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A new fictional blog is coming…

Time flies but I am getting to the point of starting a new blog where the writers will be two characters from one of my stories. I’m not sure how easy or hard it’s going to be to maintain but I am optimistic it will enhance the characters and give me more fodder for their book. And maybe even serve as cross promotion for it (when I finally finish it!)

This is an idea I think other writers should consider too. Imagine your readers being able to “meet” their favorite character online?

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Humor - Scott Adams’ (Dilbert) Humor Formula

Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, very generously shares with us his formula for writing funny cartoons


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Writing tips - Why 42? and how to use it.

In Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the computer is asked for the meaning of life. It eventually answers “42″.

Douglas Adams claims this was a figure simply plucked out of the air. Despite this, many have hypothesized on why he chose 42.


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Writers tools: Dictionary, Rhyming, Crossword Puzzle Solver, Scrabble, Thesaurus, &Quotations

Writers check out this site with a zillion different word search tools:
Rhyming - Crossword - Scrabble - Quotations & Cliches - Anagram - Computing - Law - Synonyms - Antonyms - Related - Spelled Similarly - Similar Sounding - Substring - In Definition Of - Connections - Intersection
Visit site: Dictionary, Rhyming, Crossword Puzzle Solver, Scrabble, […]


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Changing brains

On Wednesday last, when I had to do my weekly column for <a href=http://www.applematters.com target=_blank>Apple Matters</a>, I procrastinated badly on it. Suddenly found heaps of other “important” things to do.


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Welcome to the new look Qwertyrash

Given an excess of time, desire and obsessiveness, I have ported the QwertyRash blogs from their old blog system (Nucleus), to WordPress.
I am a big fan of Nucleus and highly recommend it. My only reason for porting was a need to become conversant in WP and PHP. Further, my host seemed to have more problems […]


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Becoming a writer first

You’re not all like me. If you’re lucky, none of you are. So this little piece of advice will be irrelevant.
Become a writer first, before you learn to write.
People like me, our personality type is obsessed with rules, logic and what is right. Problem is, that can be a huge stumbling block. We could study […]


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1 idea, 1 forgetful brain, 0 pens

What do you do when you have a great idea but you don’t have a pen and paper handy?
Unless I’m in the shower, I’ve almost always got my mobile phone handy, so write and save an sms (my old phone I had to send it).
What do you do?


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Apple Matters | Unleashing the Writer: Jer’s Novel Writer

If you’ve got a Mac, and you’re a writer or a wannabe writer, (which is probably why you’re here), then check out Jer’s Novel Writer
I can’t rave highly enough about it so go read my review at Apple Matters: Apple Matters | Unleashing the Writer: Jer’s Novel Writer


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Jer’s Novel Writer

I’ve looked at a fair few of the creative writing applications available for the Mac, tried a few, but none of them grabbed me. Yet with Jer’s, it grabbed my attention as soon it opened the read me. I was reaching for my wallet before I’d even tried it! (You can’t pay yet though, it’s […]


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