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Eva’s Byte #237: Paper Tigers with Less Bite
Paper tigers, paper tigers,
Your roar is much worse than your bite—these days!
(Channeled from Sue Thompson’s Top-30 hit in 1965, “Paper Tiger”)
A writer who made my debut as an Indie author through the publication of Underlying Notes (Contemporary, 2008), I’d drafted the entire 238-page document on a legal pad. On the pay-as-I-go plan, I’d type each day’s word quota in Word. When I had finished the novel, I made a print copy of the manuscript in its entirety.
As Bob Dylan put it, “the times, how they are a changin’!”
Subsequently, I’ve drafted all other published works, and my WIP in Word.
This got me thinking about “paper tigers with less bite”—including, but not limited to:
Stenographer Pad – as endangered a species as the secretary writing down memos in shorthand for a chauvinistic boss focused on her bosom.
Spiral Notebook – a college student during the ‘70s, I recall writer’s cramp from trying to capture the professor’s train of thought in longhand.
Index Cards – with memory built in to our electronic devices, writing down recipes seems a foregone conclusion.
Our reliance on modern technology has rendered White Out obsolete.
And, 2-3-4—what do we need paper clips for?
Remember the stacks of print newspapers from yesteryear? Due to the Internet, there has been a steady decline in production.
Although I admit to adhering to many old-fashioned ways of doing things, I’ve gladly relinquished paper tigers for the convenience of having less clutter to deal with. Most importantly—the conservation of trees.
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Your roar is much worse than your bite—these days!
(Channeled from Sue Thompson’s Top-30 hit in 1965, “Paper Tiger”)
A writer who made my debut as an Indie author through the publication of Underlying Notes (Contemporary, 2008), I’d drafted the entire 238-page document on a legal pad. On the pay-as-I-go plan, I’d type each day’s word quota in Word. When I had finished the novel, I made a print copy of the manuscript in its entirety.
As Bob Dylan put it, “the times, how they are a changin’!”
Subsequently, I’ve drafted all other published works, and my WIP in Word.
This got me thinking about “paper tigers with less bite”—including, but not limited to:
Stenographer Pad – as endangered a species as the secretary writing down memos in shorthand for a chauvinistic boss focused on her bosom.
Spiral Notebook – a college student during the ‘70s, I recall writer’s cramp from trying to capture the professor’s train of thought in longhand.
Index Cards – with memory built in to our electronic devices, writing down recipes seems a foregone conclusion.
Our reliance on modern technology has rendered White Out obsolete.
And, 2-3-4—what do we need paper clips for?
Remember the stacks of print newspapers from yesteryear? Due to the Internet, there has been a steady decline in production.
Although I admit to adhering to many old-fashioned ways of doing things, I’ve gladly relinquished paper tigers for the convenience of having less clutter to deal with. Most importantly—the conservation of trees.
Eva’s Authors Den Page:https://tinyurl.com/yycm7d2w
Eva’s Byte #549 – Stepping Back in Time
The end of Daylight Savings Time occurred on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2 a.m. when we set our clocks back one hour.
I’m turning back the hands of time to step back into the Sixties, the Baby Boomer generation, applicable to those born from 1946 to 1964 during the baby boom that followed the end of WWII.
Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation: This is my generation, baby (The Who, 1965).
Somehow most of us born during the timeframe of the Sixties managed to navigate through life without becoming a juvenile delinquent from watching violence on TV:
Witnessing two drunken brawlers, Bluto and Popeye, beat the living daylights out of each other over Olive Oyl.
Witnessing three Stooges smash plates over each other’s heads, or poke fingers into one another’s eyes.
Watching the physical altercations and staged fights on ‘Roller Derby’.
Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk—common sense prevailed.
In the capacity of a writer drafting my Contemporary work in progress, I’m elbowing my way through chapter 24 (1292 words thus far).
*May each of us keep our head during difficult or chaotic situations.
My sincere appreciation to you for reading this far.
I’m turning back the hands of time to step back into the Sixties, the Baby Boomer generation, applicable to those born from 1946 to 1964 during the baby boom that followed the end of WWII.
Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation: This is my generation, baby (The Who, 1965).
Somehow most of us born during the timeframe of the Sixties managed to navigate through life without becoming a juvenile delinquent from watching violence on TV:
Witnessing two drunken brawlers, Bluto and Popeye, beat the living daylights out of each other over Olive Oyl.
Witnessing three Stooges smash plates over each other’s heads, or poke fingers into one another’s eyes.
Watching the physical altercations and staged fights on ‘Roller Derby’.
Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk—common sense prevailed.
In the capacity of a writer drafting my Contemporary work in progress, I’m elbowing my way through chapter 24 (1292 words thus far).
*May each of us keep our head during difficult or chaotic situations.
My sincere appreciation to you for reading this far.
