Tropical Depression #1...Arthur...
The treasure coast of Florida has a unique summer season. Each day we wait for the afternoon showers and lightning storms. For those of you who don't already know, southern Florida is the lightning capitol of our country. We count the number of lightning strikes in an area by the hundreds rather than individually. Clearly, that does wonderful things for a writer who needs to get on his desktop to write. At this point, I use an iMac 27" screen with an external disk drive and an external hard drive that's about the size of a cigarette pack (called a Passport). I turn it off and disconnect the cord even though we have battery powered surge protectors upstairs and down. You scoff? Well, here's the compelling evidence that makes me do so. The first three years we lived here, we lost two TVs, a DirectTV DVR, the mother board in the garage door opener was fried and we had our AC knocked silly several times.
We now have a Florida Light and Power surge protector on our meter, which helps to buffer any lightning strikes to appliances, battery powered surge protectors for all electronics and we turn things off (such as computers, TVs, DirectTV DVRs) during thunder and lighting storms. It's obvious to see that summer storms tend to hamper my writing. On a normal day I write in the morning and edit in the afternoon. I also use the computer to blog, twitter, to advertise on approximately 40 FB pages and to do the normal email, etc.
By the way... just finished editing the template for Summer Nightmare (the second The Falls novel) on CreateSpace and submitted it. Within a few hours I will receive an email stating that the manuscript and cover have been accepted and then I can send for another proof (the second), I'll go through the book quickly, looking for obvious anomalies and errors and a few specific issues, then I will publish and send for several copies of the book at the author's price. Two down and a myriad of manuscripts to go...chuckles.
So, Tropical Storm Arthur, (it's now been named officially...that means it is now longer a tropical depression, and has become a tropical storm) I can hear your thunder in the distance and see your wind and light rain as it comes and goes. Here's to letting me finish this blog, check the email and FB and sign off. Then, go ahead and rumble and roll. Thanks for the temporary reprieve. It is appreciated.
Here's hoping your afternoon, dear reader, is a wonderful one, filled with small pleasures and may the dragons watch over you...
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