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I have recently written a book entitled "Out of the Miry Clay: Freedom from Childhood Sexual Abuse". It was released on June 2, 2008 and started selling overseas in the second week! It if my story of being a preacher's daughter who was sexually abused by my father for ten years. Find out why four of my readers have written to Oprah to tell her "Get this woman on your show!" It is a story you will never forget!

At the present time I am using a laptop. However, when writing my first draft I use the old school method, paper and pencil. This is because my first draft is generally done on the run and I do not feel comfortable carrying my laptop around.

The last few months there has been an advertisement in The Writer and Writer's Digest about the NEO writer. You can not connect to the Internet with it, but it says you can transfer your work to your computer or printer. I do like the idea that three AA batteries will power it for 700 hours.

My question is; has anyone used the NEO and how do you like it? Your views (pros and cons) would be appreciated.

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A recent post, made me reminisce back to the time when I finally decided to take the bull by the horns, settle down and start WRITING! FULL TIME!

I packed over 300 old issues of Writers Digest and a few Writer magazines into my husbands Big truck. (I had bought every issue I could find in every second hand/thrift store within a hundred mile radius).

5 am on Day One Out, - I popped open my shiny new laptop (also purchased used) fully intending to pound those keys till they either fell off or my novel was written – whichever came first. I was all settled into the bunk of the truck, we were parked and waiting to get the trailer loaded. I was so busy outlining my story, that I paid absolutely no attention to the fact that my husband was getting ready to head out to the loading dock.

I was in the zone!!! David was in the driver's seat.

I remember the sound of the engine starting as it rumbled to life, breaking the near trance state that I had been in, and *Psftsftsft* the screen faded to grey, hovered for an instant and then went completely to the BSoD (Black Screen of Death).

I can also still remember my first reaction as I realized that I had not ‘saved’ a single time since starting my coveted outline (almost 3 hours overdue).

My heart clutched, my breath caught in my throat and I swore (not something I do very often) a BLUE streak.

David,the astute, calm, and intelligent man that he is, calmly started moving the truck while asking me in his ‘I-really-don’t- mean- to-sound-like-I’m-saying “I told you so” voice; “Let me guess… You didn’t turn off the lap-top when I told you I would be starting up the truck in a few minutes?”

The end result – I spent the next 3 months READING ALL of the magazines from cover to cover, and ALL my WRITING EVERYTHING was written in longhand, into a total of 47 +, MEAD 5 Subject note books. (You can discover why I used these and now recommend that you do too, in my 15 Day FREE Writing Course).

I had writers cramp so bad, and my eyes were so weary, that it took less than a week for the excitement of getting my NEW laptop to fade. At that point I decided on a writing schedule that was condusive to my location, surroundings and my unique circumstances.

But to this day I still thank God every evening for all of my ‘techie-toys’ and the husband that works so hard to provide them, and keep them going / updated! LOL

All of that said, I would be willing to wager that most, if not all of us writers, have a story to tell when it comes to how we ‘got started’. Some would make you laugh, while others would make you cry Most would get you thinking and for a few (myself blessedly included) it’ll make you money!

Quite a few of my ‘journal’ entries from the old days where quickly converted to shorts and fillers, netting me a pocket full of change and a few ‘folders’ (Dollar$) – most of which went right back into supplies and (still to this day) my ‘Continuing Writers Ed. fund'.

Today, I live in Missouri, along with 6 of our 7 dogs (Hubby always has one dog out on the truck) and twelve fish.

My love of writing continues to grow, and I like to think that my skill levels have done likewise. (ALL Replies and /or Critiques are always welcomed) Let me know your thoughts on my style, topic, wordiness – whatever you have to say … I’m all ears. After all is said and done – by reading this post you have just met the requirements to becoming one of my Readers. Hope you enjoyed reading this post even half as much as I enjoyed writing it! And I hope to hear from you in the not too distant future.

Until we meet again –A few parting words of advice. The following article/prose is a list of the things that, over the years, I have discovered all writers need to keep.
Keep;
- Christine Currie © 2006

Keep;
• your butt in the chair
• You r head in the clouds
• your fingers on the keyboard
• Your heels dug in
• your nose to the grindstone
• a smile on your face- even when there are tears in your eyes
• your heart tuned in to the hearts of your reader s
Keep;
• your eyes on YOUR goals
• your DEAF ear turned to ALL those that would discourage you and/or doubt your ability – or even worse yet: those that would make YOU doubt it!
(BTW If you haven’t already got a deaf ear – develop one FAST! It comes in especially handy when your Inner Critic starts to flap his/her lips!!!)
Keep;
• the love for writing that got you started
• a positive attitude
• your dreams alive
• the company of like-minded people (surround yourself, and stay in touch, with other writers – YES emails count!!!)
• an opened mind – for without one you will stagnate
Keep;
• Me in your prayers
You don’t have to pray for me individually, just add a line to your regular prayers …”God, please pour your Blessings out on ALL my fellow Writers.” He already knows who we are so you can rest assured that writers everywhere will receive them. (If you don’t pray – I would suggest you start – this is a competitive industry, and we ALL need all the help we can get! And who better to ask?)
Keep;
• adding to this list – it’s fun to watch it grow
• keep sharing this list – Its purpose is to ENCOURAGE and EMPOWER Writers at EVERY stage of the game (Just KEEP in mind - it IS copy written as you see it here.)

I am not a significantly published author YET, but do intend to become one as I explore more and more of my love of reading and writing. I have been working on my manuscript, "Perspective 101" in my spare time HAHA ;) for 8 years, and it is very near completion. The project (driving life-mission) started as my own need to get information about the subject of, "drawing in perspective correctly" for my own art career became painfully apparent. Intensive research has revealed that many confusing and partial references on the subject exist. So, I have decided to resolve that by created my own teaching reference book on the subject, focused on presenting a visual subject in a visual manner. You can see an example lesson from the text on the internet at;
www.valeriewoelk.com or
follow the BLOG links from www.shapelyforms.com

Now, I need to figure out how to market this book, as a high school or college level course/reference material or individual lessons downloadable on the internet.
Are there any suggestions from the peanut gallery?, I appreciate your posts that I have had time to read. THX

Hello everyone!

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Best Wishes,
Randi M. Hull