Eleanor Tatum

Editing a WIP (Lillian’s Choice) is difficult as is without a mouse in my creation station. I would name him Fred, but Fred was a pheasant I once knew.  So, Antonio it is.

Antonio has great power over my characters, my plot, and their settings. Oh, and my mood. He appears at random times to distribute his evil. Here’s an example: If I wrote, “Dick and Jane went to the store.”, which I would not, Antonio would display his talents on my screen as, “store to we J ick the ore t and”. Of course, with that example, I deserve to be attacked.

Another: if I wrote, “Forgetting he had lent his knife to his wife, my hero reached for his weapon, which he expected to be in his boot.”  Antonio would edited as, “reached for his wife as hero expected to be…”.

Poor Lillian would have no choice, but to become violent.

An exuberant mouse on any computer is as dangerous as a politician I know about. With ADHD ( I call lazy focus) and weak typing skills, Antonio is frustrating and time consuming. How can I be helpful to poor Antonio before I am arrested by Dell Corporation or possibly the SPCA?

Please, computer wise readers, how does this author control an Antonio?

Oh, quick update on WIP, Lillian’s Choice, my 5 excellent beta-readers have the manuscript, I will begin out-loud readings soon, (oh, poor Hubs) and then Edit #3, as well as the dreaded Agent Search….

Enough!