alfreda89 | Lawful Good, Neutral Good, Chaotic Good?

I have not one but two perfectly good posts I've written--and I can't find them in the computer. After months, the treatment has finally hit some nasty variants of what we are after, and the fallout, frankly, sucks.

But if I am lucky, I might get my life back. Since it all went sideways around nine years old, do I get to re-live the stolen years? I won't put anything past the universe right now. But if your granddaughter someday tells you that the lady in the park looked just like the picture in that old copy of Night Calls, you might wonder.

In the meantime--someone asked me about a shorthand way to describe Allie, and I wondered if there was a D&D way to describe her. I asked over on Facebook, and strong opinions ensued. You are welcome to re-ignite the Facebook discussion, or add your two cents here.

Allie's alignment discussion:

https://www.facebook.com/katharine.kimbriel/posts/10214307543716458?comment_id=10214536008707940¬if_id=1531665537516896¬if_t=comment_mention

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I'm sorry I have been sparse right now, but turns out the treatment causes symptoms a lot like the worst of the illness. Bah, humbug! I will try to find those posts and tuck them in here. Plus--I need to stash some articles I found about social media and its value to creators. Considering that each new form is time stolen from writing, painting, 3D art--a lot of us are sitting back in our chairs and thinking about it.

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I'm sorry you're feeling poorly, and hope the treatment works in a more straightforward way soon.

My reaction to the social media/work clash is to cling stubbornly to older forms of social media and refuse to go haring off after new ones, at least until they aren't new any more. Not sure how that's working, but hey, it kept me off Facebook until it was obvious that being there was a terrible idea.

P.

I'm having mixed emotions about social media. Note that Google+ groups are dying, which I never paid a lot of attention to. I toyed with Ello but while ill it just didn't seem friendly. Facebook has its uses. The thing I hate the most is people who won't use email, they want to use Messenger. Since I combined writer and personal Facebook, I can't use an app--too many pings of posts, and was struggling to stay off Facebook when trying to find a good job, juggle work and health.

Was going to do Tumbler and then was told it had become the porn site. Tried to join a site as a writer to reach young readers, but they block writers unless invited. Since my H-C books reverted I may be perceived as a minor indie now?

I'm told email is dead. A problem for those of us who need/prefer it.

I have not had reliable, private Internet for months. I finally have it--but no phone. Turns out an iPhone 5c won't work with wi-fi phone. Sigh. The off-gassing of new plastic is a problem.

Have bought the VRBO instead of floating from place to place, and trying to hook up Internet and phone has shown me that maybe I should have continued to dump money into the rental market. But I am not homesteading as my permanent home this month. I need to vote absentee first. States are so desperate for income I don't want them to try and say I've lived here for five years, like they pulled with my poor mother.

Figuring I will either heal here or die here. It's a good place for either. :) (The treatment seems to have worked, but I am so exhausted it activated some side effects of an old condition, and that includes sensitivity to fragrances/chemicals/plastics/humidity.) Determined to finish this book. Would like to write another Allie book.

I hope that things are happy in the northlands. That you are with people you love, and writing, if that is still your joy, and even releasing something new? David D-B does a drive-by on my Facebook occasionally, and is always interesting. Think of you and smile.

I'm on Twitter and here, and that's it. I have a Google+ account but I could never really work out how to use it successfully. I totally concur that Facebook has its uses. If I had joined earlier I'd have a hard time quitting it now, as I am not actually quitting Twitter despite its many failures.

It is news to me that email is dead. I have younger correspondents, but probably not many, if any, in the rising generation.

I must be a minor indie now too. I think this is actually a nice club to be in. But it's annoying to be shut out of the other club.

I would love to read another Allie book. Or anything else that you write, really.

I do hope it's healing and not dying this time.

Things in the northlands are going pretty well. Yes to people I love (still married to David, among other things), and writing, albeit very slowly, and so so very close to releasing something new (indie, not traditional publishing; I'm kind of done with them). But the something new still needs tweaking, even though it has been through major de- and re-construction before Viking/Penguin cancelled it. I'm still hoping for this year, but we'll see.

P.

Viking messed with Rachel Manija Brown and Sherwood Smith, IIRC. Viking had a hit double starred review with STRANGER but kept putting off accepting the second. They were looking for the next Harry Potter instead of looking for the next great thing.

So now BVC is bringing out the series, because Sherwood is older than I am, I think, and she'd like to see all of them come out before she checks out.

My wish for you is that it becomes very successful, gets a TV offer, and Viking grumbles to themselves. :) I'm 86,000k into the first draft of a fun book. But so tired from healing it's not moving very fast right now.

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