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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

ROW80 Round 2 - 4th Update

I think I may have burnt up most of my creativity/productivity last week, because the last few days have been a bit slow. Monday was spent visiting my nan and for most of Tuesday I was at uni, so I couldn't do much then anyway. I had planned to get back into it on Tuesday night, but then my computer was all like, "haHA! NO productivity for you! I'm going to crash every ten minutes and make everything take half an hour to open!"

But then I was like, "NO ONE MESSES WITH BEC'S PRODUCTIVITY!" and I body slammed that bastard computer before hurling its sorry arse through my window, showing it who was boss.

Yes, that is how it went.

Today has been better, with my computer behaving itself (okay, so I lied about throwing it through my window), so I've managed to get a bit more done on my literature review, bringing my word count to about 2,800. I want to have at least 4,000 words of it written by the end of next week, or earlier if I can manage it. I haven't had time to touch my novella this week, but with the Easter holiday and mid-semester break coming up, I'll have a bit more spare time, so I should be able to squeeze in some Dark and Silent Waters/Astyrion (I still haven't decided which title works better) writing in between slaving away at the assignments I have due first week back... *headdesk*

As usual, Judgemental Dog is giving me the guilt trip:

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11 comments:

  1. shelliesakaiApril 20, 2011 at 11:02 PM

    You show that computer who is boss! How about next time threaten it with coffee? Will scare it to death and it might behave for you.

    Congrats on your word count! I love Judgemental Dog. So sad, poor baby. LOL!

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  2. Creations by Laurel-Rain SnowApril 20, 2011 at 11:33 PM

    Ah, I don't even want to think of the computer misbehaving! Every morning, I hold my breath until it comes on, and then even more until the Internet opens.

    All of this because of a couple months ago when I had no Internet connection...twice, in a period of two months. I had to call the provider, etc., but now I'm totally paranoid!

    My computer is OLD, so there's that worry....

    Onward, though. Maybe if we speak softly to our computers, they'll behave. We have enough challenges without computer malfeasance. LOL

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  3. Melanie R. MeadorsApril 21, 2011 at 12:41 AM

    I need to check, I think Mercury is coming out of retrograde so all kinds of weird crap is happening with computers and cars and all that. I usually don't get into astrology all that much, but for some reason, whenever Mercury goes into retrograde (and it is worst when it is going in and coming out), any technology in my house just goes NUTS. For example, my phone has been going crazy this morning, giving me calls that don't exist, etc. The other day the gas gauge in my car just stopped working. I filled up and the gauge went up, and then suddenly tanked. Then all of a sudden, it started working again... Just blame Mercury :)

    Hope all the computer adventures allow you some writing time!

    Melanie

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  4. katenApril 21, 2011 at 12:56 AM

    I need you to come be my tech support. Seems like every computer I touch goes bonkers...

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  5. Katy BennettApril 21, 2011 at 2:58 AM

    LOL, luckily my computer gives me very little to complain about, sounds like the lit review is going well. I'm also playing catch up over the holidays.

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  6. kalimccrayApril 21, 2011 at 3:02 AM

    You aren't alone with computer issues. My laptop decided to die on me, it won't even turn on. Now I am doing all my writing on my netbook and praying I don't go blind before the novel is finished! haha Hope the second part of your week is better than the first!

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  7. Claire FarrellApril 21, 2011 at 3:48 AM

    LOL! Why didn't I think of bodyslamming the little uppity fecker and throwing it out the window when my computer decides to throw a tantrum. Great tip. ;)

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  8. KateApril 21, 2011 at 10:46 AM

    Dark and Silent Waters is a great title, but it sounds kind of the like the titles in the Carrie Ryan books, so I don't know. Robin Sullivan says (if you don't know her, read her blog here: http://www.write2publish.blogspot.com/) that you should google the book title and see what else comes up. If you go to amazon and there are like 5 other well known books with that title, then avoid it and go with Astyrion, which I doubt has any other titles like it. It's a tough choice, because Astyrion sounds immediately like a fantasy title, while DASW sounds mysterious and intriguing. :)

    As always, love JD. :)

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  9. S.J. NoirApril 21, 2011 at 12:14 PM

    So many times I have fantasized about laying the smacketh down upon my computer's candy ass before throwing it out the window. Resistance, it is the thing of people who want to own computers. Even when the computer tries to pull the Blue Screen of Death on you.

    Good progress this week! Keep it up!

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  10. Rebecca J FlemingApril 21, 2011 at 4:46 PM

    hehe Thanks guys :) I hate computers, which probably sounds really bad coming from an IT student XD

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  11. KateApril 23, 2011 at 7:04 AM

    RYC: Thanks! My sister is in charge of everything graphics related. She is AMAZING!

    Just check this out: http://redbreck.webs.com/kateCopeseeley/index.html
    Anyway. Good luck and see you at the next check in!

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