I don't have a lot of content to post right now. Because of mental health issues, which are actually improving but took a sharp dive last Friday. Short story: I had to be in the psychiatric ER again because I wasn't safe. But, new meds and some more coping strategies may be helping. It's early days ( Read more... )

Behold, my writing woes are over! Why didn't I think of it. Can't write? Just get a cat! It worked for me, see?


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I'm sorry that I haven't gotten around to all the comments on my last post. I went out on Friday for Spouse Man's birthday and it went well, until I got really ill around eleven o' clock and got no sleep until 4am. At which point I woke up about three hours later with a respiratory system in full revolt ( Read more... )

If you'll remember way back in this post, I asked about writing software for a Mac computer, and got a fair amount of very helpful responses.

Scrivener was a very popular software recommended to me, so I decided to do the 30 day trial.

( Review of Scrivener for Mac, cut for those who don't care about software and for images that are sort of large (screenshots). )

In case anyone has wondered what's up with the reviews and why the new format, I'm trying out a new way of reviewing books. I read over some of my old reviews and realized that they were very sloppy and probably not helpful to those who wanted to read criticism or reviews about a certain book ( Read more... )

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So, it's official. My words have been counted and at 57,638 words, I'm a winner.


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I can post my cover art now that I've made my wordcount (that was my promise to myself). I actually made the cover art a few days before, when I made pretend cover art for all my potential NaNo ideas.

I think it looks fairly good, actually, and it was my favorite of the batch. Destiny, perhaps?


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nhw posted the popularity rankings of Shakespeare's plays by LibraryThing users.

Interesting list. And I'm surprised by some of the results, particularly that Romeo and Juliet came in third, not first - and that Julius Caesar came in as high as it did. I haven't met a lot of people who have professed to have a lot of love for that play ( Read more... )

So, I've officially overshot my deadline of September 1st for completing the Tower!Guy rewrite/revisions. Guess that makes me a "real" writer. What was it that Douglas Adams said about the wooshing sound that deadlines make when they pass by ( Read more... )