I began writing a new story fleshing it out as I go along. Fifteen pages into it the mother board died. I think it is the mother board. Either that or all four 1 gig memory sticks went bad at the same time. As that is not likely the finger points to the mb. Any way there is a new machine a week or two away. But the story is not backed up. Which means no story because I could not, ever, manage to reconstruct that puppy. The good news is if it was the mother board I can rescue the stuff because the hard drive should be intact.

My drive was backed up a couple weeks ago so if hard drive is toast I did not lose much. I am not likely to have a new story in the next few weeks. Thanks for your comments and warm welcome regarding My Magic PDA and I'm Not a Girl.