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Nov8

So, my lap top has died

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The funny thing is that I’ve been having tons of issues with the work computer and the older lap top at home was humming along just fine.    I wote 3110 words on my NaNo story on Friday night and boom, Sat morning.  the dang compter would not come on.  It has taken retirement with no notice.  No, I’ll work for 2 weeks and then draw social security. Nothing.  Just quit and walk out.  Now, is that responsible?  No.   It is just not kosher.  At all.     I sure thought the one at the office would die first.

Thank God for my Alpha Smart.  I’ve wrtten around 2800 words this morning on it.   I can sit in my comfortable chair and write, not at the desk where the non-portable machine sits.    Gotta upload the Alpha software to the desk top  and load what I wrote today to this computer.  Because I have learned, the hard way, I’m afraid. to have more than one copy of the story somewhere.  If 2 is good, 4 is better.   anna  Enjoy this photo from Provance, France- isn’t it lovely?  It was taken by Anna Bowkis on her vacation there.

Nov2

NaNoWriMo

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NaNoWriMo started yesterday.  I wrote 2899 words.  One question I was asked was why I didn’t write one more word to make it an even 2900.   Well, I didn’t because I have issues with doing things randomly and I thought leaving off at an odd number would take me out of my comfort zone.   And it did.  My NaNoWriMo story is partially set on the RMS Mauretania, a Cunard ship that sailed the Atlantic in the early 20th Century.  Here is a picture of the ship:  300px-RMS_MauretaniaRomance on the high seas.  Should be fun.  One quote I plan to use is “I don’t know why they call them swells.  They aren’t swell.  They’re awful.”    I will have to update this post with the guy’s name as I can’t recall it just now.   I try to head my chapters with quotes and this one is reserved for the bad day at sea my characters are going to face.

EDITED to add:  wrote at lunch and got 1501 more words done- so, there goes the random-  now I have an even 4400.  Stupid one word!

EDITED TO ADD QUOTE ATTRIBITION:  Here is the real quote with author: 

“I don’t know why they named them swells. There is nothing swell about them. They should have named them awfuls. Hugo Vihlen (American sailor 1932- )