Hi all,
I did not do much writing
last week because my computer continued to act up. It taunted me by sometimes
working, sometimes not. When I was not fiddling with or shouting at my
computer, my writing time was taken up by editing chapter thirty-eight of my
novel. I then got 800 words into chapter thirty-nine, with the characters finally
landing on the planet. I have now written 78,589 words of my epic.
So will my epic become a
best-seller? British writer and critic Robert McCrum says that writers hoping
to write a best-seller “might as well stand in a field during a thunderstorm
and hope to be struck by lightning”.
best-seller? British writer and critic Robert McCrum says that writers hoping
to write a best-seller “might as well stand in a field during a thunderstorm
and hope to be struck by lightning”.
Well, when I was younger I
once played golf at Trafalgar golf course during a thunderstorm. Huge power lines
hang over the Trafalgar golf course, but I was not struck by lightning. But at
that stage I was failing English at school. Years later, when I lived inSydney
by lightning and it burnt out half the wiring. So maybe I was getting closer to
being struck by best-seller luck. Since then I have completed a Master of
Creative Writing, but I have also moved to the less thunderstorm prone
Wangaratta.
once played golf at Trafalgar golf course during a thunderstorm. Huge power lines
hang over the Trafalgar golf course, but I was not struck by lightning. But at
that stage I was failing English at school. Years later, when I lived in
by lightning and it burnt out half the wiring. So maybe I was getting closer to
being struck by best-seller luck. Since then I have completed a Master of
Creative Writing, but I have also moved to the less thunderstorm prone
Wangaratta.
Critiquing
I just checked and it has
taken me three weeks to critique the first 19,130 words of a 144,000 word
manuscript. I blame Hewlett Packard.
taken me three weeks to critique the first 19,130 words of a 144,000 word
manuscript. I blame Hewlett Packard.
Machine Man
I’ve just finished reading
the very good and funny satire Machine
Man by Australian Max Barry. It’s about a mechanical engineer who
accidentally losses a leg and replaces it with a mechanical one. He then has
this excellent mechanical leg and not so great organic leg…If I have no
computer problems I should post a review of the novel soon.
the very good and funny satire Machine
Man by Australian Max Barry. It’s about a mechanical engineer who
accidentally losses a leg and replaces it with a mechanical one. He then has
this excellent mechanical leg and not so great organic leg…If I have no
computer problems I should post a review of the novel soon.
Freelancer.com
I have previously mentioned the
rip off that www.freelancer.com.au
is. Well the scumbags offering the writing jobs have outdone themselves in
recent weeks. A new low has been offered: $1.50 for 500 word original articles.
These scumbags should be stapled to the wall of a library and have every single
book thrown at them.
rip off that www.freelancer.com.au
is. Well the scumbags offering the writing jobs have outdone themselves in
recent weeks. A new low has been offered: $1.50 for 500 word original articles.
These scumbags should be stapled to the wall of a library and have every single
book thrown at them.
My Computer Problems
My barely three-year-old
computer is still acting up. But not all the time. It won’t save me much
aggravation by simply not working, so I can then just go out and buy a new one,
instead it continues to taunt me, like someone wearing a Collingwood football
scarf.
computer is still acting up. But not all the time. It won’t save me much
aggravation by simply not working, so I can then just go out and buy a new one,
instead it continues to taunt me, like someone wearing a Collingwood football
scarf.
Windows said that Kasperspy
was causing a problem. Problem was I had not installed Kasperspy on my
computer. But I have had problems with antivirus programs before. So I thought
I might have a problem with the AVG anti-virus program I was using. AVG would
not uninstall no matter what I tried. I finally found a special program on the
AVG site that uninstalls AVG when it refuses to be uninstalled. That worked.
But alas my computer still acted up next time I turned it on.
was causing a problem. Problem was I had not installed Kasperspy on my
computer. But I have had problems with antivirus programs before. So I thought
I might have a problem with the AVG anti-virus program I was using. AVG would
not uninstall no matter what I tried. I finally found a special program on the
AVG site that uninstalls AVG when it refuses to be uninstalled. That worked.
But alas my computer still acted up next time I turned it on.
So my useless Compaq computer
is on death row: act up tomorrow and I do a recovery (which will take about two
days to complete, with all the updates to software that it will need). If the
Compaq computer acts up just once after that, I will buy a new computer. Once my
new non-Hewlett Packard computer is up and running, I will take the Compaq
outside, climb onto the roof and drop the computer onto the driveway.
is on death row: act up tomorrow and I do a recovery (which will take about two
days to complete, with all the updates to software that it will need). If the
Compaq computer acts up just once after that, I will buy a new computer. Once my
new non-Hewlett Packard computer is up and running, I will take the Compaq
outside, climb onto the roof and drop the computer onto the driveway.
If you are in Wangaratta in
the next few days and hear a triumphant scream coming from the west, you will
know I have a new computer.
the next few days and hear a triumphant scream coming from the west, you will
know I have a new computer.
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Haha – don't you love to destroy the technology that drives you crazy? In Wang, no one can hear you scream, but everyone heard Graham's computer shatter… lol
(They build it in to fail.. I'm sure of that..) Obsolescence.
Your book sounds huge…. well, there is a market for sci-fi, esp. in the U.S. and you don't know until you try.. sounds like it's going to be an epic alright…