When my laptop bit the dust I was too frustrated to get back on track with the stories but I felt I still needed to write something to keep up with my author spirit.
I gave Triond a try and have written an article or two. It has been fun and a good change from novels or short stories. And I have made at least $2! :)
I didn't realize how much I used my laptop. Total portability in 9 lbs of technology. I could sit on the couch and type away or take it to the library where I wasn't as distracted. Most nights found me cozy in bed with my laptop. (And most nights my DH had HIS work laptop cozy in bed with him!)
After my laptop broke I tried working on my PC. Guess what I found out? I had backed up my most recent revisions on the laptop.
I found two jump drives and found the stories! But! They were on Microsoft Word which I had used on a trial basis and since the trial expired I couldn't edit or save or copy. DRAT!
So I sort of started over with my WWI piece and actually liked the beginning better than the other 50 I tried. But I felt overwhelmed by trying to start over with a story that was almost finished.
Yesterday I was determined to get my WWI story off Word so I could submit it this week. So I spent the afternoon upgrading and reading and upgrading. And FINALLY! I got the story! Hallelujah!
Today I am doing a few revisions (killing off a couple of characters) and I am going to email it off. I'm so excited. And nervous. My goal for this month was to submit the WWI story by the end of the month and I am going to do it before the end of the week. Phew.
I am feeling the familiar excitement of being able to sit down and work my stories! All is right with the world again!
This blog may not get updated this week.....
2 comments:
Woohoo!! Submissions rock!
I'm also excited that it's a WWI piece. Most of the attention gets paid to WWII and I think WWI gets overlooked a lot.
Very cool, Taffy!
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