Yesterday, I finished the first draft on a novella I wrote to kick off a mainstream SF adventure series. I've been struggling to make a different idea work for a few months and finally gave up on the idea (or at least set it aside indefinitely). I had no idea what I was going to write instead and I was months behind where I'd wanted to be with a mainstream pen.
And then a fateful Saturday morning, I went to bed after feeding my cats, and I dreamed. Just a snippet of a character in a vague setting.
This isn't either of the blogs I had planned for this week. I have a 90% written piece about why perfectly good computers aren't compatible with Windows 11. I also have about half of the background done on what I plan to be my first movie review here.
A relatively easy step can help your focus and reduce stress
When I got my most recent Mac, I created an account for everyday use but I also created a “local only” account. The everyday account has services and apps I log into. The “local only” account doesn't. The point of it is that I don't log into anything with it. I don't give it admin privileges either so any time I want to do anything like install software, I have to log into my regular account or my admin account.
