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Computer Issues

Posted in Real Life, tagged , on May 31, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Yeah, speaking of reset buttons . . . .

I restarted my computer yesterday morning and ever since it’s been throwing me into temporary accounts, which don’t have all of my shortcuts or my saved passwords (for low-threat sites like this blog) and also won’t allow me to directly access any of my files–or some of my applications. I tried restarting–which only resulted in multiple temporary accounts. Then I tried copying all of my files over to this temporary account–I can find them in File Explorer, at least. And setting up at least what I could.

Then I shut the computer off last night and . . . right back to a new temporary account this morning. Clearly, this approach is not going to work.

I’ve managed to find a set of instructions on things to try in order to fix this, so I suppose that’s next. For however long that takes.

First up is copying all of my files off somewhere safe, just in case. Then into the wonderful world of arcane computer instructions.

Wish me luck. I need it.

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Pushing the Restart Button

Posted in Real Life, writing, tagged , , , , on May 24, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Wow! Looks like I haven’t been back here in almost two months. Sorry to say, nothing much happened writing-wise during that time. And now, I’m pushing the restart button.

Truth to tell, I’d love push restart on this whole year. I imagine most everyone would. But that’s beyond my power.

What I can do is push restart on my writing. Literally.

It’s weird the way one thing will prompt another. I was attending to some mundane tasks–getting my books up on GooglePlay–when something just clicked. The reason I was not making any progress on my current writing project–well, apart from the general background stress and feeling of being overwhelmed–was that I’d started in the wrong place. Way too early. Again. That background might make it into a prequel novella some day, because it is important, but it’s way to far back from when interesting things actually start to happen.

So, restart, quite literally. I wrote the new first chapter yesterday. And it was fun! And at least a partial antidote to being overwhelmed.

The story has a new title, too. Merlin’s Gambit.

Onward.

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