A few little updates.

Finch — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:43:08 +0000

First: apparently Shadee and I were thinking along similar lines today; she left a comment on a prior post regarding where to find good post-consumer bond paper — apparently The Green Office has a lot of good stuff along these lines. My own investigations led to a specific bond paper brand, Aspen 100, which is sold at OfficeMax by the ream, that is both 100% post-consumer content (i.e. contains no newly dead trees, only previously dead trees) and supposedly looks decent. Seems this is a more intelligent approach to eco-friendly printing than those silly “Please think of the environment before printing this email” signatures that are going around right now. OfficeMax’s online checkout and shipping fees are silly, but I’ll stop by one in NYC tomorrow and pick up a ream to give it a go.

Second: After my little episode procuring an actual printout of the current manuscript for The Grey Lord, I’ve managed to stare at it a number of times, do some line edits as I leaf through the pages and frown a bit. As I reflected on my inability to focus on the task at hand, it occurred to me that I may need to take it back yet another step; there’s too much actual detail in the manuscript now, and I need to think in less detail, not more. With that reflection, I wondered if I couldn’t use one of the tools I use in my mundane work life, OpenOffice Draw, to help with my writing life. I won’t get into specifics just yet, but if it ends up working for me I’ll post the results.

Third: I have run out of fudgesicles.

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A few little updates.