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To: Buttons12; GOPJ

Thanks for your good suggestions, Buttons12. I also use Libre Office because Microsoft blew away my 2013 version of Office, so I refused to pay their $100 a year fee.

Libre works just fine and allowed me to jettison Outlook which is bloatware. I am not completely against Microsoft. I am using their ancient but powerful Visual Foxpro to create study aids to help me learn Japanese conversation. This is a bit of a challenge since you need to play a few tricks to bridge the double byte character gap. Having a blast here in Nippon-land. All the best.


99 posted on 04/22/2024 1:32:05 AM PDT by poconopundit (Kayleigh the Shillelagh, I'm disappointed in you....)
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To: poconopundit
Years ago I knew a woman who had published many books - in a time before the internet when 'being published' was harder. Aside from having a great agent she also used a funny technique for keeping track of characters in her novels.

On a couple of occasions I assisted with the process - it was fun and an effective time saver. If you ever decide to write the great American novel - give this a try.

She would gather stacks of magazines from used book stores, friends, thrift stores etc. Then three or four of us would sit at the kitchen table with magazines in front of us and she would describe characters in the up coming novel. Our job was to find pictures of those people based on how she described their personalities.

The advantage?

She said there's nothing worse than spending 20 or 30 minutes looking through stuff you've written to confirm that yes, you did say in the second chapter that " her eyes were green" and you had to say the same on page 120 - - or that "his" father's hair was turning gray... etc. etc. Pictures of your characters made the routine stuff easier.

103 posted on 04/22/2024 4:37:23 AM PDT by GOPJ (Two items Biden finds at 'Ice Cream Shoppes'? A: Ice cream cones and 7 year old girls to look at...)
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