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July 27, 2012
Tools of My Trade – Word Count Meter
Yes, I’m supposed to be writing… shh! I know. Anyway, on to the reason for this post… I’m goal oriented. Extremely so. I love nothing more than a list, simply because I love checking things off of it. That’s why it is particularly hard for me when I have a long project, such as these [...]
July 24, 2012
Tools of My Trade – Bonus Day! Pic Collage
It’s not because I’m procrastinating and this newest work in progress (WiP) is kicking my ass…much. It’s mostly because I discovered something new last night I love, love, LOVE! I wanted to throw together a quick header for my FB page because I was jealous of some of my fellow authors’ headers. I put away [...]
July 23, 2012
Tools of My Trade: Day 7 iPad 2
I probably sound like a broken record since my final tool of the series has been mentioned in almost every post this week. Last July my first generation WiFi-only iPad without a camera was one of my favorite tools. It was the thing you never knew you needed until you got it. And even then, [...]
July 22, 2012
Tools of My Trade: Day 6 Pocket
Last year one of my featured tools was Flipboard and I still love that app and use it all the time on my iPad. It’s like reading a magazine instead of ugly news feeds from Facebook, Twitter and Google Reader. For this year I found something else that is kind of related to Flipboard, but [...]
July 21, 2012
Tools of My Trade: Day 5 SmartEdit
An author friend of mine suggested a self-editing program she uses–AutoCrit. I tried it and I found it was indeed an eye opener. It called me out on all the words I overuse. However, unless I wanted to pay something like $79 a year for the pleasure of using the tool, I could only paste [...]
July 20, 2012
Tools of My Trade: Day 4 Bluetooth Keyboard Case
As I mentioned in an earlier post this week, I was without my Mac laptop for a few days after the catastrophic loss of my hard drive, and during the time before I replaced it, the iPad became my best friend and so today’s favorite tool is the Poetic leather bluetooth keyboard case. My friends [...]
July 19, 2012
Tools of My Trade: Day 3 PlainText
When last I left you yesterday, I was in the air somewhere between NY and Chicago, about to work on my WiP when I discovered I couldn’t access CloudOn or any of my Dropbox files because I had no internet connection. It wasn’t a huge deal. I was planning on writing a new scene so [...]
July 18, 2012
Tool of My Trade: Day 2 CloudOn
Last year in my Tools of My Trade series, the #1 Tool was Dropbox. I still love it. I still use it every single day for every document, file and picture on my computer. It’s cloud storage that keeps your files safe and synced between all of your devices (PC, Mac, laptop, desktop, iPad, iPhone). [...]
July 17, 2012
Tools of My Trade 2012 Edition: Day 1 Sleep Machine
It’s been a full year since July 2011 when I did a weeklong series of the favorite tools of my trade. Things that make my life easier. Some for work. Some that do double duty for work and for play (because you know what they say about all work and no play). It’s time to [...]
July 15, 2012
New to the Website- a booklist!
I’ve made a few additions to the website. After seeing so many Google searches for a complete booklist, I created a downloadable, printer-friendly, PDF version of all my titles currently available for purchase, which I will update as necessary. You can see it HERE. For future reference, the latest version will be accessible at the [...]
