Tools and Trade Secrets for Aspiring Writers
NOTE: The following is a press release which I thought important enough for writers that I’m passing it on in its entirity.
Nov 12, 2008 – DUBLIN, Ireland - MMC Software today announced the launch of FortyChapters.com - the first online tool developed to help would-be writers draft their first novel.
“With FortyChapters, it’s easy to write [...]
Again, super blog TechCrunch is breaking the news: Acrobat has taken some bold new steps to increase its exposure to writers.
With its new website [still in beta apparently], Acrobat makes its online word processor Buzzword [which we've mentioned in previous posts -- just do a search] even more accessible. There are other online [...]
Even while travelling for almost two weeks, I’ve been able to track down some excellent new information on the web of particular interest to writers.
Microsoft Office Live Workspace
Still in beta, Microsoft Office Live Workspace offers to users of Microsoft Word an online workspace where one can store and share documents, and even do modest work [...]
New Productivity Blog — Helpful Hints for Writers
Ann Wayman at The Golden Pencil has sniffed out a brand new blog which may help writers increase their productivity. My Organized Biz focusses on business and office practices, kicking off 2008 with a series of 24 Tips in January to Get Organized. The focus [...]
Ars Technica today posted an excellent, well-illustrated review of the newly announced online version of OpenOffice offered by Ulteo.
The reviewer reports that the software, still in beta, successfully puts the full OpenOffice suite right inside our internet browsers. It is, by far, the most feature-rich of the online word processors. Its heft, however, [...]
The New York Times Technology section carries an article today in its widely-read Sunday edition entitled, Yes, There Can Be Life After Word.
After his recent purchase of a new laptop, tech writer Damon Darlin winced when the salesperson tried to add on a sale of Microsoft Office. Even the cheapest version available cost 25 percent [...]
Months ago I wrote a post “In Praise of Rich Text Format,” a computer format that facilitates transfer of word processing documents from computer to computer, from word processor to word processor. It’s the real universal file format for writers, especially those not entirely ruled by the authority of Microsoft.
HTML, the major file format for [...]
LibriVox Releases 1000th Free AudioBook
Barely two years old and with the ambitious goal of releasing all public-domain books in audio format, LibriVox has just released its 1000th audio book. Visit the LibriVox website for details.
Enter BuzzWord
Adobe has lifted the veil on its recently-acquired online word processor BuzzWord. Details available at LifeHacker.
iMindMaps by Tony [...]
In the on-going competition between Google, Zoho and ThinkFree, PC Magazine has recently awarded its coveted Editor’s Choice Award to Google, citing its lean, fast-loading minimalist operation. The magazine acknowledges that the other two online office suites offer richer feature sets, but faults those as slower-moving.
PC Magazine’s full review is now available online, accompanied [...]
Well, Jeremy Osborne has followed up on his promise to participate in this year’s National Novel Writing Month exercise. But he’s gone one step farther: he has created, as an experiment, a NaNoWriMo wiki. which he will fuel — BUT which anyone else can contribute to, a group-written novel. An interesting idea, [...]
