And on writing... And the Chromebook
I finally found a DW style for my DW that I really like a lot. Played around with the colors to match my Come... Travel with Me icon, which is my favorite, but that particular Tardis is David Tenant's Doctor's Tardis, thank you very much.
So, I have definitely made peace with the Chromebook. The lightness, the way it fits in my purse (I do have a big purse), the battery life, the keyboard, the monitor without lines, all add up to a winner. I now have Googledocs working in my favor, and am pleased. Zero drafting in this, then moving it over to Scrivener, will work just fine. When it comes time to hit the rewrites, I will worry about that then. I've got a little bit of outlining/planning to do, but will dive in again by the weekend. I am super excited to be writing this character for awhile - her name is Milandria, and she is one of the characters who has been with me for about 15 years. She is a strong, amazing young woman, a gifted healer, and is half of the romantic thread that runs through the story - she and her almost-husband, and father of her unborn child, were brutally separated by the attack on their village the day before they were to be married. I put these two through amazingly horrifying hell and back again, and I love every minute of it. Taking a character, destroying them and rebuilding them even stronger is one of my favorite things to do in writing, and these two have waited over a decade for this. I love them both so much and they are a huge part of my life - I use her name for a lot of different account names. :)
It is good to be feeling back in the groove again. Until today, really, I've been in a post-vacation blues funk. I haven't felt like talking much with people, either, until today. I have been considering talking to my doc about going back on Welbutrin, but I always found antidepressants killed my writing mojo so I really have no wish to go that route. Will try to get back on the walking train again - and back on the weight loss train. I only (only!) need to lose 25 lbs. but it has been a very stubborn 25 lbs. So, thinking back to what worked before was Whole 30 - and so that is what I am going to do, starting Saturday. My daughter is doing it too, as is my boss Desiree who is very tiny, but has a real problem with eating right, and eating too much sugar. Hopefully that and dropping my step count goal to 5500 (from 7500 steps a day) will help - I need some positivity. That should help in keeping the evil blahs away, I hope.
This pointless post will now draw to an end. I intend to write a 'this is my book, this is where I am, this is what I have left to write' post soon, but I want to watch The Americans right now.
So, I have definitely made peace with the Chromebook. The lightness, the way it fits in my purse (I do have a big purse), the battery life, the keyboard, the monitor without lines, all add up to a winner. I now have Googledocs working in my favor, and am pleased. Zero drafting in this, then moving it over to Scrivener, will work just fine. When it comes time to hit the rewrites, I will worry about that then. I've got a little bit of outlining/planning to do, but will dive in again by the weekend. I am super excited to be writing this character for awhile - her name is Milandria, and she is one of the characters who has been with me for about 15 years. She is a strong, amazing young woman, a gifted healer, and is half of the romantic thread that runs through the story - she and her almost-husband, and father of her unborn child, were brutally separated by the attack on their village the day before they were to be married. I put these two through amazingly horrifying hell and back again, and I love every minute of it. Taking a character, destroying them and rebuilding them even stronger is one of my favorite things to do in writing, and these two have waited over a decade for this. I love them both so much and they are a huge part of my life - I use her name for a lot of different account names. :)
It is good to be feeling back in the groove again. Until today, really, I've been in a post-vacation blues funk. I haven't felt like talking much with people, either, until today. I have been considering talking to my doc about going back on Welbutrin, but I always found antidepressants killed my writing mojo so I really have no wish to go that route. Will try to get back on the walking train again - and back on the weight loss train. I only (only!) need to lose 25 lbs. but it has been a very stubborn 25 lbs. So, thinking back to what worked before was Whole 30 - and so that is what I am going to do, starting Saturday. My daughter is doing it too, as is my boss Desiree who is very tiny, but has a real problem with eating right, and eating too much sugar. Hopefully that and dropping my step count goal to 5500 (from 7500 steps a day) will help - I need some positivity. That should help in keeping the evil blahs away, I hope.
This pointless post will now draw to an end. I intend to write a 'this is my book, this is where I am, this is what I have left to write' post soon, but I want to watch The Americans right now.