Progress, 7/7/2008

[kaasirpent]

Project working title: The Surrogate New words: 1401 Current total words: 16990 Goal: 18000

Reason for stopping: Battery. Is there a computer battery that doesn't crap out after only 45 minutes? This is getting very annoying.

Notes:

1. I'm two scenes from the end. The next scene will be the hardest to write. Paul is about to discover the true goals of the surrogate program.


2. I find that I have a hard time writing on this unless I take myself away from nearly all distractions. Like my house and my office. I wish I could find a place that didn't mind me sitting in there for a long time, had a place for me to plug in my power supply, was either very quiet or noisy enough that it all fades into an ignorable background din, and didn't have any smoking allowed on the premises. If it weren't for that last requirement, Loco's Grill and Pub would be perfect. But I come home from there smelling like cigarette smoke even though they have the smoking and non-smoking sections completely separated. I. Loathe. Smoke. <sigh>

Comments

[bigmeanie.livejournal.com]

Can you work at a library? Sometimes there are separate rooms with doors within the library where they let people work. (My town library did, and since it was next door to one of my schools, I sometimes went there to work on homework instead of going home.)

What about Borders and the like?

I'm thinking that the books might be too much of a distraction, but one never knows. :)

P.S. I'm really proud of you.

[geek-72.livejournal.com]

That panera bread place I go for espresso while there is tolerant of people sitting there for hours as long as you buy a drink or something, they have power outlets, its close, nobody will bother you there, they have wifi, and its completely smoke free.
a lot of people go there strictly to work or surf for hours.
Just watch out for the espresso - they tend to screw it up everytime.
When someone asks for a double shot they shouldn't have to ask how many shots.

[kaasirpent]

The library. @set me = DUH. I have a library card and everything. I've contacted my local branch to see if they have outlets available. :) I find that I have what I'll call "library guilt." I love reading and I think the library is wonderful and something everyone should use, but I'm guilty of never thinking of it until someone—like yourself—suggests it.

WalDaltonBorders & Noble-a-Million tends to have in-store coffee shops, but I haven't found one with outlets, yet. They certainly don't mind you using their free wifi, but I purposefully don't take my network card along when I go somewhere to write. Our writers group meets in one of these stores.

Thank you. I had three more ideas for stuff to write this morning, and fleshed one of them out in the car on the way in this morning (using my digital voice recorder—I don't type while driving :). I was worried about running out of ideas. :)

[kaasirpent]

I thought of them, but I wasn't sure they had a place to plug in. I'll have to go in with the laptop one night and test it out.

I'll certainly watch out for the espresso. I certainly wouldn't want any of that nasty stuff getting on me. :) But I'll eat the chocolate-covered beans anytime.

(Speaking of which: you left yours in my fridge.)

[geek-72.livejournal.com]

Told you I would loose my head if it wasn't somewhat loosely attached, of course I have some chocolate-covered espresso beans here but not nearly as good as those. sadly I don't remember what brand those were and I disposed of the outside container. I will have to ask mum since they were an xmas present. Apparently mum thinks I need to gain weight cause all the clothes she gave me were slightly big and she gave me 12 types of chocolate.

[geek-72.livejournal.com]

Might be worth looking into an extended life battery as a spare to keep with you - so when yours goes flat you can just power down, swap out and keep going.

[kaasirpent]

Hehehe! Guess where I am? :)