Open Thread: Oracle Hotline

[mithen]

To continue in the vein of last week, what's your LEAST favorite superpower to write? What gives you constant fits--either you can't find the right words or the logistics of it completely baffle you? Mine might be enhanced speed--I can never figure out how the world would seem to someone living at that pace. People mentioned that as a favorite last week and I can see it being an interesting challenge, but I'll stick to flying. *grin*

In writing news, I've spent most of this week struggling with some level of RSI in my right hand--nothing agonizing, just a wandering stiffness/ache in my fingers/wrist/elbow, but I'm trying to be proactive before it gets bad. So lots of time spent seeing if I can get the hang of some voice recognition software, since typing is okay but mousing is pretty painful...and not lots of time writing. I'm also at the planning stages of a couple of things, which has meant slower work anyway! But overall not a satisfying week. I hope it was better for you!

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[mithen]

I hear you completely about that kind of invulnerability being impossible to write! There was an issue lately where Superman lost his powers, and he was really surprised at being able to feel the warmth of the sun. That seems terribly sad to me and I can't imagine being that numb to everything all the time. So… I don't write him that way! :-)

Ugh, I'm sorry to hear about the financial woes. I'm learning a lot about self-publishing through watching you! It is definitely a whole different world from writing fanfic… (I will note this voice recognition software knows how to say fanfic… That's a pleasant surprise!)

As you can see, I'm working on getting some voice recognition software going. It's nice, but putting in all of the punctuation by myself really breaks the mood. That makes it difficult for writing stories, but not too bad for answering comments… So wish me luck with that!