@joem2go For when you want to take your pot roast on the road! 😀

@Horrrflmlvr I speak cat. They're saying "bring me the food or next time it's the router"

I'm of the firm belief that the only secret you can keep is the one you never tell anyone. That being said, what about pen names? I'll have to inform an agent or publisher should I strike gold and get either. How close to the vest do you hold your pen name? #writers #writing #cosowriting

I have a manuscript I want to do something with and I'm considering attending Chicon8. Mostly to learn about publishers/editors/agents/other authors/etc in the area I write in. It could also be great fun though ;-) Historically, I avoid crowds or I'd have gone sooner.
Thoughts? Are such things good for new writers looking to learn about the industry?

I'm already signing up so don't think you'll influence me to not go ;-)

#writing #writers #cosowriting

@awnaves My first thought was "How do you uncut paper?"

Step #1, stop cutting the paper 😄

@Gypsysoul68 Thank you. Last night I caught that the one member had to call in after his sentencing for taking part in #jan6 but I was pulled away before seeing how the vote went. It made me curious about what the courts would do should they still refuse to certify. Jail the commissioners for contempt? I guess I'll have to wait for the next election cycle...

In defense of MacGuffins, I do have a story that is almost entirely MacGuffins, even the main character (in a sense). It has the potential to be a symphony of chaos and mind bending nonsense. MacGuffins can be ridiculously fun (for me >.> ) when not used as a cheap trick to rush creativity. I'm not writing on a schedule though... #writing

I've been dancing around the ending for a very long time. I know what will happen but I've been struggling with the choreography. Most is written except the penultimate portion for fear of being misdirected by filler for some duty to call it done. Finally it hit me, that magical something that brings all of them together. Not a MacGuffin (they drive me insane) but something sitting in front of the reader (and the writer) the whole time. I won't write it now though, not yet #writing

@Gypsysoul68 Here's the CNN article on it fwiw

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/25/politics/read-mark-meadows-texts-sean-hannity-ivanka-trump-marjorie-taylor-greene/index.html

@Gypsysoul68 I can only find it in the humor section of the NewYorker while the article's linked CNN article of the original release doesn't seem to contain it.

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/leaked-mark-meadows-texts

@brian64 When you're down to blaming God, it can only mean that you have no one else to blame but yourself. Not to say that he did it, but to say that he supports the civilian infrastructure which makes it possible.

@Gypsysoul68 I'll be honest, my first response to this was mostly swear words. Then I realized it's in the humor section. Sadly, I wouldn't put it past them and hence it is believable.

It's my fault. I should have quit. Over and over again they threw money at me because I have outstanding troubleshooting skills. I wish I'd been experienced enough to see why that was so important to them.

I was ok with it when we were a little company and it was all for one and one for all, struggling to keep the plates spinning. That was years ago though, now I'm paying for someone else's yacht with my sleepless nights.

I think I'm done. +13 years and the chaos has only grown. More than a week vaca and the night before I return to work is sleepless in anxiety of the chaos I will inevitably step into only to find it's worse than even I expected. And I'm powerless to stop it. Tired of endless bandaids because the actual work required is constantly blocked. Tired of being told, year after year, that it will get better but just getting worse.

@poemblaze I don't mean to be alarming and frankly, I ran on a laptop for months with a failed cell. I also don't want anyone thinking they are like the batteries we all grew up with 😉

@poemblaze I don't know of any danger to continuing to use it though unless there is expansion evident.

Also, DO NOT PIERCE IT
Exposing lithium to oxygen is bad, real bad. If there is any physical expansion or the battery is pierced, this can happen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oieH2wwDGzo

@poemblaze Sorry, I'm pedantic. It probably is why I want to write 😀

If the battery is removable, there are services that will replace the cells inside (sometimes you'll even end up with more capacity than you started with). Otherwise you'll have to crack open the laptop (or have someone knowledgeable do it) to replace it.

@poemblaze The battery consists of multiple cells. If it is one of the cells that has failed it can show the maximum capacity of minus the failed cell (minus a little capacity loss normal over time). That's not a guarantee I might add but I'd say it's likely.

It sounds like you need to replace the battery. Also, if the battery (or any of it's housing) shows any physical expansion, take it immediately out of your house, it is a fire hazard. A lithium fire hazard which is really bad.

@pettybooshwah IMHO the technology which makes this possible should be considered equally as guilty