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Archive for 28 Dec 2006

The Heart of the Matter: Putting Words on Paper

by Tom Colvin - 28 Dec 2006 - posted in 3-PUTTING WORDS ON PAPER, Uncategorized - Comments Off - Read the post

Where To Find Community

by Tom Colvin - 28 Dec 2006 - posted in 4-Joining the Community, Uncategorized - Comments Off - Read the post

Better Than A Shoebox: Outliners and Information Managers

by Tom Colvin - 28 Dec 2006 - posted in 3-Collecting Ideas, Uncategorized - Comments Off - Read the post

Crafting a Space and Avoiding Distractions

by Tom Colvin - 28 Dec 2006 - posted in 2-Organizing Your Workspace, Uncategorized - Comments Off - Read the post

Finding Time To Write

by Tom Colvin - 28 Dec 2006 - posted in 1-Finding Time, Uncategorized - 1 Comment - Read the post

First Steps for Aspiring Writers

by Tom Colvin - 28 Dec 2006 - posted in 2-FIRST STEPS, Uncategorized - Comments Off - Read the post

Introduction to Miscellaneous Topics

by Tom Colvin - 28 Dec 2006 - posted in 3-Miscellaneous Topics, Uncategorized - Comments Off - Read the post

Introduction

by Tom Colvin - 28 Dec 2006 - posted in 1-Introduction, Uncategorized - Comments Off - Read the post

General Posts — Introduction

by Tom Colvin - 28 Dec 2006 - posted in 1-GENERAL, Uncategorized - Comments Off - Read the post

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    New Directions

    New Directions

    When I set out on this blog journey in December 2007, I had two primarily objectives for myself. First, I wanted to learn about all the software applications -- both desktop and online -- that might help writers in their task. Second, I wanted to learn how to shepherd a book into ...

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    Watch the Unfolding Future World of Writers

    Watch the Unfolding Future World of Writers

    Image by BenSpark via Flickr We writers should be delirious over the new opportunities opening up for us.  The steep, narrow, winding path to a book deal has almost overnight become a multi-lane superhighway.  Writers can nowadays afford to go almost anywhere with their work.  But we do ...

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    2009:  Products I Can't Live Without as a Writer

    2009: Products I Can't Live Without as a Writer

    Image via Wikipedia Michael Arrington over at TechCrunch was the inspiration for this post.  For the past four years, he's been publishing his own list of must-have products from his viewpoint as a tech blogger.  His recently posted list for 2009 set me to thinking:  what hardware, software ...

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    Smashwords - The Essential Piece of the Puzzle

    Smashwords - The Essential Piece of the Puzzle

    Image via CrunchBase When I started my five-part "Most Important Post" series, I knew I would conclude with this post about Smashwords, after first covering recent developments in the e-book world.  Finally, someone has figured out how to bring all of the pieces of the puzzle together into a publishing platform ...

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    Our 13+ Best  Reviews of Word Processing Software

    Our 13+ Best Reviews of Word Processing Software

    Image via Wikipedia Consider this your own holiday Easter Egg hunt, OK?  With our readership hitting 6000 unique visitors in March [well, 5999 actually], an increase of over 700 since January 1, I thought it would be appropriate to bring all of you up-to-date with our best reviews of word processing ...

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    Almost Everything You Need -- In One Post

    Almost Everything You Need -- In One Post

    Image via Wikipedia As an online resource center, Becoming A Writer Seriously sometimes passes on links to posts on other blogs that contribute significantly to discussion about how writers can become more productive and successful.  You'll find some important software links here too.  There's so much good stuff here that I ...

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    My Most Important Post:  The Pieces Are Beginning To Fit

    My Most Important Post: The Pieces Are Beginning To Fit

    Image by Getty Images via Daylife During the two-plus years I've been blogging about productivity for writers, significant developments and changes affecting us writers have been cascading in a dizzying torrent.  In fact, there's so much of it that many writers have more-or-less stopped following it all.  It's ...

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    The Future of Publishing:  A Round Up from Experts

    The Future of Publishing: A Round Up from Experts

    Image by Getty Images via Daylife At the start of a new decade and the culmination of a Consumer Electronics Show dominated by a host of new e-book readers, many are asking, what is the future of publishing.  CBS Sunday Morning aired one of the best.  While the ...

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  • Table of Contents

    • 1-GENERAL (107)
      • 1-Introduction (7)
      • 2-Quick Start Advice (18)
      • 3-Miscellaneous Topics (84)
    • 2-FIRST STEPS (117)
      • 1-Finding Time (35)
      • 2-Organizing Your Workspace (29)
      • 3-Collecting Ideas (26)
      • 4-Joining the Community (37)
    • 3-PUTTING WORDS ON PAPER (163)
      • 1-For General Writers (25)
      • 2-For Novelists (24)
      • 3-For Scriptwriters (8)
      • 4-Alternatives to Word (22)
      • 5-Writing Online (34)
      • 6-Alternative Office Suites (23)
      • 7-Word & WordPerfect Tricks (9)
      • 8-Specialized Writing Tools (61)
      • 9-For Mac (18)
    • 4-CREATING CONTENT (32)
      • 1-Story Development (5)
      • 2-Research (7)
      • 3-Saving Your Work (14)
      • 4-The Craft of Writing (4)
    • 5-THE BUSINESS OF WRITING (230)
      • 01-Agents (4)
      • 02.Markets (18)
      • 03-Other Sources of Income (22)
      • 04-Submissions, Pricing & Billing (11)
      • 05-Print on Demand (40)
      • 06-eBooks and AudioBooks (84)
      • 07-Marketing and Promoting (64)
      • 08-Blogs & Websites (44)
      • 09-Podcasts & Teleconferencing (16)
      • 10-Equipment for Writers (15)
      • 11-Keeping Up with Software (10)
    • 6-OTHER RESOURCES (32)
      • Book Stores (7)
      • Learning Opportunities (4)
      • Magazines (1)
      • Miscellaneous (4)
      • Newsletters (2)
      • Other Website & Blogs (15)
    • 7-CASE STUDIES (4)
    • Uncategorized (243)
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