Hotmail Login error fix

A word of warning/advice to those finding they are having certification issues logging into what used to be Hotmail.

An error occurred during a connection to www.hotmail.com. Invalid OCSP signing certificate in OCSP response. Error code: SEC_ERROR_OCSP_INVALID_SIGNING_CERT

That error, as above.

I found that as soon as I removed the old Hotmail URL & used the Outlook one, that problem went right away.

So if you are getting that problem, Google the Outlook URL, login and bookmark that. You should have no more certification issues.

Hotmail as an entity went bye bye a while back, replaced by Outlook. It’s probably why this happened, Microsoft simply stopped updating the settings for it.

Hope this helps, it fixed it for me.

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What’s currently in submission #3 & #4

From April 10th, 2017.

#3

It’s been almost a month since the last update, here’s what stories are currently out in submission.

What’s currently out in submission?

Write Now (subbed to Anthology of Quitters)
The Lanyards (subbed to Asimovs)
Welcome To Your New Home (subbed to Stories for Homes 2)
The Catch (subbed to the were-traveller (PhotoFlash)
Pay Off (subbed to Queer SciFi)
Where’s The Dog (subbed to Electric Spec)
Departure Date (subbed to Phantaxis)
Witch Hunt (subbed to SONOFAWITCH!)
The Concentration Camp (subbed to Persistant Visions)
Second Front (subbed to Nefarious Thoughts)
The Next Best King (subbed to Bete Noire)
Practical Magic For Intermediate Students (subbed to Podcastle)
In Search Of The Elusive Nigel (subbed to Mithila Review)

That’s 13 stories out there currently.

#4

It’s been just over a month since the last update, here’s what stories are currently out in submission.

What’s currently out in submission?

Write Now (subbed to Anthology of Quitters)

The Lanyards (subbed to Asimovs)

The Catch (subbed to the were-traveller (PhotoFlash))

Pay Off (subbed to Queer SciFi)

The Concentration Camp (subbed to Persistant Visions)

Second Front (subbed to Nefarious Thoughts)

In Search Of The Elusive Nigel (subbed to Mithila Review)

The Dionesian Wave (subbed to When You’re Strange (CASFWG))

Mistaken Identity (subbed to Timeless Tales)

The Legend (subbed to Fireside Fiction)

Witch Hunt (subbed to Weird Book)

The Parting (subbed to Beneath Ceaseless Skies)

Departure Date (subbed to Darkfuse Magazine)

The Thinker (subbed to Flash Fiction Online)

That’s 14 stories out in the wild at the moment.

Summing up Camp NaNoWriMo 2017 (with deleted scenes for blog readers)

So I decided to try doing Camp NaNoWriMo this year. Because I actually knew it existed now. My goal was established before I started.

Here’s the goal post I made in out cabin:- I’ll be writing at least 30,000 words, ideally 1 story a day (of 1000 words) or more. 

30,000 words in 30 days, a fairly achievable goal.

SO HOW DID THAT GO RAY?

Day 1) It’s 12:40 UK local time, or just after lunch. I just wrote 1705 words. So I’m ahead of my goal. And I had a great laugh writing “Lemmy Goes To Mars“.

Day 2) 21:17 UK local. Just got done writing for the day. 1962 words today giving me a total of 3667.

Day 3) 13:40 UK local. 1982 words written, 5649 in total.
Very happy today.

Day 4) 2225 words today for a total of 7874. (After proofing)

Thankyou to the Manic Street Preachers. I misheard a line in “A Design For Life” and it made for an excellent idea to write. It even ended up going in a slightly different direction than I had originally intended, but it felt right and it felt organic.

Day 5) I’ve already passed my day 10 target. 2482 words written today for a total of 10356. All from a dream about a hug.

Please note, I wrote an extra 8 words in later edits. This is why Facebook & twitter numbers are different. These totals will be out by at least 8 from here onwards. I will be showing the CORRECT amount here in the blog.

[Subbed “We Three Kings” to UFO 6, an anthology of funny SF]

Day 6) Today I wrote 2050 words for a total of 12,406. First day using an image prompt which panned out well.

[Claimed my win for 2016, The Impossible Lean, my first novel! Received a no back from Broadswords and Blasters on “Party Of Five”]

Day 7) 2160 words written for a total of 14,566.
The thing says at this rate I’ll reach my goal on April 15th.

[No’s back from Cicada on “Practical Magic…” and Mad Scientists Journal on “The Thinker”.  “Practical Magic” subbed to Podcastle.
“Uncle Ping” subbed to Insignia.]

Day 8) 2106 words for a total of 16,672.

[“Uncle Ping’s Evening Farewell” has been accepted by Insignia for their Asian Cyberpunk/Dystopia anthology! It’s also officially my fastest sale ever, in less than 24 hours.]

Day 9) 1680 words for a total of 18,352.

Day 10) 2907 words today for a total of 21,259.

[A no back from UFO 6 on We Three Kings. Subbed “In Search Of The Elusive Nigel” to Mithila Review.

Day 11) 1829 words today for a total of 23,088.

Day 12) 3114 words today for a total of 26,202. It’s the anniversary of the day I joined up next week, so I wrote “Uniform”, using my memory of recruit training.

Day 13) 1392 words today, for a total of 27,584. A weird story about dogs, by a dog. I don’t even like dogs, so I’ve no idea where that came from. Personally I blame Madonna.

Day 14) 1580 words today for a total of 29,174. Close, but no cigar! I’ll hit and pass my target tomorrow then. That’s gonna hurt my OCD for the rest of the day.

Day 15) 1355 words written for a total of 30,259.
And that, dear cabinmates, is a WIN!  Win on day 15.

[A polite no back from Podcastle on “Practical Magic”. The Dionesian Wave subbed to When You’re Strange (CASFWG). Mistaken Identity (subbed to Timeless Tales).]

Day 16) No writing done.

Day 17) No writing done.

Day 18) No writing done.

[Rejections received from:- SONOFAWITCH! For “Witch Hunt”, Electric Spec For “Where’s The Dog?” and Stories for Homes Vol 2 For “Welcome To Your New Home”. The Legend subbed to Fireside Fiction. The Thinker subbed to Daily Science Fiction.]

Day 19) No writing done.

Day 20) Camp NaNoWriMo 2017 win verified and claimed. No writing done.

[Final edits & rewrites on “The Parting”]

Day 21) No writing done.

Day 22) No writing done.

Day 23) No writing done.

[An official no from SONOFAWITCH for “Witch Hunt”. Subbed Witch Hunt to Weirdbook.]

Day 24) No writing done.

Day 25) 3552 words today, for a total of 34,313.

Day 26) No writing done.

Day 27) No writing done.

Day 28) No writing done.

Day 29) 2900 words today, for a total of 37,213. I typed up a couple of completed hand written stories to bring up my overall total today.

[“The Parting” subbed to Lightspeed for their fantasy call.]

Day 30) 1100 words today, for a total count of 38,313.

[A no back from Bete Noire on “The Next Best King”.

So after 30 days I wrote a total of 38,313 words. I wrote 19 stories.