Commitment to my writing tasks is being tested! My computer has taken an unauthorized leave of absence--the victim, I think, of some online mischief. I am still doing my best to post regularly, but I will have to post my blog entries from somewhere else--maybe the library--so just be patient, please!
I used to write the first draft of everything in longhand. (There are some very famous authors who do/have done that, you know!) There were long lines of scratched-out, deathless prose; arrows pointed from here to there and back again; notes referred back to page 3 or ahead to page 5. Only I could follow those inky pages and transcribe them on my trusty portable Remington into more-or-less readable type. I may or may not have been gifted--but for sure, I was determined!
Then computers became a part of my life. I didn't own a computer; I used one at the public library or in the lab at the university where I was taking classes. "But,"I said, "I will never again type a paper on the typewriter if I can help it!" All the editing and re-writing and spell-checking and especially footnoting had become so easy!
Now I'm back to the yellow legal pad, my "wireless" pen, and a borrowed computer. And I am still determined. Having waited several decades to have a writing "voice," I won't be deterred now! You'll still be hearing from me.
Marjorie
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