Hello and Happy Friday,

I hope this mail finds you very well and writing better than ever. I ordered a much needed computer the other day. I don’t have my own or the one I had is broken, obsolete, so I have to use one where I can. So I ordered one and I'm looking forward to it's arrival. Will it make me write better? Of course not, it may make my writing worst in some instances where I’ll overlook words or miss information because for one: I don’t see one-hundred percent and looking at a computer screen for a long time will tax my eyesight. And second, I find it easier to overlook what I’ve incorrectly written on the computer than I do when I write my novels out. I’m more careful writing them out and I believe its because I can easily read and re-read what’s on paper without having to mentally adjust my brain—my eyesight—to the glare of the computer and how words are written on it. Also, when you write in a notebook its easy to pick it up and put your pencil to your work, but when you’re on the computer you have to boot it up, wait for it to go through its machinations, find your folder, get to the text and get started—a lot going on when you think about it.

I’m looking forward to getting my new computer and putting my new novel on it and for one important reason; it means the writing with pen is over, I’m moving to the next phase and close to the novel being officially done and this is very, very good. Yeah.

Keep writing, it’s really the only thing you can do.

If you have any comments or suggestions please e-mail me at my new address: mathewsla@hotmail.com

Until next time, God willing,