Archive for August, 2008
Thought for the day
There have been plenty of self-destructive rebel-angel novelists over the years, but writing is about getting your work done and getting your work done every day. — Michael Chabon
Battling inertia
For all my grandiose talk about going mano-a-mano against writers block, time management, and using to-do lists I still get hit by bouts of inertia. Like the bout of inertia that I’m facing now. Well, let me clarify that: this has been affecting my article writing. I’ve got a bunch of articles to finish, but [...]
Word processing, on a diet
Sometimes, using Word or OpenOffice.org Writer is overkill. Actually, it’s overkill for a lot of writing tasks. As I discuss in this article, you can do much of your work in a lightweight word processor — either on the desktop or on the Web.
What is your writing weapon of choice? Feel free to leave a [...]
Recycling your articles
Recycling isn’t just good for the environment, it can also put some money into your pocket if you write for a living. This post outlines a few ways in which you can profitably recycle your writing.
When I’ve recycled articles, I’ve either expanded the piece or ripped out and replaced sections to create a variant. [...]
Thought for the day
If your words aren’t truthful, the finest optically letter-spaced typography won’t help. – Edward Tufte
