Clarion Write-a-Thon: And Then My Laptop Died
on July 15, 2012 at 2:08 pm
photo by Duboix on morguefile.com.
Just when editing my novel was going great, my six year old iBook decided it did not want to start up. Perhaps ever again.
For those wondering, I typed this post on my Android phone via the WordPress app.
This throws a huge roadblock in my editing, and I am now two days behind. I am taking my iBook to a Mac shop tomorrow, but I fear the worst.
Luckily, I email myself self a backup copy of the book after working on it each day (a practice I strongly recommend). Either my current laptop will be fixed, or I will buy finance a new in the next few days.
Hooray, more debt.
I was planning on getting a new machine eventually, but I had hoped I could wait until I paid off Steph’s engagement ring. Oh well.
Not how I expected my weekend to go.
The other issue is, I cannot work on anything else in the meantime: comics, podcasts, update websites, or even pay bill (easily, anyway. Some I can manage via my phone).
The silver lining is, if I have to get a new machine, well, it is about time. I couldn’t update Firefox and certain plugins any more, and I couldn’t install Chrome.
My plan was to use my iBook until it died, and it looks like that day is here.
Daniel J. Hogan now owns a great looking paperweight. Follow him on Twitter, @danieljhogan.
