Well, I can see your dilemma,Olivia. I happen to have 8 cats, while I can herd the dogs or the horses, cats? Yah, right.
You did a great job of explaining your guys. I love them all. I figure by the time I finish reading about them all, my sexual knowledge will be greatly expanded, lol!
As far as my symbolic cats, I have a few of those that are merrily going in their own direction but I'm having lots of fun with it.
Can't wait for Sed's book. Are you sure you don't have another *cat* or two in this bunch that wants a story? Band manager? Their publicist? A former band member? Darren Mills from Exodus End?
I'm not as good as you are at scheduling, but I do believe in allowing for open blocks of time. I scheduled only the important things that must be done. I have a list of secondary things. I'm not rigid but I tend to get everything done. I tend to have a day or two to nothing if I so choose. I read, run errands, visit friends, or just stay home and write.
Nice post, Caridad. :-)
Ps, why can I really see you humming Jingle bells while torturing someone, lol!
(part Two--hey I'm a writer, lolol!) Within two hours this jerk had found my personal email and IM address and requested I accept him as friend. I was shocked, as I don’t use my married name only my writing name—yet he found me. My son watched how I dealt with it.
We have to be cautious regardless of who we are. I research via the Internet as well. I’m careful of the info I leave behind. I run several programs daily to erase tracks and destroy cookies that lead back to me.
I like the premise of your book and I really like the three heroines you’re using. Sounds like a cool set of stories, J I plan on adding them to the leaning tower of Pisa beside my bed, otherwise known as the TBR tower, lolol!
Jordan, I read this to my 14-year-old son. It had some timely information in it. Thanks.
Everything has its pros and cons and so it is with the Internet. I do believe we have to exercise caution. Lot's of scams out there with some incredibly intelligent people behind them. I've often thought if they used that brain to do legitimate things how far they'd be able to go. So much personal info is on the Internet about each of us. Protections through encryption, virus programs (since many get their info through those means) are constantly being updated to stay on step ahead. It's insane. I’ve done investigations of people at work. It’s amazing what information can be had by anyone on practically anyone, with a click of a few buttons.
With my teen my rules are simple. I’ve told him and shown him, how easy it is to find someone on the Internet and how important it is that we are careful of the info we divulge. Rule #1, I must have the passwords on any social network or game site he’s on or he doesn’t have an account nor will he use my computer. I don’t make it a big deal but I do regularly check out who he talks to and his email. I do it quietly—not hiding it, but not blowing a trumpet ahead of me either. If see something questionable, I will make it a point to lead a general conversation in that direction and see if he’ll talk about it. Sometimes he does. If not, I’ll ask directly. Sometimes I share how I’ve been approached and how I handle it as a jump to conversation. He’s seen IM pop ups of porn invitations come up on my screen and how I handle it. Seen just how easy it is to find someone’s personal email addresses. For example, I network, as most of us who write do, on places like FaceBook, MySpace, etc. I recently had a nasty minded person ‘befriend’ me on one. Within two hours this jerk had found my personal email and IM address and requested I accept him as friend. I was shocked, as I don’t use my married name only my writing name—yet he
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