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THE EMPIRE
The Good and the Ugly
We'll take the ugly and get that out of the way first, shall we? I think that's best.
My laptop died. Just rolled over and gave up the ghost with no warning whatsoever. The way I coddle the damned thing, I thought that would never happen. I defrag and run the anti-virus every morning, I have it sitting on a cooling pad, and I have provided shiny accouterments such as a hub so as not to tax its two USB ports, a new monitor, and I carefully and tenderly brush away all dirt and dust regularly. Of course, what I haven't done is back up regularly.
Oh, my major stuff is either residing on a convenient flash drive (which is crammed to the gills) and I have emailed the novel to myself, although I did not do that with the edits. All my newest copy work is on it, but since I sell those for full rights, it's not a huge deal, although it's a lot of research and valuable spinning I can use.
The good news about this is I currently reside in a hotbed of computer geeks -- the kind of geeks who take this kind of thing personally and will not rest until it is resolved. It seems to be a point of pride. The diagnosis is an update incompatible with my Dell. A KNOWN incompatibility, can you even stand it?
I am assured I haven't lost any data. In the meantime, I had to break out the backup -- the Vaio, my first love -- and deal with the missing "W" key, the sticky space bar, and the agonizing slow load times. First of all, I'm grateful I have a backup, and second, I'm grateful I have good friends who are attempting to put the pieces back together. For the record, I HATE MICROSOFT. This is enough to send me into the arms of Steve Jobs.
Ironically enough, I wrote six articles yesterday on cloud computing, online data backup, and offsite data storage.
*sigh*
****
For the spectacular news..."The Blood" was picked up for publication by Skive Magazine in their August issue.
I am so excited about that. Special thanks to Dave, Laurie, Stacy, Loey, Bronwyn, and especially Taer for helping me whip it into shape. Very stoked.
****
I'm going to attempt to complete some writing assignments today. I wonder how long it will take me before I get out the hammer.
My laptop died. Just rolled over and gave up the ghost with no warning whatsoever. The way I coddle the damned thing, I thought that would never happen. I defrag and run the anti-virus every morning, I have it sitting on a cooling pad, and I have provided shiny accouterments such as a hub so as not to tax its two USB ports, a new monitor, and I carefully and tenderly brush away all dirt and dust regularly. Of course, what I haven't done is back up regularly.
Oh, my major stuff is either residing on a convenient flash drive (which is crammed to the gills) and I have emailed the novel to myself, although I did not do that with the edits. All my newest copy work is on it, but since I sell those for full rights, it's not a huge deal, although it's a lot of research and valuable spinning I can use.
The good news about this is I currently reside in a hotbed of computer geeks -- the kind of geeks who take this kind of thing personally and will not rest until it is resolved. It seems to be a point of pride. The diagnosis is an update incompatible with my Dell. A KNOWN incompatibility, can you even stand it?
I am assured I haven't lost any data. In the meantime, I had to break out the backup -- the Vaio, my first love -- and deal with the missing "W" key, the sticky space bar, and the agonizing slow load times. First of all, I'm grateful I have a backup, and second, I'm grateful I have good friends who are attempting to put the pieces back together. For the record, I HATE MICROSOFT. This is enough to send me into the arms of Steve Jobs.
Ironically enough, I wrote six articles yesterday on cloud computing, online data backup, and offsite data storage.
*sigh*
****
For the spectacular news..."The Blood" was picked up for publication by Skive Magazine in their August issue.
I am so excited about that. Special thanks to Dave, Laurie, Stacy, Loey, Bronwyn, and especially Taer for helping me whip it into shape. Very stoked.
****
I'm going to attempt to complete some writing assignments today. I wonder how long it will take me before I get out the hammer.
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