[Nanowrimo] A good reason to end stories

Thanks to LadySeishou for finding the actual quote and otter_nanowrimo on Dreamwidth for mentioning it:

Yeah, well, the inspiration of a new story is exciting. But if you wind up not finishing ninety percent of what you start, guess what happens. After a few years you’ll have written 100 beginnings, 40 middles, and only 10 endings. Which means you’ll be great at writing beginnings, only so-so at middles, and you’ll suck at endings. Which means you will almost certainly keep faltering between the middle and the end of every story, which means you’ll keep giving up and not finishing . . . Rinse, repeat.

And that’s a hole you don’t want to fall into. So finish, even if you know this story isn’t going to win you the Nobel Prize—it’s good practice to type THE END.

It’s a great writing tip from Scott Westerfield.

Original entry as appearing at Reach Into Your Soul.

[Geekiness] Not again

Power cables were loose the other day. Don’t know how it happened, but it did. Took out everything, put the cables back, had to restart comp twice as one cable was loose.

Comp was fine that night, but when I woke up this morning, I was greeted with the Blue Screen of Doom. Thanks to Raz walking me through the troubleshooting process, I determined that my SeaGate drive (Kuro) is acting up. AGAIN. Argh bad power surge maybe? I don’t know.

Wondering whether to take him in for warranty. Definitely have to replace, I’m seeing all the signs of imminent HDD failure. :S Should I? I just Kuro changed ONCE this year. SeaGates suck. And no, before you think it, I’m pretty sure it’s not a PSU failure. The decision to get SeaGate is biting me back badly now.

Original entry as appearing at Reach Into Your Soul.