Change of venue

It's a lot different working in my new place. I'm using a laptop and I have to get used to the keyboard differences. It's good though. I don't loose labels on my N, M, and C keys after the first week like I did with all the desktop keyboards I've gone through in the past year or so. This helps keep me on track with my writing.

And speaking of writing, I spent the majority of last night applying for new jobs. I really wish I had more examples to show potential clients, but I'm wrapped up in so many nondisclosure agreements that all the best work I have done is all hush-hush. I'm really looking forward to the day that I'll get paid good money AND get a byline. I did get credit once, but it was for a website that has long since bit the dust.

I also started working on the first two poems for Personas. Both of them needed major work and made me wish I had a personal poetry editor to call up in the middle of the night. I want to invest in professional editing for this project, but I know at this point I cannot afford it. Instead, I will have to trust my own judgment and not get upset when I get the first "you really suck" comment. It's bound to happen, but I'm looking toward the future. The "you suck" people usually say that because they have nothing better to do!

Okay, back to work. I'm on a deadline today.

Finally Happy

...but not really productive. I did write one whole article with my new mouse and keyboard before I jumped over here to write a blog post about how excited I am that my new keyboard works so well. The mouse gave me trouble at the beginning, but a little computer restart was all that it took. I should pull out another article before dinner, but instead I'll probably just hook up my new speakers. This is the first time that I've had speakers for this machine, and I've have it almost a year now.

At least I can wish everyone a happy day and know that I'll be very productive until High School Reunion comes on tonight. I'm not old, but I still think the show is slightly entertaining. But remember--I'm still totally against all reality shows. It's all fake. There's no reality to it!! Oh well... I'll rant on that again another day.

only a few more hours....

And then I won't have to battle my O key anymore. My new keyboard will be here, hooked up, and ready for a lot of article writing. I'm excited. I've barely written 10 articles this week, and it's all because of the keyboard and not the lack of articles... at least this time. But I will admit it's fun to try and find ways to type without using words that have O in it.

With a new keyboard I should develop a new outlook. Not only will I rock my articles for work, but I'm going to rock some revisions of poems and short stories. I'm only waiting for a couple of more rejection letters to come in, so it's time to find a new round of mags and journals to submit to.

Missing?

I changed batteries in my keyboard this morning and now instead of the E key sticking, it's the O. It's terrible trying t work like this, so I finally broke down and ordered a new one that's not wireless (could be the problem?). And it comes with speakers. So now I can ditch my headphones when I want t listen to podcasts. Yippee! But I ordered it online, as I always do, so it will be a day or two. That means slow working until then. I can always catch up on the weekend. By now, I know that weekend catchup is not catchup... it's working 7 days a week. I guess I'll just have to get used to that.

Excuse spelling mistakes... I may not catch them all.