LiveScribe and SmartPen look like great tools for researching stories and conducting interviews. The SmartPen also records audio. You can touch any place in handwritten notes to play back the associated recording. The main drawback I see is it wouldn't help with phone interviews (so maybe I need to start using Skype). Any advice for the techno- ( Read more... )

As a child I was the archetypal dreamer. Whenever possible I would sit alone on the school bus, gazing out the window. I never caused trouble in school, except for failing to pay attention.

The imaginary playmates of early childhood persisted into my teens, taking the form of chivalrous adventurers. The worlds of C.S. Lewis and Ursula K. LeGuin ( Read more... )