Fly Fusion Pen...

For Christmas, Sean gave me something called the Fly Fusion pen. It reads handwriting. Well, the manual claims it will only read printing, but it can read my handwriting, which is totally cool.

It does require special paper (comes in a notebook), but that's not a huge deal as the notebooks aren't hugely expensive and it will take me a while to fill one.

Essentially, the pen captures what I write, then I plug it into my computer and download it. Each page is stored as a separate .rtf file I can then open in a word processor . Or I can save it as an image. Well, that's more for people who can actually draw *g*. It also can store music on it and has games, but I'm not so concerned with that. The calculator is convenient, though. I just love being able to brainstorm by hand and then upload those notes into my computer without typing them in!

Not that this means I'm throwing over my AlphaSmart - there's still a need for that too, but for me, especially when it comes to brainstorming plot ideas, I find putting pen to paper works best. I've no idea why, but there it is. Sean knows this, so when he saw this cool gadget, he had to get it for me :) Is it any wonder I love him so much?

As I said a couple of days ago, I'm playing with plot ideas right now, trying to find something that I can carry through to the end that also creates the necessary conflict. Fortunately in the work I've already done on this ms, I haven't gotten too specific about details yet, so won't have to make a lot of changes in the narrative.

I will admit for a while, I was a rather frustrated, hence my silence for so long, but I'm feeling back on track now after borrowing a great book by Dr. Kirsty Carpenter through ILL (Beth at the Sechelt library always tracks down what I need!). It sparked some great plot elements for me :)

So how do YOU break through plotting blocks?

Teresa

Currently Reading: Olivia's Luck by Catherine Alliot

Quick Update...

My plan to blog more frequently seems to have fallen by the wayside. I don't often have a lot to say right now. I am doing research and some plotting, but have had to make some major changes to my story idea.

Next week my mum arrives for a visit AND we're having a housewarming party while she's here :)

Hope you're all keeping well - I'll visit blogs as I have a chance.

Teresa

Happy New Year!!

Just popping in quickly to wish everyone a Happy New Year :)

As I mentioned last week, we had snow over the Christmas holiday. Sean got up early Boxing Day morning and took a couple of photos of our tree covered with snow:

Didn't it look pretty?

Snow is all gone now, though. It's warm, rainy and VERY windy here today. Fingers crossed we keep power :)

I'll return to more regular posting next week.

Teresa