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Making More Time To Write: E-mail Follow-up

Thanks for all the feedback to my post, Making More Time To Write: Cleaning Up Your Inbox and Improving Your E-mail System.  Thanks especially to Travis for pointing me to Mailplane, a desktop Mac app for Gmail users: From Travis: When I used the Gmail interface for my email (via a nice little Mac app . . .



Mary Kole on growing a thicker skin

One of my favourite blog for children’s writers is Mary Kole’s Kidlit.com. Mary Kole is an associate agent at Andrea Brown Literary Agency. Quote from her post today: It’s in your best interest to develop a thick skin, learn how to take criticism and rejection, separate yourself from what you’ve put . . .



Copyscape: effective plagiarism-preventing service or not?

I came across a “Protected by Copyscape” banner in a writer’s blog and was curious enough to check out the service. From their About page: Copyscape is dedicated to protecting your valuable content online. We provide the world’s most powerful and most popular online plagiarism detection solutions, ranked #1 by independent tests. Copyscape’s . . .



Christina Katz & Time Management For Writers

I interviewed Christina Katz last September about her book, Get Known Before The Book Deal. During the interview, I was astounded at the number of projects Christina has on the go. Christina graciously agreed to do a second interview, this time focused on how she manages her time. What’s your typical workday? I try to . . .



Screenwriting resource: Wordsmythe.ca

Jana Williams is posting tips and resources for budding screenwriters on her screenwriting blog, Wordsmythe.ca. She hasn’t been posted that often recently, but there is still some good info here.



Story Tracker app for writers

For those who want to keep track of their story submissions on their iPhone and iPod, Andrew Nicolle has just updated his Story Tracker app for writers. I have the app on my iPhone but haven’t had a chance to really check it out thoroughly because I’m not submitting short stories/articles . . .