Over the last year, I have moved more and more of my work effort and workflows in the direction of the iPad and via the cloud. This next month I am going to put that to the test and only
Why I have two office work areas
Every writer has a place to call their own, where they get away to focus on writing without distraction. Many of us have two or three work places. And with continued improvements in technology, it is possible to create some
Business Case for Chicago Manual of Style Online
I use the Chicago Manual of Style as my primary and de facto style guide when writing. I paid about $45 plus shipping for this book on Amazon. It costs $100 to pick up a copy here in Australia. The
My journey to the Adobe Creative Cloud for design and publishing
I have become fascinated by the technology to support writing and publishing. My first book Still Stupid at Sixty (published under the pseudonym Blake Stevens) was written in Microsoft Word and converted into Amazon Kindle format using Calibre. That is
Tripling my writing productivity with Scrivener
First of all, I would not have believe it had you told me prior to using Scrivener that it would be possible to triple my productivity as a writer. But I am certain that my productivity has increased that much
Living in the cloud
As children, most of dreamed of living in the clouds and being able to look down at others to see what they were doing. Well, that has taken on quite a different meaning today with cloud computing. I am assuming