Technical Issues: Update
Posted: November 17, 2021 Filed under: Writing to be Read | Tags: Writing to be Read 9 Comments
Robbie Cheadle was kind enough to throw up a post letting you know why you weren’t seeing any regular content from me recently. Thank you Robbie.
Anyone who knows me, knows that I carry my life around in my laptop. It goes everywhere with me and all the stories and ideas that make it out of my head and onto the virtual page are contained within it. The files for each book I’ve published and some which I haven’t yet and and marketing images I’ve created can only be accessed through its keyboard.
But it’s true. My laptop malfunctioned and will no longer charge, so when the battery ran down, it went into hibernation and it won’t talk to me or respond to my loving touch anymore. So, much of my life has been put on hold while I wait for a new laptop and try to do my online functioning on my phone. Fortunately, I was forced to get a smart phone two months ago, something I had stubbornly been avoiding, when my good old flip-phone died. Without that, I wouldn’t even be able to keep up with my course work, which I have been able to do to an extent. Thank goodness. But I have not had access to any of my own sites or social media sites, so I wasn’t able to post here or interact for more than a week.
I’m typing this on a brand new laptop with Windows 11, so that is good news. However, I’m going to be without access once again while my son retrieves my files from the old laptop and transfers them over to this one for me. If I had taken time to back everything up, I could have saved the necessity of retrieval, I know. A lesson learned first hand. But I didn’t and it is what it is.
I’m making preparations for this and scheduling some posts ahead of time, so hopefully the content will keep rolling smoothly here and you won’t even notice my absence. But if you do, you will now know why.
I thank all of you for bearing with me through the rough patches. Hang in there with me and I plan good things for Writing to be Read in the coming year. More on that later in the holiday season. So don’t go away.
Writing to be Read 
I’m glad you’re on the road to computer recovery!
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Thanks Liz. It’s been good to be back online and I’ve tried to get things here scheduled out ahead of time, so perhaps my absence won’t be noticed while my son retrieves and transfers my files for me. Once that is done, I really will be back in business. I can’t wait. 🙂
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You’re welcome! You’re very fortunate that your son will be able to retrieve your files.
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I really feel that I am. I had to order a special device for him to do this and it got lost in the mail, which was frustrating. But I have it now and will be taking the computers to him tomorrow or Monday, so I will be offline for a few more days next week, but once he’s done, hopefully I will be mostly back in business. (We won’t even talk about the issues with Microsoft and my ability to retrieve my MS Office program. Argh!) That may be a huge problem, but I can only deal with one technical issue at a time.
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I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you!
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Thank you. I’ve been able to retrieve some files and now trying to pull the remainder. So, that’s progress, right? 🙂
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You’re welcome. Yes, that’s progress!
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Ah yes, we the catspaws of technology! Hang in there it will all come together. After all, WE created technology.
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Maybe we, but not me. I have a very outdated computer science minor, but technology does not like me. It is a necessary evil for my writing endeavors, but my relationship with technology has always been more of a battle than anything else. I will win, because I must.
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