I ended up with nearly 4,000 words yesterday, which is very pleasing. What’s less pleasing is that I wrote them on my laptop and my shoulder/elbow/pinky are paying the price today. Ow. Now I’m trying to get my writing computer set back up, but either the desktop mount for it got thrown out (which would be irritatingly ironic, as Ted rarely throws away any boxes, and the odds of him letting me throw that one out are not good, but might be just good enough) or I just can’t find it, so argh.
This is the only reason I’d trade Little in on a newer model, and the annoying truth is that no laptop is going to have a better keyboard for somebody with a shoulder problem, so there’s not much point. It’s painful and frustrating, though, especially when I can sit at Nook (who is going to need another name, since the Nook is no longer functional) and type for hours without even the slightest shoulder twinge. My desktop computer (the one hooked up to the internet) is better than Little for keyboard structure (ergonomic vs not), but I’m not particularly good at writing at a computer hooked up to the internet, and I generally prefer to just remove myself from the temptation.
I keep thinking this shoulder thing is going to go away. It keeps not going away. I’d been planning on just bringing Little to Ireland and using her for a few months, until our stuff got there, but man. This is teh suck. :P
ytd wordcount: 170,000
Most laptops have a port where you can connect a keyboard. When you’re at home, you should be able to hook a cable and your favorite keyboard to it. It’s at least worth checking out. Good luck. :)
Or, you could unplug the network cable before turning on the desktop machine :)
Not advice I have ever bothered to follow my own self, however.