One of the not-so-joyous aspects of a new computer (or an old one with new life) is the discovery of how much one uses everyday for software and components. Case in point, I hooked up my scanner and there are no drivers on Severa (the desktop) for this scanner. After some Google-fu, I found drivers for a similar model as HP no longer makes drivers for the model I have. Here’s to hoping the drivers work because I no idea where the driver disks are or if I even have them. The scanner once belong to my mom so the disks are probably hiding in her house.

Today, I received my business documentation back from the State of Colorado stating I had filed the wrong document to change the company name. I wasn’t horribly surprised as their website is beyond cryptic. Thanks for small graces, they stated what forms I could use. The first I looked at was outrageously expensive and the second was inexpensive and yielded immediate results. A few clicks later, Sable Quill Creations LLC was all official.

I wandered over to CreateSpace, updated my profile with the new company name and the EIN then obtained the ISBN for The Heart of Autumn‘s paperback. Later this weekend, all the final formatting for The Heart of Autumn will take place so I can get the proof and finalize the publishing process. Awesome! I took the ISBN and created a book page over at Goodreads. I also had my personal profile tied into my author profile. Super spiffy. Ever so excited! Happy Dance!

To add to the happy dance, my living room/office is mostly clean. You have no idea how rare it is for me to see a clean sofa and more than 50% of the floor. Clutter and I are great enemies. Finally, I can move my sewing table out of the guinea pigs’ room and into the living room.

Still waiting for the scanner’s drivers to install so I can start scanning a bunch of images. Oh how I hope it all works…

I have started work on the next two poetry books, The Soul of Winter and The Tears of Spring. Both are comprised of poetry written in the past – ’99-’01 and ’04 respectively – and are currently undergoing edits. This past week, I wrote the seasonal poems for the beginning of each. ‘Winter’ went together beautifully and fit the theme even though I hadn’t chosen the poems yet. ‘Spring’ ended up using 4 lines I had written but unable to finish into a whole thought. Both books will be released in 2012.