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[julesjones]

Grabbing a brief bit of net time...

I really *am* having very intermittent, patchy net access, so I'm not ignoring people. There is good stuff, sucky stuff, and it-sucks-but-it-could-have-been-much-worse stuff happening all over my flist, and I *am* reading it,but by the time I see most of it it's old news. And I shouldn't read desperance's posts when it's still an hour to go until dinner, because they just make me hungry.

Flailing through the paperwork for Dolphin Deams when I manage to get a rare uninterrupted half hour of puter time. Most of it is done now, but I still have not written the cover blurb for it. I suck at this particular bit of the job even at the best of times, and coming up with something sparkling and lively for this novel is much much worse than pulling teeth. (Yes, I do have ample experience of the latter, at least as the patient.)

I don't need to be on a computer to start plotting a new story. This is not necessarily a good thing, as I now have the first chapter in detail and a good idea of much of the rest for a novella using the same basic plot as "Lord and Master", the short story that was published on Clean Sheets last month. This may sound like a good thing, especially as it could be slanted towards a Valentine's Day release and I could probably write it in time... but I *was* planning to work on the third Buildup book next, that it may have a sporting chance of coming out a year after the previous one.

I have bought Another Psion. Another four Psions, in fact, although three of them are apparently mortally wounded and fit only for spare parts. I probably wouldn't have been willing to bid as high as I did for a merkin version, were it not that the package includes assorted other useful bits as well. At this point all I need is an AC adaptor to have everything I need by way of accessories, but to be honest the wee beastie's main usage is in situations where I wouldn't bother to haul out a mains supply anyway. The whole point of buying another one is that having had one for some months now, I find that I *like* being able to pull something out of my handbag and start scribbling notes on it within 30 seconds, and I'm scared the current one will curl up and die soon.

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[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

I still have a Psion too. I can just about touch type on the keyboard and it makes a great mobile word processor for the times I don't want to lug a laptop with me.

[julesjones]

I only got my first one in the last year, largely because I wanted something I could use on long flights. A 5MX is small enough to fit on the seat table in sardine class, and has a long enough battery life to do trans-Pacific flights on a single set of batteries - and you can easily carry a couple of spare sets. I don't actually use it that often, but it's utterly brilliant for certain situations, and I wouldn't want to be without it. I can also just about touch-type on it, so it's a great word processor.

The current one was fairly cheap because it's missing all of its accessories and has some physical damage, but everything works for now and it was a good way to check out whether one would actually be useful for me. When I panicked recently because I thought I'd killed it (the screen cable is exposed when it's shut, and sooner or later it's going to get damaged), I decided that I was going to get one in better condition. :-)

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

I have bought Another Psion. Another four Psions, in fact, although three of them are apparently mortally wounded and fit only for spare parts.

You weren't influenced in your buying strategy by the old hymn, by any chance? You know, the one that starts: "Glorious things of thee are spoken, Psion..."

[julesjones]

[splorf]

You are a bad, bad man...