http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com Tools and Trade Secrets for Aspiring Writers Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:16:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If all has gone according to plan, I should be back to my home base in Mexico any day now.  That means, of course, assured full internet access, and perhaps more timely posts.  In the meantime, to keep everyone entertained, I've set up some post-dated items that have appeared "automatically" ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/becoming-a-writer-seriously/oGes/~3/340645464/ http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2008/07/20/getting-clipped/ I know -- I talk about time a lot. It's, in my view, one of the biggest challenges for a writer. I feel the press of time especially. I've looked at quite a number of free and low-cost time tracking programs. And I have a review or two ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/becoming-a-writer-seriously/oGes/~3/339136228/ http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2008/07/18/more-about-time/ If you are the least bit open to experimenting with a new word processor, jump on this opportunity IMMEDIATELY. Giveaway of the Day has arranged -- for TODAY ONLY -- a free download of a remarkable word processor designed especially for writers: Liquid Story Binder XE. At the very ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/becoming-a-writer-seriously/oGes/~3/338963312/ http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2008/07/18/urgent-alert-get-liquid-story-binder-xe-free-today-only/ One of the Writer's Digest features I most look forward to each year in the annual review of software for writers.  This year's review is now available in the August issue, currently on newsstands.  I presume it will eventually make it onto the magazine's website, but it's not yet there. This ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/becoming-a-writer-seriously/oGes/~3/336077847/ http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2008/07/15/annual-writing-software-review-in-writers-digest/ Google has compiled a list of 107 blogs for writers that generate enough readership and activity to deserve its attention.  That's a lot of blogs, and they certainly cover the waterfront of writing. Each blog listing carries a short line, generated by Google, about the blog's content.   If you are thinking about ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/becoming-a-writer-seriously/oGes/~3/335421816/ http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2008/07/15/googles-list-of-blogs-about-writing/ I'm glad I got up early today to review my inbox. I discovered there two organizational tools that you may wish to investigate. Better still, if you act today, you can get one of them for free and the other at a substantial discount. I've never heard of Watership ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/becoming-a-writer-seriously/oGes/~3/335063755/ http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2008/07/14/alert-two-deals-to-get-better-organized-today-only/ You cannot help but notice the major redesign of this blog. Everything is now much more streamlined and easy to follow. And the COMMENT link at the bottom of each post is much more prominent, a change that I hope will encourage more community chatter about writing issues. You ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/becoming-a-writer-seriously/oGes/~3/334651352/ http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2008/07/14/344/ I recently learned that our Online Writer's Office feature, available at a click from the sidebar, has been recommended by PageFlakes, the online facility on which the Office is built. If you haven't visited the Office, why not take a look now. There's a lot there, including a ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/becoming-a-writer-seriously/oGes/~3/332710838/ http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2008/07/11/a-nod-from-pageflakes/ As many of you know, I follow the discount offerings at Bit du Jour and from time to time pass on to you advance notice about one-day deals of interest to writers. This week the website offers The Journal, at $19.95, discounted from the normal cost of $39.95.   You can download ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/becoming-a-writer-seriously/oGes/~3/329813185/ http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2008/07/08/alert-journal-software-at-51-percent-discount-friday-only/ I'm still on the road, running around Europe in search of more documentation for my history project.  But, of course, this blog must be fed as well. Readers will remember that some weeks back I discovered Jonathan's Tool Bar and Grill blog, which covers computer utlilities, as well as Linux software.  ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/becoming-a-writer-seriously/oGes/~3/328852599/ http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2008/07/07/exploring-pdf/ http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetFeedData?uri=becoming-a-writer-seriously/oGes