May 28, 2004
Story
I am currently much enjoying this book. So far there is something funny every few paragraphs and if I keep it up until the end of the book maybe some one will like it enough to publish it.
I have long wondered how long a page in a book is and I have finally learned, it is aproximatly 55 characters across and 32 lines down. This vital information I discovered by taking a few novels and counting the amount of characters and lines. I plugged these numbers into text edit and brought up a box that was exactly that so now I can find out how many pages I have writen in a book. There are a lot of words on a page and a lot of typing to be done to fill them… At least I am getting faster with my typing.
It is amazing just how many different projects I have started and not completed, especially in writing. At least I know that later, when I am tired of one project I can go back and work on the other.
Curently I have quite a few plots, ideas, and stories. You know, I think I’m going to find out just how many pages “The Royal Crowns of Scotland” was.
It was about fifty five book pages long! Having done a bit of research on book lengths, I need to at least double and potienally quadruple that. 
That is a lot of typing… However if I put in a lot of (comments) I might be able to make this story long enough without stretching the plot to extreme limits. Currently the eight pages I have consist of a forward, all of chapter one, and a bit of chapter two. So it will be interesting to see what happens with this story.
Also if I will ever begin a long story and finish it as long or longer than intended!