Probably coffee

I want more of a lot of things.

Comfort

Sunshine

Choices

Fun

Ease

Pastries

Heavy cream

But I think more coffee will do for now.

I spent a ridiculous amount of time researching Canva and KDP (kindle direct publishing) yesterday.

I finally have working knowledge enough to ask better questions. What Ive learned is discouraging. In order to make a cover that will upload I need to upgrade on both sights. Even with the upgrades the landscape format is not standard so it can never be printed in large quantities.

So I’m faced with settling for making a digital copy of my new book about Beatrix Butterfly for now.

I’m telling you all this because no one will understand or really care besides me and as some bloggers have mentioned, blogging gets the thoughts out of your head so you can sort them through. Thanks, y’all, for being my sounding board.

One possibility is to try to make the book fit the standard portrait template, but there’s a thing with not having enough pages to fit a typical spine measurement. That and it will look weird. Or I can find a different publisher like ‘book baby’. Of course there are issues with that idea as well.

What I have here is a puzzle.

It’s not a surprising situation, (I’m reminding myself), I’ve solved a few dilemmas before. I’ll figure it out.

Once when Lily was two she wanted to watch a dvd. I didn’t know how to work the dvd player but was trying. From her spot on the couch she clapped her little hands and said “You can do it, Grandma! I believe in you! Keep trying! I know you can do it!”

I kept trying, of course, and got it to play. I can’t remember what movie, but I will never forget her words and utter confidence that I would get it to work. At two!

I’m sitting here with my coffee, ready to get back to figuring it out. Feel free to borrow Lily’s supportive words next time you need to solve a dilemma.