Another day in the virtual office - and Pros chat?

[byslantedlight]

Well, yesterday didn't work out very well in the virtual office as far as what-to-do-between-bursts-of-work goes, but it was very nice to have people dropping by! So I'm going to do it again - do pop in and say hi. *g* I think I'm feeling a bit better today - maybe I was fighting something off yesterday...

I did manage to get a decent amount of work done in the end, but it dragged out the whole day, so I think I'm just going to have to give in to the fact that I'm much more of a night-owl when it comes to laptop-working. I like to be out and moving about in the daylight, so maybe I should try and work life like that instead for a bit, since I'm working from home right now and can organise myself as I please.

So - work for the day.
garden clearing
C25k run
61-70 = 6-ish
71-80 = 6.30pm
Made dinner
81-90
91-100
101-108

And chat for the day - hmmmn... anyone reading Pros right now? I'm just about to post about ET's A Walk on the Beach, and I'm re-reading November by Sebastian right now (coincidentally one of the fics on shooting2kill's most recent Visions post).

Pros tends to be my end-of-the-day cosy-in-bed reading, which I like on paper, which is why it turns into re-reading more than anything else. And even zines are getting less comfortable to hold, cos they're so big, so I'm trying to print things in smaller formats now. I do think it's a shame the A5 size zines never caught on, though I guess many of them would have been much fatter for their bindings... *g* I have a Kobo of course, but handy as it is for travelling (it's always in my bag), I still prefer paper.

How about you? *g*

Comments

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

Lobbing in a few prosy things here:

1) Well how about me?! For what it's worth, I've been agonising (that seems to be spelt wrong but I can't work out which bit) over finding a suitable picture for another Visions post for the story, Blythe Spirit by Mosby Singleton (I think);
2) November - I love that story but for some reason it really used to depress me. Not sure why, maybe it's something to do with them being confined to a room for a while and Doyle's general air of depression? It seems dark.
3) And on a completely different tack with many wonderful stories in mind and most recently (this morning) one by jat_sapphire (which I must comment on) how *does* a writer achieve the depiction of a scene which you can immediately see in your head - you're *there* with them - and is still in your head hours later? Is there some kind of technique taught in writing schools (I think I'm being flippant, slightly) or is it just talent which is hard to articulate or describe but just kind of flows. Is there a secret?

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

I have a few zines in A5, and I have to admit I don't care for the size. Maybe because it throws off storing them, this small little zine getting lost between two big ones.

And, yes, while I have a Kindle, I still do prefer paper, in regular books and in fanfic.

[jat-sapphire.livejournal.com]

Ooh, only 18 pages left at, um, 9 pm? Wow!

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

I'm late with the visit to your virtual office, but the last two days in my real office where really hard and stressfull. And sadly I didn't read as much as I would like at the moment. There is not enough time.

The last story I've read is The Story of My Life by PJ. I think it is wonderful written but it is sooooo sad at the end. But for me it is a great story. I always can feel and hear Doyle and the nurse.

And I love my zines in paper. Even when they are a bit more complicated to hold in bed. But for me reading in bed always is reading a book or a zine in paper.