Jenna Harte

I finally got some time and wrote 4000 words on my book. Over the years I have written the opening scene in a variety of ways, but this time I was finally able to get something substantial down on paper (or computer as the case may be). It still needs work. And I did find myself struggling a bit as I moved into later scenes. I picked up my book Make a Scene Make A Sceneby Jordan E. Rosenfeld to help me.

I recently came across some software that look like it could be helpful to me as well. Writer’s Blocks is a software allows you to have your notes on one side of the screen while tpying your document on the other sidie. I haven’t used the trial to test it out, but it looks like the kind of set up that would help me by keeping my ideas in front of me without having to move between tabs or pages. The only problem is that my new Asus Eee runs on Linux not XP (the XP version cost more…not so bad, but didn’t come in green. I really wanted green). I can add xp but I’d have to by xp or I can try to use a software called WineHQ that helps Linux run windows compatible programs. I think I’ll try the WineHQ first as its free. However, Linux is a lot like the old windows used to be when you’d have to go into DOS to do stuff. So I may want to move to XP anyway. I’ll want to try to install the Writer’s Blocks on my 4 gb SC disk so I can use it on my regular laptop as well.

My most recent excuse for not writing was being sick of sitting at my desk. Its a bit of a lame excuse because on my desk is a laptop. However, my laptop is connected to a mouse, keyboard, external backup drive, etc. And I opted for a larger size laptop because when we travel, its a portable DVD player. So its big.

I had been looking at the little Neo wordprocessors I’ve seen in the writing magazines until I saw this little ASUS. It won’t replace a laptop, but for the size and what it offers, I thought it was a great deal. I can write my stories, do research online, and carry it in my purse. I can even watch/listen to media files.

The keyboard is tiny and takes some adjusting too. And I don’t like the mouse pad (I don’t like them on any laptops because I bump them when I type and end up messing up my text). But I can plug a mouse into it and fix that.

I bought the 2 gig (as opposed to 4). Most reviewers indicated they wished they had bought the larger, but I think I’ll be okay with the smaller. For one, its green, so it looks cool (the larger only comes in white and black). And since it supposed to only be used for writing my book, I don’t need that much space.

We’ll hope this is the answer although I’m afraid I’ll still have the same issues… not enough time and when I do have time not enough energy.