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Eva’s Byte #232: Longhand Silver
*Penned or pecked—what’s your favorite masterpiece of classic literature?
As of late, I’ve been electronically challenged. From a previous blog, “Sucking it Up”: On Thursday, September 5th, at 11:00 PM, I couldn’t for the life of me, get a picture on my TV set, necessitating I get a new one.
True Confession: I’ve only turned on the set once since acquiring it.
On Sunday, September 29th, at 9:30 AM, my computer technician carted my hard drive away to upgrade it.
True Confession: I started experiencing withdrawal symptoms hours before the designated time approached for me to sever ties with the Internet.
In my capacity as an Indie author, my PC is a lifeline to market and promote my published works. Of primary importance—for or each of my writing endeavors, the words pour from my heart and soul, creating a current for my fingers to tap dance along the keyboard, transferring story remnants to a Word document for safekeeping.
An avid reader, my vast Kindle library is also on my PC. Needless to say, not a page turned for the duration of my exile—only 24 hrs.
Although my presence on social media was curtailed, I managed to keep up my writing momentum the old-fashioned way: pen and paper.
Longhand!
In the process of finishing the draft for chapter 34 in my Work in Progress, I penned the last section in entirety. Sure it was more time consuming to compose mechanically without the electronic convenience of the “delete” key, but I managed. A fait accompli after two rewrites!
True Confession: For a fleeting moment, I felt a soulful connection to those beloved authors of yesteryear who produced the world’s most renowned classic literature, either penned or pecked on a typewriter.
My heartfelt thanks to Emily Brontë for penning one of the most moving novels I’ve ever read—Wuthering Heights, published in 1847, under the pseudonym, Ellis Bell. Her solo published work is considered a classic in English literature.
Authors Den Page: https://tinyurl.com/yycm7d2w
As of late, I’ve been electronically challenged. From a previous blog, “Sucking it Up”: On Thursday, September 5th, at 11:00 PM, I couldn’t for the life of me, get a picture on my TV set, necessitating I get a new one.
True Confession: I’ve only turned on the set once since acquiring it.
On Sunday, September 29th, at 9:30 AM, my computer technician carted my hard drive away to upgrade it.
True Confession: I started experiencing withdrawal symptoms hours before the designated time approached for me to sever ties with the Internet.
In my capacity as an Indie author, my PC is a lifeline to market and promote my published works. Of primary importance—for or each of my writing endeavors, the words pour from my heart and soul, creating a current for my fingers to tap dance along the keyboard, transferring story remnants to a Word document for safekeeping.
An avid reader, my vast Kindle library is also on my PC. Needless to say, not a page turned for the duration of my exile—only 24 hrs.
Although my presence on social media was curtailed, I managed to keep up my writing momentum the old-fashioned way: pen and paper.
Longhand!
In the process of finishing the draft for chapter 34 in my Work in Progress, I penned the last section in entirety. Sure it was more time consuming to compose mechanically without the electronic convenience of the “delete” key, but I managed. A fait accompli after two rewrites!
True Confession: For a fleeting moment, I felt a soulful connection to those beloved authors of yesteryear who produced the world’s most renowned classic literature, either penned or pecked on a typewriter.
My heartfelt thanks to Emily Brontë for penning one of the most moving novels I’ve ever read—Wuthering Heights, published in 1847, under the pseudonym, Ellis Bell. Her solo published work is considered a classic in English literature.
Authors Den Page: https://tinyurl.com/yycm7d2w
Eva’s Byte #257: My New Norm
How are you spending your free time these days?
Let me be forthright in stating I do not consider the domino effect of the COVID-19 pandemic a laughing matter. Not at all! In my capacity as a writer, my perverse humor is geared toward myself—only.
Prior to practicing social-distancing and self-isolation, it was all I could do to eek time to write. Now that I have all the time in the world, I’m not any more productive. I did manage to finish chapters 43 and 44 in my Contemporary work in progress. I’m currently drafting chapter 45, progressing from a flashback taking place in the Sixties.
Besides doing housework, and making sporadic runs to the supermarket for perishables—what exactly am I doing with all this free time on my hands?
Akin to playing-the-ponies, I’m burning my dough chasing what I consider my necessities, on-line. One of them, Dunkin Donuts iced coffee. A one-per-day habit which I derive enjoyment from while working in the aforementioned capacity as a writer. Lo and behold, this commodity is a lot cheaper in bulk. A silver lining!
I also put myself on a long-distant waiting list for home deliveries from a local dairy. Wish I had the foresight to do so before the pandemic.
Not the only one embracing new norms these days, I’m more grateful than ever for food, shelter, and good health as I surmise you are.
If you’ve read this far, may you stay safe and well.
Eva’s Authors Den Page: https://tinyurl.com/yycm7d2w
Let me be forthright in stating I do not consider the domino effect of the COVID-19 pandemic a laughing matter. Not at all! In my capacity as a writer, my perverse humor is geared toward myself—only.
Prior to practicing social-distancing and self-isolation, it was all I could do to eek time to write. Now that I have all the time in the world, I’m not any more productive. I did manage to finish chapters 43 and 44 in my Contemporary work in progress. I’m currently drafting chapter 45, progressing from a flashback taking place in the Sixties.
Besides doing housework, and making sporadic runs to the supermarket for perishables—what exactly am I doing with all this free time on my hands?
Akin to playing-the-ponies, I’m burning my dough chasing what I consider my necessities, on-line. One of them, Dunkin Donuts iced coffee. A one-per-day habit which I derive enjoyment from while working in the aforementioned capacity as a writer. Lo and behold, this commodity is a lot cheaper in bulk. A silver lining!
I also put myself on a long-distant waiting list for home deliveries from a local dairy. Wish I had the foresight to do so before the pandemic.
Not the only one embracing new norms these days, I’m more grateful than ever for food, shelter, and good health as I surmise you are.
If you’ve read this far, may you stay safe and well.
Eva’s Authors Den Page: https://tinyurl.com/yycm7d2w
