Updates

Figured out how to dictate into the mic inside my helmet so I can work on my novel while sitting on the back of the motorcycle going through Europe. I only do this on days we are on the superhighways, getting to our next destination.

Tomorrow we leave for our 3 and a half month motorcycle trip through Europe. Might not get a lot of writing done over the next few months, but the research will be awesome!

As much as I know I should, I didn’t write every day this week. Spring cleaning the house: chucking stuff to Sally Ann and the dump. Repairs. Carpet cleaning. Hard work, but it needed to be done.

So, in preparation for my trip, I am learning to use my iPad. I can’t be gone for 3 months and leave my writing behind, so I downloaded Microsoft Word for Mac. I was able to put one of my novels onto it, to take with me–so far, so good. Next step: leaning to use iCloud and Dropbox.

Yay! Finished the second draft of my novel and my report for the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, to finalize my accountability for the grant I received last year. Hope they find it acceptable.

I have to say, I kind of liked doing the report–reviewing the goals I had when I applied for the grant and seeing how well I had met them. Because the novel was critted by beta readers, I had some good data to submit under various headings, along with my self evaluation. It gave me an opportunity to see how much I had accomplished with the novel, which was cool for me.