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Well guess what? I clicked on a banner ad. I rarely see one that catches my eye, but this one sure did. It is Visual Thesaurus.

Doesn’t sound catchy yet. But what it does is present looked and related words in a mind-map style. So next time you need to brainstorm, it does it for you! Sure you’ve always been able to do the same with a thesaurus, but because this draws the map for you, it is sooo much faster. And visually, yes, you do spot words of interest much faster too.

It does have a brief trial and thereafter you’ve got to pay either US$19.95 per year to subscribe to the online version, or buy the desktop version for US$39.95. I think the online version provides better value.

Have a look though, if you work with words or ideas, I’m sure you’ll be impressed.

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Ah! So The journey is near its end. After a series running some 10 years or so, J K Rowling is about to draw the Harry Potter series to a close with the seventh and final book, intriguingly titled, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows being announced for release on 21st July 2007.

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Last night I had the pleasure of hearing an author, the excellent Archie Fusillo, speak. Afterwards while chatting, someone was discussing the dominance of women in the writing and publishing industry. The question was asked why?

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For any writers out there, you’ve probably grappled with this one. I mean, unless you can type at about 60 words a minute, writing longhand is the quickest way to get your thoughts down on paper.Only problem is…

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A provocative thought for you: Good writers aren’t necessarily good story tellers.

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A key copmponent of the writing course I am studying is grammar.At the start of the year I was happy. I knew what I knew and didn’t know what I didn’t know.Now I’m confused because now I still know what I know, I know more than I used to know but the big problem is now I know what I don’t know.

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Sooner or later you need a font. So I’ve put together this post which is a lists of a few sites dedicated to free fonts.

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Micro Fiction is a short story of 100 words or less.

The Vandal

Time is the cruelest vandal of all. It had etched away at his features, leaving him haggard, stolen his youth, brought him loneliness…

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A lot of books on writing tell you to find a distraction free environment. Although I agree it helps tremendously, I’d also argue you should train yourself to work with distractions.

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Quite a productive day of sorts. I finally finished hand-editing “Sid” (a novel) so now I just have to key all the edits.

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