Some of my closest friends know this dirty little secret.....my entire life's work rests int he confines of a green Tony Hawk skateboard usb and a beat up old macbook missing several keys ( I swear I didn't do it......okay...maybe I did....but my coffee helped!). My life, as always, survives in constant chaos...I'm sure I've mentioned this fact a time or two. Even within the last 48 hours I've had to deal with broken bones, sick kids, a flat tire, and the worst part....being completely out of red bull. I never mind the chaos....usually I thrive in it. Keeping my heart pumping and my adrenaline rushing is all apart of living. So, those rare few cases in which I do get to just sit down and spew my guts out onto the keyboard are moments that I cherish. I wrote my first novel, mostly in the quiet of the late night, with nothing more than a clicky dell keyboard to converse with the characters in my head. I wrote my second novel much the same way. Since then, I've gotten rid of the old desktop and done all of my writing on the above mentioned hot mess of a laptop. Over the course of the last year, I've chalked up my inability to finish this current novel due to family trauma, work, distractions, etc. You know how life happens when you're busy making plans. Digging in my closet the other day, I came upon the fossil of a keyboard that got me through those nights at my desk. The keyboard that spoke to me and for me through my characters. The keyboard that brought my story to life. EPIPHENY!!! Yep, I hooked that sucker right up to my macbook and have happily been clicking away lately. New fangled objects and pieces of technology can be great....but sometimes it takes an old friend to get the job done. I might not finish the novel by the end of the year like I had once hoped, but you better believe I've got a fighting chance now that I've got Clicky in my corner. Happy Reading, Friends!