February 1, 2021 – Antivirus, Self Publishers, and Where Did the Time Go?

Sheesh. Can you believe January is already over? I can't. It flew by, but then again, so did last year.

In fact, it feels like with each year that passes, the next one passes by even faster. It's like the Earth is spinning out of control and pretty soon, we'll spin out of orbit.

That could be BAD.

LOL

But hey, maybe that will kill this damned virus. I'm DONE with this pandemic. But it ain't done with us. We don't have enough vaccines to go around…and now, the variants are beginning to proliferate. Like we needed that.

Antivirus

Speaking of viruses, what do you use nowadays for antivirus? I used to pay for Norton (back in the day), then McAfee, then Trend, then ZoneAlarm…the list goes on.

Now, I just use the built in and free Microsoft Defender. It's good enough.

Got anything better? Let me know in the comments.

Self Publishers?

Any self publishers in the house? Heck, you could even be a real, live publisher with an agent and book deals. Want to share your experiences, skills, wisdom? Join my new Facebook group here.

What's the point of it? Frankly, I'm not sure yet. The idea is to share our collective knowledge within the group and see what happens.

I'm currently building out a book series that will be semi-factual under a pen name

We'll see how that goes! If you want to get in on the ground floor of something (and this is something, right?), then join at the link above.

Happy Monday!

Well, that's about it for today. Let me know what you want to hear about in the comments. Take care and make it a great day!

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