Monthly Archives: July 2013

How Do I Work this Thing?

Now and then, when I’m writing (or when I’m thinking about the creative process), I realize that in the final analysis I have no idea how I actually do it. Writing (like any creative activity) involves a marvelous paradox — how … Continue reading

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Writing Tools – Scrivener

If NoteTab doesn’t float your boat because it’s just too wonderfully simple and quick, then perhaps you’ll find Scrivener as useful as I do. (Although I use both, and InDesign as well.) Scrivener can be thought of as an idea manager, although … Continue reading

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Poem — Maine Song

A few readers have requested that I post some of my poems here, presumably because they found something they liked in Cave Paintings (see Books button at top of page). I thought I’d comply every now and then to placate the … Continue reading

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Writing Tools – NoteTab (NB: not NotePad)

One of the most useful writing tools I know of is NoteTab (std or pro), which is a “plain ASCII” editor. That is, it lets you enter printable standard characters, without any invisible formatting codes and other technical kaka that … Continue reading

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