urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:odosgirl odosgirl odosgirl 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:odosgirl:10061 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z My beloved IBM ThinkPad bit the dust a few days ago, but my dear hubby (who is way more of a tech-head than I am) found me a brand-new, lovely little Gateway that I am now breaking in -- and not a moment too soon. I was starting to go nuts without access to my word-processor. I only hope we can salvage all the data from the old IBM hard-drive.<br /><br />In other news, Ross is now in summer school (two of them actually) most days, but it's time-consuming to ferry him back and forth with the car, so it looks like the summer will be a little frantic, at least while we all get used to the new schedule. At least I can sneak a couple hours of writing time most days, even if my house looks frightful.<br /><br />Just finished a terrific romance novel, <i>Mine Til Midnight</i>, by Lisa Kleypas, a truly skilled writer who manages to conjure up whole worlds in her books. (I loved her <i>Devil in Winter</i> as well). Her period details (Victorian, usually) are deft and non-intrusive, her bedroom scenes are luscious and inventive, and she has a fanfic writer's instincts for judiciously applied moments of hurt-comfort. I will definitely be reading more of her work in the future. I'm learning a lot by analyzing her style as well.