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Five stars, by Catriona

My mum used to mark a J in the inside cover of library books with a soft pencil, to show that my dad had already read them. Dru Ann Love's record of what she reads evolved into an award-winning, guest-infested daily blog. Where do you sit when it comes to reading notes? Do you keep a record, write reviews, make annotations in the margins . . .?

Dru's Book Musings, by the way. 

I keep a record of what I read, here on my blog. I have no memory of why I started except that it was a round-up of m...

Keeping Track by Eric beetner

 My mum used to mark a J in the inside cover of library books with a soft pencil, to show that my dad had already read them. Dru Ann Love's record of what she reads evolved into an award-winning, guest-infested daily blog. Where do you sit when it comes to reading notes? Do you keep a record, write reviews, make annotations in the margins . . .?

I have, in the past, kept a running record of books I read that year. I don't know why I stopped, because it is actually a very helpful tool to have arou...

In The Margins

In the Margins: Notes on the Art of Active Reading

My mum used to mark a J in the inside cover of library bookswith a soft pencil, to show that my dad had already read them. Dru Ann Love’srecord of what she reads evolved into an award-winning, guest-infested dailyblog. Where do you sit when it comes to reading notes? Do you keep a record,write reviews, make annotations in the margins . . .?

 

I’ve abandoned the idea of keeping a list of the books I’veread. But I do leave...

Difficult to write, impossible to read - by Harini Nagendra

Handwritten or typed? Some writers, even today, will hand write a first draft. Some have 3rd grade penmanship from the atrophy our handwriting has suffered. Do you still handwrite any part of your writing process or are you all type, all the time? 

I'll let you in on a little secret - I am, and always have been, short on patience. A recipe like biriyani, that calls for slow roasting of thinly sliced onions for twenty minutes? Not for me. Caramel custard? Again no... it takes patience to get the c...

Handwriting and the Singularity from James W. Ziskin

Handwritten or typed? Some writers, even today, will hand write a first draft. Some have 3d grade penmanship from the atrophy our handwriting has suffered. Do you still handwrite any part of your writing process or are you all type, all the time? 
I intended to write this week’s post by hand to prove a point, but it was going to take me five times longer to do it that way. So, in the end, I took the easy way out and decided to type it on a keyboard instead. And I’ll tell you why.
First of all, I w...

The pen is mightier

Handwritten or typed? Some writers, even today, will hand write a first draft. Some have 3rd grade penmanship from the atrophy our handwriting has suffered. Do you still hand write any part of your writing process or are you all type, all the time?

by Dietrich

Let’s face it: a final manuscript must be typed. What editor or publisher would touch a handwritten draft, no matter how neatly penned? That said, there’s something special about handwriting those early brainstorming notes or even an entire ...

I'm Typing as Fast as I Can

 

Terry here, with the question of the week: 
Handwritten or typed? Some writers, even today, will hand write a first draft. Some have 3d grade penmanship from the atrophy our handwriting has suffered. Do you still handwrite any part of your writing process or are you all type, all the time? 
 When I worked full-time in the tech world, I’d sneak out into my car every day at lunch and write. Handwrite, on yellow pads. Snippets of stories. Beginnings of books. Anything that struck my fancy. I know no...

Let It Snow by Poppy Gee

Have you ever themed a book or a story around a holidayor a specific time of year? What do you think about writing something aimed ata certain holiday or event? Are you limiting your audience or taking advantageof the season like a singer releasing a Christmas album or a TV show doing aHalloween themed episode?

Nope, but I would love to. I love Christmas movies: I am herefor the faux-nostalgia, the magic and hope, the love and redemption, romance and beautiful decorations, thetransparent ...

It's the most lucrative taaaiiime of the yearrrr! by Catriona

Have you ever themed a book or a story around a holiday or a specific time of year? What do you think about writing something aimed at a certain holiday or event? Are you limiting your audience or taking advantage of the season like a singer releasing a Christmas album or a TV show doing a Halloween themed episode?

Have I? 

I have. But I didn't mean to. When I wrote SCOT FREE, the first of what was supposed to be the Last Ditch Motel trilogy, all I wanted was to start off with Lexy Campbell c...

That time of year by Eric Beetner

 Have you ever themed a book or a story around a holiday or a specific time of year? What do you think about writing something aimed at a certain holiday or event? Are you limiting your audience or taking advantage of the season like a singer releasing a Christmas album or a TV show doing a Halloween themed episode?

I've never written anything specific to a time of year, though I'm not opposed to it. There is something fun about a holiday movie or something that is timed to a time of year. Obviou...