Fun with software (not adventures in procrastination!)
Several months ago, I got a cheap copy of Dragon Naturally Speaking, but then my computer died. I installed it today. In fact, I’m using it now. I thought it would be fun to use with Final Draft to write scripts, but it doesn’t really recognize my voice...Progress!
Well, as far as words written, it’s probably not that impressive, but last night I made a lot of progress on the time dilation story. Math, physics, and characterization progress:I decided the ship was going too fast. I picked a destination, which gave me...Curses! Foiled Again!
I got a lovely mail-merged rejection note from F&SF. I was under the impression most places used preprinted sheets of paper: “Dear writer, thank you for thinking of us but we cannot use this material at this time. –Editor.” The body of the letter...New Year’s Resolutions
I’d really like to post something like, “This year I will get published, sell my movie script, and win the Georgia Lottery,” but none of those things are under my control, so there’s no point in having them in a New Year’s Resolutions...Quest for Fire
I just sent “Victual-Seeking Varmints from Outer Space” to F&SF, after much Questing for Fire. The first Kinko’s had a broken printer. The second Kinko’s refused to do an SASE because they only had a meter, not stamps. The post office had a...Called my mother…
We talked for far too long and such, and she randomly said that she thought I was a talented writer and she would live to see me and my sister both in print someday. What? To the best of my knowledge she hasn’t read anything I wrote since high school!...time dilation story
I got to work early tonight, sat down to work on an entirely different story, and got a sudden impulse to work on the time dilation story instead. I cut huge wads of it, as is my usual wont. This is why I like having multiple stories in progress. Working on one for...And, the script answer is…
No. It’s a form no, too. Dear Katherine, Thank you for your Dead Zone script submission. Unfortunately, we did not think “Ethos Anthropos Daimon” was right for us at the time, but we wish you luck in your writing career. Ah well. On the wishful...Oops. :)
So, we left this morning and I remembered my script to mail… and forgot breakfast and lunch. Oops! Mm, yummy snack machine! ;PSubscribe
