tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post1275866056812562651..comments2023-08-06T05:53:49.308-07:00Comments on The Former Anne Spollen's Author Blog Is Being Retitled to "Notes from Living Upghetto": Revision Revisited, Then Revisited AgainAnne Spollenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-18260773284786274782011-03-08T19:55:35.341-08:002011-03-08T19:55:35.341-08:00Thanks, Nathan. I think it may come to paying a li...Thanks, Nathan. I think it may come to paying a little bit so I can just write and not have to think about anything else.<br /><br />Love the phrase "the cloud" - it is like that, isn't it?Anne Spollenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-51767524938725401072011-03-08T16:01:42.657-08:002011-03-08T16:01:42.657-08:00Anne,
Mozy is a great backup system for if you lo...Anne,<br /><br />Mozy is a great backup system for if you lose a file, your computer is stolen, etc. It only costs $5 a month, and it backs everything up in the "cloud." Seriously, for those of us who are technologically challenged -- myself included -- this is a wonderful resource. And it's easy to download and access. Finally, you can set it up so it saves everything every 24 minutes, every 24 hours, every 24 days, you name it! (http://mozy.com/)Nathan Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09815965197162718139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-45548398700404909242011-03-08T10:30:46.076-08:002011-03-08T10:30:46.076-08:00Medeia, my son just gave me two flash drives. Defi...Medeia, my son just gave me two flash drives. Definitely going to use them.<br /><br />And, yeah, I hope to have a third out soon -- I'm going to read yours as soon as I can, too. <br /><br />Right, K.C. -- I thought the same thing about flash drives - HA! How easy they would be to lose. Maybe even easier than to lose the two revisions I completed.<br /><br />I don't know what MOZY is, Marcia, but isn't that lazy kind of walking?<br /><br />No, you don't want a possessed laptop. If you do, I'll send you mine for free. The other night it made a strange sound which the kids said came from the wind outside. <br /><br />I know it growled at me.Anne Spollenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-28111971256510457502011-03-07T12:12:03.519-08:002011-03-07T12:12:03.519-08:00I resisted a laptop for a long time, too, Anne. I ...I resisted a laptop for a long time, too, Anne. I heard the same stories.<br /><br />One friend of mine believes when we connect to electricity, we connect to some element of the spiritual realm. I used to smile patiently when she said this. Now I wonder if she's not on to something...Anne Spollenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-73491236710191647822011-03-06T17:37:16.433-08:002011-03-06T17:37:16.433-08:00Yes, Mary, they do have souls-- tormented, twisted...Yes, Mary, they do have souls-- tormented, twisted deviant souls that live on the work of time-pressed writers. And they are connected - the spirit that ate your journal is the cousin of the one who ate both my revisions.Anne Spollenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-847784244840356872011-03-06T17:25:26.419-08:002011-03-06T17:25:26.419-08:00Oh Anne! How awful. And sounds suspiciously like s...Oh Anne! How awful. And sounds suspiciously like something one of my crit partners just went through.<br /><br />I use flash drives. I email my work to myself. Actually, I now use Mozy, since I also had a scare when my flash drive stopped accepting new files of certain types. But the REALLY scary thing is that NONE OF THIS HELPS if the file is erased from existence the instant you save it. You can't back up what ain't there.<br /><br />Possessed laptops? I had no idea. I thought I wanted one. Maybe I don't.Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006966091789130047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-72080599618480492492011-03-06T09:38:04.900-08:002011-03-06T09:38:04.900-08:00Oh no! How awful!
I recommend about fifty flash d...Oh no! How awful!<br /><br />I recommend about fifty flash drives to back your work up on every five minutes. That way you never lose anything--except the flash drives, of course, which are about the size of Legos and vanish just as easily.<br /><br />I hope the next revision stays where you put it.K.C. Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467201304235217944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-60716265371165104892011-03-06T06:01:42.921-08:002011-03-06T06:01:42.921-08:00Oh, this is spooky.
I back up my work 2-3 times a...Oh, this is spooky.<br /><br />I back up my work 2-3 times a month on a flash drive. I'm worried that my work will disappear.<br /><br />I hope to see a new book from you since I read your first two.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-42421314974620805472011-03-05T04:33:17.284-08:002011-03-05T04:33:17.284-08:00And this is the reason I won't get a laptop. ...And this is the reason I won't get a laptop. Sure, I'd love one for the mobility (I could write in bed) but everyone who's ever had one swears they're possessed.<br /><br />No, no spooky computers for me.<br /><br />I hope someday you find those revisions. Although it will probably be after the book comes out in print.Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-40492090875068714252011-03-04T16:20:26.162-08:002011-03-04T16:20:26.162-08:00I've been there and it is SO IRRITATING! Even...I've been there and it is SO IRRITATING! Even the generally good, supportive laptop I'm on now plays silly buggers with me from time to time and eats things. It ate my last journal, for July through October of 2010.<br /><br />No one can convince me that machines don't have personalities. There are even times I wonder if they don't have souls.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-47197429454225008622011-03-04T15:46:42.091-08:002011-03-04T15:46:42.091-08:00Wow, you have the best ideas, Bish. The best.
I d...Wow, you have the best ideas, Bish. The best.<br /><br />I do admit to hitting the Godiva pretty seriously. Chocolate heals.<br /><br />And it's back to the drawing board - again, ugh.Anne Spollenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-679885249573452082011-03-04T13:24:46.534-08:002011-03-04T13:24:46.534-08:00Oh Anne! How terrible. I'm still struggling wi...Oh Anne! How terrible. I'm still struggling with my first revision...but to have to do a third one because the first two were lost! OMG! Is there any possibility you can sooth yourself in a bubblebath surrounded by mountains of chocolate?Bish Denhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13359927719391990534noreply@blogger.com