Damn, Four Days. . .
Since last updating. I swear, they slip by so quick.
Well, new chapter started and I'm just about done with it. I didn't get as much as I would have liked over the last few days, trying to string things together and maintain a certain level of anticipation is just not an easy task with this part. I'm currently at just over 75k on a book that is likely to end up running 120k (but hopefully less).
If that wasn't enough, on monday my laptop started failing. Which is my fault I believe, as I ended up (in my frustration over my broken mouse) hitting my laptop directly over the spot where the harddrive is located. I really just meant to slam my mouse down becuase sometimes that really does work with it. A minute or two later my laptop started threatenign to give up the ghost.
I didn't bother with it yesterday becuase trying to fix it on monday was doing nothing but frustrating me even more. I wanted to trade that frustration for writing. But today, I had planed to write, but then decided to hold off and work on the laptop a bit. I want to see if it can be fixed to work for a while longer, or if I am finally at the point where I just have to pack it away.
A decision needs to be made on that cause until then, it becomes this distraction and source of frustration that makes it hard for me to focus on writing. I'm just like that, when there is a mechanical problem, I just want to work on it until it's fixed and I can't really concentrate on anything else. But after today, I should know one way or another and then get on with life and start working on the book tomorrow. I really do hope I can fix it cause I certainly don't have the $300 for a (basic, no frills, just for writing and movies) new one, and working off two computers makes my multitasking happy and it keeps me productive in just about everything.
I'm currently defragmenting it to get all the bad sectors out of the way before I reinstall win 7. If it doesn't work, then I'll be packing it up and have one less thing to worry about, which is good. Still. . . I feel a bit sad about it, this laptop has been good to me for some 5-6 years. I wrote my and finished my first book as well as a wealth of stories on it. I could not have asked for a better laptop, it has held together really well. Even if the lid is held together C clamps, no joke.
Well, new chapter started and I'm just about done with it. I didn't get as much as I would have liked over the last few days, trying to string things together and maintain a certain level of anticipation is just not an easy task with this part. I'm currently at just over 75k on a book that is likely to end up running 120k (but hopefully less).
If that wasn't enough, on monday my laptop started failing. Which is my fault I believe, as I ended up (in my frustration over my broken mouse) hitting my laptop directly over the spot where the harddrive is located. I really just meant to slam my mouse down becuase sometimes that really does work with it. A minute or two later my laptop started threatenign to give up the ghost.
I didn't bother with it yesterday becuase trying to fix it on monday was doing nothing but frustrating me even more. I wanted to trade that frustration for writing. But today, I had planed to write, but then decided to hold off and work on the laptop a bit. I want to see if it can be fixed to work for a while longer, or if I am finally at the point where I just have to pack it away.
A decision needs to be made on that cause until then, it becomes this distraction and source of frustration that makes it hard for me to focus on writing. I'm just like that, when there is a mechanical problem, I just want to work on it until it's fixed and I can't really concentrate on anything else. But after today, I should know one way or another and then get on with life and start working on the book tomorrow. I really do hope I can fix it cause I certainly don't have the $300 for a (basic, no frills, just for writing and movies) new one, and working off two computers makes my multitasking happy and it keeps me productive in just about everything.
I'm currently defragmenting it to get all the bad sectors out of the way before I reinstall win 7. If it doesn't work, then I'll be packing it up and have one less thing to worry about, which is good. Still. . . I feel a bit sad about it, this laptop has been good to me for some 5-6 years. I wrote my and finished my first book as well as a wealth of stories on it. I could not have asked for a better laptop, it has held together really well. Even if the lid is held together C clamps, no joke.