The fact that sometimes I connect to wireless networks without even realizing it, and other times I can’t connect for no obvious reason means opening the Network Connections thingy on my laptop is always an adventure. Never the same twice. In this case, having connected in this spot previously, I wasn’t even aware I wasn’t online until I tried to look up a word.
That’s the main reason I’m online when I write, because I need to look up words. Not, I want to make clear, to check Facebook.
Being a writer in the fantasy genre means I am faced with problems I suspect other authors do not wot of. Rare is the time when I need to look up a word for something I know nothing about. If I knew nothing about it, how would I know there was a word for it? And I have a modestly large vocabulary to begin with. So, by definition, looking up a word is a frustrating process. Because the only words I ever need to look up are words for things I know exist, but do not know the name of. For instance… (more…)