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I love these! Headphones are particularly apt. And one of my favorite things EVER was when I had an actual full pot of coffee brewer sitting on my desk, next to the computer screen. We were third shift, at that point, and I went through precisely sixteen cups of coffee, every night.
 
I love these! Headphones are particularly apt. And one of my favorite things EVER was when I had an actual full pot of coffee brewer sitting on my desk, next to the computer screen. We were third shift, at that point, and I went through precisely sixteen cups of coffee, every night.
I would LOVE a coffee maker in my writing room. Cause, you know, it's a long walk downstairs to the kitchen. LOL!! :D
 
I do go through lots of coffee, but I use getting some and draining some as an opportunity to stretch out my back and legs. Gotta do some exercise...sometimes.
 
Headphones and a writing workshop. Definitely. I actually don't drink coffee, so the coffee machine would be wasted on me. Scrivener might be nice - I've heard good things but have never tried it myself.
I've heard it spoken of here on the forum, but tend to glaze over, because I haven't dealt with it personally.
 
I use Scrivener. It's great, except for a few little things, like a piss-poor dictionary (I turn off the spell checker, and do the final edit in Word). It deals beautifully with novel-length files, it has lots of nifty tools for organizing notes, related files, chapters, sections, comments, etc. all together so you don't have to flip between screens/programs/etc. to find things while you're writing. And it makes formatting for submission, self-pub, or whatever a snap.
 
I use Scrivener. It's great, except for a few little things, like a piss-poor dictionary (I turn off the spell checker, and do the final edit in Word). It deals beautifully with novel-length files, it has lots of nifty tools for organizing notes, related files, chapters, sections, comments, etc. all together so you don't have to flip between screens/programs/etc. to find things while you're writing. And it makes formatting for submission, self-pub, or whatever a snap.
Similar to remembering the dialogue word-for-word in the earlier section for which you're looking, to reference a detail, and searching for it.
 
My perfect gifts for Christmas; a new laptop, a nice teapot, leaf tea, books and more books. Reading leads to the best writing, I think.
Oh and a sample of chocolates, Thorntons is good.
That's pretty damn good...

What's on my list...
- O'Byrne coat of arms t-shirt and/or O'Byrne coat of arms iPod case.
- to get my iPod out of pawn and/or my baby (sword) out of pawn.
- probably something else. I don't know.
 
I generally go with the older style, that doesn't include the helmet and mermaid brushing its hair for some stupid reason:
O'Byrne-Ireland.jpg
 
I'm surprised a good keyboard isn't on that list. Mine was being RMA'd for two weeks and I was forced to use a crappy wireless Logitech. I've never missed my mechanical so much in my entire life. Typing is SO MUCH EASIER when the keys engage so easily.

Other than that, editorial services would be cool, I guess. I'm anti spending money, so cheap stuff for me all day, every day. :p
 
Is @Jason Byrne related to this guy?
http://www.amazon.com/Byrnes-Standard-Book-Pool-Billiards/dp/0156005549

I have most of them and they are great!
You know, I saw a guy reading this book once, and lost my sh*t. My grandfather was named Robert "Bob" Byrne. His father brought him over from Ireland as a baby and chucked him. So I'm only third-generation US. He still managed to marry the good Irish girl Mary-Alice Curry. Different Bob Byrne, though.

Hang on — there are pictures of them...
0004052835_20110330.jpg Mary Allice 3.jpg
 
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