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I Almost Died

Remember when I said publishing a book was going to kill me? Well, I was only being slightly dramatic.

I had no idea how friggin' complex formatting could be. So, I write on Google Drive. It was free, easy, and just what I had always used for school. I like Google Drive. We're pals. We've been through a lot together, and it's what works for me.

However, it's formatting tools can be finicky. I'm trying to make the paperback version of my book a 6x9, because its a good, small book size. Google Drive doesn't have an option (that I've found) to make the formatting 6x9. Very, very long story short, I tried nine or ten different ways of formatting it, and nothing was working.

I was so frustrated that tears were threatening my eyes. There's lot more problems that I was having, and trust me, I tried everything that I could think of. Nothing worked. I wanted to scream. I wanted to punch someone. Most of all, I just wanted the stupid thing to work.

Note to self, writers aren't always tech savvy.
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