(Update: 21-05-2021), I’m in the process of moving Hosts, but I’m also dragging all this old tat over with me (for prosperity), because you never know, years from now – the data miners and text diggers might find it amusing. A less amusing fact: is that all of my old download links have been removed.

Hello ..

We’ve had some serious security issues with these web pages! – Thanks for finding it Lisa. Even though I don’t think you realised what you did, when you did it! {grin!} Anyhow on with the Book History. I’ve been down to Devon and stayed with some friends there. I originally had plans to find a nice quiet spot, in their huge soundproof garage: where I planned to start the process of recording my Books I and II, and then distribute them as Free Audio Books.

I’ve read all the forums and was prepared. I’d got a small hand held recording device and Audacity to edit the output. I figured: Wrongly! That in the process, I would clean it up and correct those typos at the same time! – But that didn’t happen!

The more I tried. The more I realise that I’m not cut out to be a Proof-Reader. I haven’t got the patience,  I was reading my own mistakes and still not correcting them! – In the end I became very frustrated with the entire process, and went out with Dave; my friend in Devon, with his partner Bill for a quiet drink. That turned into another, and another. Anyhow deep in our ‘cups’ the Landlord mentioned a programme called ‘TextAloud’ – I’d never heard of it, but as soon as I saw it being used, I was hooked on the concept.

I’ve got ClaroRead and IVONA’S voice AMY.

To read the process of choosing them click the link Sounding Off!

I started the Re-Edit of Book ‘One’ on the 9th .. It’s now the 17th. Sigh! – It’s a slow process! – I’ve finished parts of ‘the Gathering’ – namely – ‘Intro’ – ‘Chapter One’, ‘Two’ and ‘Three’ and that’s taken over two weeks: I can see this is going to be a long drawn out process. So as a consequence Book ‘Three’ has been put on hold.

As an interesting side note I’ve become so ‘Paranoid’ about my backups I’ve stared to store the rewritten Chapters and WAV/Mp3 files in several places including Terry’s home network on his Server.

And it’s got so bad, that after I lost one whole days work.

I’ve taken to keeping the MP3 files along with the cleaned up Chapters on a ‘backup folder’ on my web site. Now that really is Anxiety in its raw state!

Thanks for reading – Jessica.