And I Couldn’t Care Less — Another In a Series of Posts About Getting Old I collect software. Compulsively at times. I’ve been doing it since I bought my first computer. That was in 1981. Before IBM had given us the first “official” PC. Mine was a Kaypro 2X, also marketed as the II X. The…

(The App, Not The Writer) — Hemingway is a web-based (free) or a computer program ($20 one-time buy), app designed by two brothers. Ernest Hemingway’s love of clarity and terse sentence structure led them to create it. From a review: A very clever writing tool by two young brothers who know about Hemingway’s love of clarity…

I Use it, and You Should, Too —

And Why Would You Want to? — This is where I add my own 2¢ to the growing debate over what amounts to little more than The Clash’s “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” I’ve been writing in Medium for over 5 years. In that time, I’ve seen a lot of changes both to the platform…

Don’t Tell Me What I Can and Can’t Do — If you’ve been a writer for any length of time, and you’re serious about your craft, you’ve probably come across this bit of misinformation: ”Everybody has a book in them” or, more specifically, a novel. As a veteran of the NaNoWriMo wars, I’m here to tell you as elegantly as…

Just About. And For Me, it Just Got Better — I used to envy Macintosh users. I have a PC and so can’t use what I consider the best writing app. If you use it, you’ve already guessed I’m talking about Ulysses. I had it on both my iPhone and iPad and had limited success using it as a blogging…

It’s an Important Question — This morning on Medium I read an excellent story about an app which, as the result of reading it, I decided to give the app another go. How’s that for a mouthful of an opening sentence? It’s probably scared off half my readers. …