by Allyson Lindt | Aug 30, 2013 | #writingtech, Advice, formatting, how-to
(I’ve been asked this question a few times, and I always kind of fumble my way through the answer, so I thought I’d try and streamline the process and hopefully it will be useful to some of you 🙂 This is for all of you querying authors out there —...
by Allyson Lindt | Feb 12, 2013 | #writingtech, how-to
Many, many moons ago, Loralie posted a couple of Scrivener Tips, including how to find out how often you’re using all words in your story, including those pesky overused and crutch words that we all have.Today, I want to take it a step further. If you have a...
by Allyson Lindt | Feb 5, 2013 | #writingtech, how-to
If you’re a writer, you’ve probably heard that one great way to proof your own work is to read it aloud. I don’t know about you, but I’m not really up for that. I guess I could get used to it, but something about the entire idea of reading to...
by Allyson Lindt | Apr 21, 2012 | #writingtech, A-Z, how-to, Random Awesomeness
Last week I mentioned I had some Scrivener tips to share. Since Blogger ate the original post, I figured I’d save them for the letter ‘S’. Cuz, Scrivener, right? For those of you not familiar with this software, here’s a link to the Literature...
by Allyson Lindt | Nov 15, 2011 | #writingtech, formatting, how-to
As a beginning writer, it seems like the most difficult part of writing a novel is the writing. Once we get into the process we realize there’s so much more to it than just getting words on paper. There are countless websites and blogs out there about the...
by Allyson Lindt | Nov 8, 2011 | #writingtech, formatting, how-to
Recently there has been a lot of buzz in writer-blog land about whether or not a writer blog is the best way to build a fiction platform. On the one hand, we’re writers, so we’re blogging about what we know. On the other hand, that means we attract other...
