Field Trip

I have my new laptop on its first field trip.  We are at Barnes & Noble.  I'm having coffee.  Laptop is having WiFi.  I will take a picture and add it in later.  (I haven't mastered The Cloud yet, or else I think the picture I just took with my phone would magically appear on my laptop and I could copy it here.  Someday I'll be living in that future!)

EDIT:  Here's the picture.  Yeah, corporate America gets my money.  But sometime in October Laptop will get decorated with Digger stickers - I supported Ursula Vernon's Kickstarter.  Not ALL my money goes to corporations.

In other news, the short story workshop I'm taking is half over.  We have started working on plot.  Ya' know, plot is definitely not one of my strong points.  I'm a natural pantser (also called a discovery writer).  This is why I need this class - to get better at plot and other areas of writing.  The homework due last night was five - yes, FIVE - plots.  I turned mine in at about 11:45 PM.  The deadline was midnight.

If you're so inclined, consider taking a class taught by Mary Robinette Kowal.  Here's a post from her website from July this year about what she teaches.  If you read her blog or follow her on Twitter you'll see the announcements for future classes.  Most definitely worth the effort.

Cool! And Coffee!

I have A/C!!!

Something I haven't had for five years or more.  Given the heat wave we are currently in, I left this to the very last minute, although didn't actually plan it that way.  It was planned for several years ago, but events (sudden 20% pay cut, family member needing money) conspired to delay things.  The last few months were just me dawdling, reluctance to see my savings account depleted dominating my knowledge that this would be the summer Climate Change really raised its head and roared.

The money is spent.  There is a cool breeze blowing my way as I type this, an iced coffee on the desk. 

Now to get this novel finished...  Coffee and chocolate are writing fuel.  You knew that, right?  That's why I drink mochas.