Two Steps Back

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accidents, accidents happen, bad keyboard, internet modem usb fob thingummy, laptop, noveling, star wars, swats upside the head

A great leap forward often requires two steps back.

–Obi-Wan Kenobi

Hey, look at that… *points at all the pretty gorgeous serviceable handwriting*

Sorry, but that’s always what I imagined Obi-Wan’s hand to be like. Not the messy handwriting he annotates his textbooks in…

But the neat, elegant hand of a gentleman, from a more civilized age… *shakes self out of reverie*

What was I going to talk about, anyway? Almost certainly not how much more gorgeous Obi-Wan’s theoretical handwriting is than mine… *gets swatted upside the head for excessive praise of the beauty of the text*

Oh, right. A great leap forward often requiring two steps back. Well, here are the two steps back…

• My laptop getting damaged by the water I spilled on the keyboard, thanks to Raya and her habit of leaving her clothes everywhere (and also the fact that I thought I had put the laptop away when I actually hadn’t… *swats self upside the head for excessive stupidity*)
• The fact that we can’t find the Internet modem fob USB thingummy for the computer downstairs. Double gah! *gets swatted upside the head again, this time for using the word “thingummy” and the sound of dubious status as a word, “gah”*

So, what’s the great leap forward?

How about 5k more words on my novel? How’s that for progress, eh?!

So yeah, I feel kind of good about that… *gets swatted upside the head by Han, for getting cocky* Hey! Han, I thought I had banished you from my mind palace until you’re needed!

Well, hope you enjoyed this post… I have to go chase Han and arrest him for trespassing on private mental property. ‘Bye!

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Apologies

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accidents, accidents happen, bad keyboard, taking a hiatus, toddlers

I’m sorry, everyone… Unfortunately I will not be able to post much for a while. My four-year-old sister, Raya, dumped her dress on the floor last night, and I tripped on it and spilled water on the keyboard of my laptop. I didn’t realize what had happened until the next morning, by which time the keyboard had ceased to work at all. I know I should’ve put it away before going to bed, but I could have sworn that I did, in fact, pack it up.
So, I’m sorry… there’s not much I can do about it right now. Until then, I’ll have to see what I can do with a different computer, working from one that everyone uses and another that doesn’t have internet.
Once again, I apologize. I am very grateful for all your support and your kind tolerance.
God bless, and have a great day.