Happy (Birthday) News

I'm getting a new laptop for my birthday!

My husband built it for me from the best components and it should arrive around the time of my birthday! Yay!

In the meantime, I'm editing a ms that I hope to send to another publisher by the end of September and still working on the Navy's Ghost, which is August's SSS ms. Last week's six sentences didn't get posted in time (don't know why), but I hope to be back on the list this Sunday.

I'm looking forward to the new "toy", which I can write off as a business expense (yay!) and get to work a little more steadily. It's hard to get into the writing grove when I have to change locations (my husband's desk) and tools (my husband's computer). I'm just now getting input from the muse again after the meltdown.

So I hope your week is wonderful and you get writing (and reading) done. I'm getting over a cold and two sick kids, but I'm determined to get moving again. Be well and happy reading!

Wednesday Woes (even though it's Thursday)

I was all set to write a blog post yesterday. I was back from my vacation and raring to go. I opened up a browser window, pulled up my blog, and suddenly, colorful lines streaked the screen.

Uh, what?

I waited to see if they would clear, but they seemed to get worse. I waited a little more and they disappeared. Oh good.

Until they reappeared and then faded the picture to complete white. White, with faint vertical colored lines.

Oh no. No no no no! Crap!

My husband came over to see what was wrong - video card failure. Everything gone, or at least invisible. Apparently, the computer's video card is built into the motherboard (it's a laptop) and cannot on be replaced except by replacing the whole computer.

Waaaaahhhhhh! :(

I guess the video card went to the light. I didn't even get the blue screen of death (which only means my hard drive is intact and I haven't actually lost any data - I just can't see it). This is both a good thing and a bad thing.

Good thing: new laptop with updated video and graphics cards, faster, Quad-core (my husband insisted), standard Blu-ray/DVD writer, two PS2 and two PS3 USB ports, and thinner, wider laptop overall.

Bad thing: gotta use my husband's computer while we wait for the new one to get here and gotta spend a pretty penny to get said new laptop. Sigh.

We shopped for a new laptop yesterday and even if we order it now, it won't get here until early September. *grumble*

I will manage to get the Six Sentence Sunday post up and I'm going to try to get some writing/editing done. Ugh! See you Sunday. Happy reading!