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Phones, Writing, and Stuff
Feb. 14th, 2011 11:33 pmI'm sensing a pattern. First my lovely and talented wife buys a Nook and enjoys it. I play around with it and decide to get one. Then she gets a new smart phone to replace the cheap, stupid (functional but extremely limited) cell phones we've been using for years. She chose a Samsung Intercept from Virgin Mobile (same carrier we were using before).
It's really cool. She can get phone calls, texts, browse the web, check twitter and facebook (if she did facebook) and use a zillion other apps. Probably nothing to those who've been using smart phones for a while, but new to us. So after watching her play with hers for a while, I bought one. I may be a technophile, but I'm also pretty closed-fisted when it comes to spending money.
But really, my new Intercept is pretty neat. I bought a belt case to carry it, which lasted all of three days. It uses a bent metal clip to hold it to the belt, but apparently when I've been sitting I've been putting pressure on it, so the clip has opened up. Where it once was a tight fit on my belt, now it basically hangs like a coat hanger--and about as securely. So I'll have to find something better. But the phone is pretty darn cool.
I'm "writing" again these days, but not making much headway. Snippy is supportive, and assures me that I'll get back in the groove again, but it doesn't feel like it. I feel like I'm flailing, trying to figure out what I want to write, and being unable to write anything anyhow. I know these doubts will recur periodically, and I'll overcome them in the end, but it's frustrating and disheartening sometimes.
I've got a few rejections on stories I have circulating, and one of them recently really threw me for a loop. Ordinarily rejections just roll off my back. I understand that it's just part of the biz. But that last one really depressed me a for a while.
On the other hand, I now have four short stories up on Smashwords, Amazon and Barnes & Noble, and they continue to sell at a slow but steady rate. I'm not exactly setting the world on fire, but it's something positive to think about. One more to go, and then I can bundle them into a collection and add that to my sales listings (at a higher price and a higher royalty).
Valentine's Day has come and gone 'round here. Snippy bought me a card, tulips, and another gift. I bought her chocolate and a copy of the movie RED, which she absolutely adored in the theatre. MY current obsession is Monsters vs Aliens, which I have saved on the Tivo and watch--in bits and pieces--repeatedly. I dunno why. Partly because it's a very well done animated movie, and partly because it's just a reliable piece of entertainment when I'm suffering from "we have a zillion channels and there's nothing to watch" syndrome. It's amazing how that happens, but it often does.
It's really cool. She can get phone calls, texts, browse the web, check twitter and facebook (if she did facebook) and use a zillion other apps. Probably nothing to those who've been using smart phones for a while, but new to us. So after watching her play with hers for a while, I bought one. I may be a technophile, but I'm also pretty closed-fisted when it comes to spending money.
But really, my new Intercept is pretty neat. I bought a belt case to carry it, which lasted all of three days. It uses a bent metal clip to hold it to the belt, but apparently when I've been sitting I've been putting pressure on it, so the clip has opened up. Where it once was a tight fit on my belt, now it basically hangs like a coat hanger--and about as securely. So I'll have to find something better. But the phone is pretty darn cool.
I'm "writing" again these days, but not making much headway. Snippy is supportive, and assures me that I'll get back in the groove again, but it doesn't feel like it. I feel like I'm flailing, trying to figure out what I want to write, and being unable to write anything anyhow. I know these doubts will recur periodically, and I'll overcome them in the end, but it's frustrating and disheartening sometimes.
I've got a few rejections on stories I have circulating, and one of them recently really threw me for a loop. Ordinarily rejections just roll off my back. I understand that it's just part of the biz. But that last one really depressed me a for a while.
On the other hand, I now have four short stories up on Smashwords, Amazon and Barnes & Noble, and they continue to sell at a slow but steady rate. I'm not exactly setting the world on fire, but it's something positive to think about. One more to go, and then I can bundle them into a collection and add that to my sales listings (at a higher price and a higher royalty).
Valentine's Day has come and gone 'round here. Snippy bought me a card, tulips, and another gift. I bought her chocolate and a copy of the movie RED, which she absolutely adored in the theatre. MY current obsession is Monsters vs Aliens, which I have saved on the Tivo and watch--in bits and pieces--repeatedly. I dunno why. Partly because it's a very well done animated movie, and partly because it's just a reliable piece of entertainment when I'm suffering from "we have a zillion channels and there's nothing to watch" syndrome. It's amazing how that happens, but it often does.