he (or someone) actually wrote about “the events leading up to, including, and in the aftermath of the murders”; that Regan Books is actually publishing this ... http://webaccessibility.biz/blog/?p=62 After dreaming about and my book for the past thirty years and writing for the last three or four years, my autobiography I'll Do It Myself is nearly done! I'm so close to finishing that I can almost taste it! My book is looking like an actual book. ... http://webaccessibility.biz/blog/?p=61 A writer's necessary tools: dictionary, thesaurus and chocolate! Today was a self-taught, crash course in interior book design and layout. With several books opened on my desk, I designed my title and copyright pages, minus the "Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data", which I'm still waiting to receive from Ottawa. ... http://webaccessibility.biz/blog/?p=60