Sunday, 4 August 2013

August Update

Hello, hello, hello, hello!

It's always tricky for me to get time to blog, but this year takes the cake.
First, I got infested by a Trojan virus in early July (if I ever catch anyone sending those, I'll maim it). The system image saved me, and even if I (momentarily) lost a paragraph of the novel I'm writing, I consider myself lucky.
However, the power button is now behaving weirdly. :(

I'm spending time with my family, which means that, as you can see, I can type and blog a lot less than usual.
Cherry on that cake, I've just spent a few days home where... a sudden heat wave and power issues have forced me to ration my time on my computer. ;_;

Yet... by night (warranted owl here), I've been working on my fantasy novel and my Sci-Fi P.I. short stories. Since I've let the bunnies simmer quietly, the plots are coming along nicely, and everything's taking shape (I even managed to create - quite by chance, which made me blink and grin like a demented Cheshire-Cat - some very nice plot-lace, where I could link my initial characters to actual places and historical facts).
A few times, I located data that fit in my stories perfectly, and since they were things I knew nothing about before I started my research, that was a very good surprise.
I'm still only writing the second chapter of my novel and the first short story, but the rest of the plots are in my head and being plotted.

I'll try to blog more, but I won't make any promise.

See ya! xxx

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