Debbie Ridpath Ohi's Blog, page 159
March 9, 2010
New version of Black Mana Studio's Manuscript fixes import/export issues
Last month, I posted a review of Black Mana Studio's Manuscript app for the iPhone, saying it was a disappointment. The developer has released an update which appears to fix the import and export issues from an to Google Docs. I've only had a chance to do some preliminary testing, but so far everything appears to be working fine now.
From Black Mana Studios:
Hi Inkygirl,
We have just released a new version of Manuscript that deals with the points you've mentioned. It should be live on the app...
March 8, 2010
Interview with Mahtab Narsimhan: The Silver Anklet
THE SILVER ANKLET is a sequel to Mahtab Narsimhan's THE THIRD EYE, which won The Silver Birch award in 2009. For those who don't know, The Silver Birch Award is a province-wide honour given by Grade 3, 4, 5 and 6 Ontario students. Although administered by the Ontario Library Association and run by teacher-librarians and teachers in schools and by children's librarians in public libraries, the final choice is made by the young readers.
The trilogy follows the adventures of Tara, a young Hindi g...
Interview with Mahtab Tarsimhan: The Silver Anklet
THE SILVER ANKLET is a sequel to Mahtab Narsimhan's THE THIRD EYE, which won The Silver Birch award in 2009. For those who don't know, The Silver Birch Award is a province-wide honour given by Grade 3, 4, 5 and 6 Ontario students. Although administered by the Ontario Library Association and run by teacher-librarians and teachers in schools and by children's librarians in public libraries, the final choice is made by the young readers.
The trilogy follows the adventures of Tara, a young Hindi g...
Will Write For Chocolate updated
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Finally updated Will Write For Chocolate. I'm going to try to do updates more often from now on. [image error]
Weekly Wordcount Check-in: 250, 500, 1000 wds/day
Do you need a wordcount challenge with some leeway?
Check out the challenges below:
250 wds/day | 500 wds/day | 1000 wds/day
So how did you all do with your daily wordcount challenges since the last check-in?
March 4, 2010
March 1, 2010
Weekly Wordcount Check-in (1000, 500, 250 wds/day)
Do you need a wordcount challenge with some leeway?
Check out the challenges below:
250 wds/day | 500 wds/day | 1000 wds/day
So how did you all do with your daily wordcount challenges since the last check-in?
February 25, 2010
Gail Carson Levine's blog
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Sometimes writers get so caught up in promotion and networking that they forget about working on improving their craft. One of my favourite writing craft blogs is that of Gail Carson Levine. Gail has written many books for young people, including the Newbery-winning Ella Enchanted.
I highly recommend a visit to her blog at: http://gailcarsonlevine.blogspot.com
February 24, 2010
Phatitude Literary magazine relaunches
Phatitude Literary magazine has relaunched, and they're looking for submissions (Deadline: March 1st, 2010).
Laura Resnick's Writer Resource page
You can find some great resources for writers on Laura Resnick's website, including agent-related tips, books and sites for writers.
Laura is an experienced writer and author of Rejection, Romance and Royalties: The Wacky World of a Working Writer
, among other works. (Couldn't find this title through Indiebound, so had to link to Amazon).
