Periodically, I need to spend an afternoon (or morning or evening) at Panera to allow the laptop to update all it’s software. Today, I’ve updated Windows, Firefox, Zonealarm, and all the Spacejock Software (Simon Haynes does a wonderful job making it easy to do) I have installed. After I retire, … Continue reading →
I got my copy of Dragon Naturally Speaking. I tried to install it on my laptop. At first it said I didn’t have enough processor speed, but when I plugged a laptop in and at full power it was okay for processor speed. The next obstacle was hard drive space. … Continue reading →
But I did remember to do revisions on Twilight. I started where I left off on Page 195 and worked to page 209 — 3952 words.
Continue reading →I revised from page 181 to page 195 tonight. Not many changes to make, but I typed them into the manuscript, and I’ll resume tomorrow. No writing words tonight, but I’ll kick into the word count marathon at Forward Motion starting tomorrow, so I should knock down a few words … Continue reading →
I wrote two thousand words on USMFW this morning. I sat down this afternoon to revise on Twilight, and I found my pre-NaNo work on the project. That was complete to page 151, so I picked up where I left off. I’m up to page 181 tonight, so that’s 8k … Continue reading →
I have four primary goals for this year: Write regularly Finish US Military for Writers Finish Twilight Finish Threads & Ties To help with achieving those goals, I’ve added the progress bars to the sidebar and signed up for Forward Motion’s Marathon Plus 2008 (write 250,000 words this year) and … Continue reading →
Welcome to 2008. May it bring peace, health, and prosperity to you and all those dear to you.
Continue reading →Yes! Margaret Fisk is now offering the Word Advance Progress Meter (as seen at Forward Motion, Pocket Full of Words, and Stephanie Tyler’s blog) for sale through the Holly Shop. It took me longer to figure out how to configure a Text Widget in WordPress than to set the app … Continue reading →
Surrogate parenting has increased in popularity as a solution to infertility. We’ve all read about family members carrying another family member’s baby to term or about some woman who has agreed to do so for an infertile couple for a fee. Now, in India, there are 40 -50 women doing … Continue reading →
My husband decided to get himself a new laptop. His old one eats half the battery while booting, and then he doesn’t have enough juice to watch a movie on an airline flight. We have a DC inverter when we use it as a GPS while we travel. It’s also … Continue reading →