Sometimes I wish I had a typewriter again. Or a moveable type printing press of my own that I could hook up to Amazon and be on my way. At this time, I’m not a fan of Word! We were having mini wars and major battles galore! And Word was winning! I’m working on Chapter 13 of “Dragon’s Revenge” and was at a standstill. So I bought another license for Word 10, and it wouldn’t download and work, no matter what. I bought another, installed it, it works and now I’m trying to get my money back. 😐 But at least I get to jump back into Chapter 13. The dragons are waiting!
That was a post in My Books on FaceBook, a month or so ago. I happen to glance at it again, and decided I needed to expound upon it. It was written in the throes of passion–well, in the clutches of being really angry and panicky. How can I write and keep up that wonderful flow, if my word processor won’t keep up with me? In case you aren’t aware, I got rid of my beautiful laptop a few months earlier, replacing it with a basic model of another make. My other lappie was sleek and silver, this one is black😐.
So no, I don’t really want a typewriter. What I want is a pink lappie. With dark pink accents. I want it to have a satin finish, and for the backlit keyboard to be dark, dark fuschia. That would be so cool! Color is so important to humans, but I personally think it’s more so to those who create. It calms and excites, stirs those creative juices and ramps me up to where I’m raring to create and write! In fact, it’s second only to music for changing my mood, enabling me to jump back into a world I created, find the realm that needs my attention, make my way to the people and situations I left behind and GO! By the way, I do change my music depending upon the scene. Examples: a romantic scene needs Stevie Nicks or Sarah McLachlan; something exciting and medieval definitely needs Blackmore”s Night. And Kitaro! And Verdi…oh, I have to stop. Time to go listen to something that will help me rescue a lot of irate dragons from a cave, where they’re being held by humans, and have my witches make it out in one piece!
2 responses to “Trying to Write in the Modern World”
I didn’t even think of it from that perspective. When I sent old Sami (my beloved high speed HP) off to my brother, it was with a lot of software, worth a lot of money! But as you know, Adobe PS and I never did mesh! But looking at the covers you come up with, that would sure be a huge loss for you and your readers. My brother told me a while back there was a way to save programs so you could get everything–inc!uding all those sneaky little files needed for running the program, that don’t normally get copied. Course, I don’t remember what it was! 😳
My condolences. I hope my computer never dies, because the licenses for Adobe Photoshop and MS Word 2010 would cost me over a thousand bucks, above and beyond what the new computer itself costs.
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