=== jbermudes_ is now known as jbermudes [07:55] pleia2: sleep! [07:56] I really should [07:56] flying back east tomorrow night on a red eye [07:57] It's okay. I'm writing. I have 17k words to write, and I work best under pressure. So it's going to be another couple hours tonight at least. :) [07:58] I turned on my Preface today, it was my final chapter-thing \o/ [07:58] The next time I fly, I'm just going to take the "Star Trek TNG Ambient Engine Noise (Idling for 24 hours)" from YouTube and rip the audio and stick it on my phone. [07:58] I suppose with noise-cancelling headphones that could work [07:58] Although the last time I used it, I think I did the DS9 ambient sound for 4 houres and then the spacedrive script from my phone (basically the same as the TNG sound) for 4. [07:59] Congrats on turning in the final chapter thing! \o/ [07:59] hehe [07:59] thanks :) I'm excited [07:59] just waiting to hear back on a few final rounds of reviews for some dangling chapters [07:59] but feedback should be pretty minimal, this being final round and all [07:59] I'm looking forward to seeing the final result! [07:59] thanks :) [07:59] it probably is not horrible \o/ [08:00] Well, that's the trick. :) [08:00] hehe [08:00] I'm currently annoyed at my publisher for late feedback. But luckily my current project is finishing a novel a friend flamed out on. [08:01] I read it, created a new plot outline, shoehorned in the 24k he'd already written, and now I'm writing around it. Which is fun because I can take the scenes that were 'finished' (he had half a first draft) and polish them a little to match the new plot. [08:02] So this kind of ghostwriting is fun. [08:04] nice :) [08:05] my father started writing a novel before he passed away, I have all his drafts [08:05] Ooh. [08:05] but fiction is not my forte, and it's a mystery that I don't know how he planned on ending [08:05] mystery is a special breed of tricky fiction [08:05] Oh, definitely. I want soooo badly to write it. But it's very tricksy. [08:06] This novel is a kind of pulp romance. So it's sort of fun. [08:06] cool [08:07] Indie romance focuses a lot on character interactions, so banter is a big part of it, and I really enjoy that, because I'm pretty good at ad-libbing in real life anyway. [08:08] I'm in a fight with the original author about the heroine discovering the terrible lie was actually hiding a heart of gold (cliché!) due to a printed email he accidentally left behind when he got kicked out. [08:08] He claims no one prints emails, so it's totally implausible. [08:08] I said "If you have an important email, you print it out and put it in a manila folder and then put that in a hanging folder so you can refer back to it in your filing cabinet if you want to look it up later." [08:09] But actually the idea is it has travel itinerary plans or something with some notes. He said he's just going to change it if I write it, and I said "I'm ghostwriting, so that's a you problem, not a me problem." [08:10] Now that I think of it, when he asked "Why on earth would anybody ever print an email if they have a smartphone?" I should have said "You can't fax an email from a smartphone." [08:10] I think I'll say that the next time it comes up. [08:13] actually, you can [08:13] there are many online fax services now [08:13] Maybe, but he'll be upset at the idea that faxing is still a thing. [08:14] nhaines: hah [08:15] so I got a thinkpad bluetooth keyboard with a trackpoint [08:15] just saw my tablet go all convergence for this first time! [08:16] didn't do that when I had just my old keyboard paired [08:16] Nope, needs a mouse or manual toggle for that. :) [08:18] TIL :) [08:18] I probably should've picked up the Logitech keyboard with a trackpad. But the keyboard-only one I got is a really decent, chunky keyboard, and since I write so much, that's probably for the best. [08:18] I just don't want Yet Another Thing to charge [08:18] pleia2: you can use the gear menu to toggle "Desktop Mode" on or off, if you don't like the default. :) [08:19] it was surprising and unsettling, haha [08:19] Oh yeah. These use standard rechargable, and I have plenty of those. [08:19] my husband is like "I think it's a desktop now" [08:19] he's pretty smart [08:19] :) [08:19] Haha, "Welcome to the new Ubuntu, same as the old Ubuntu." :) [08:20] alright, I should attempt sleep now [08:20] good night DonkeyHotei and nhaines [08:20] I did that at the last OCLUG meeting on a projector. It was met with alarm and joy. [08:20] nice [08:20] In the vein of "Oh wow, that looks fantastic! It's come so far from 2 months ago. It's so polished now!" [08:21] Okay, back to writing for me, too. Good night! :) [19:53] pleia2: Still thinking ~30 people? [19:53] (re: release party) [19:54] nhandler: yeah [19:55] I'll bug jono to do his famous person magic promoting [20:51] pleia2: Doesn't look like we will be able to host an event of this size. They would like the events to be a bit larger to justify the security and overtime costs. [20:51] nhandler: ok, thanks for trying