I’ve said before that a computer can never write a song because it has never experienced human emotions such as love and loss. But—and it’s a big but—that’s not to say a computer couldn’t generate
Continue ReadingBear With Me
My search for the holy grail of text editors, the one app to rule them all, seems to be never-ending. The trouble is that I may be expecting too much from one piece of software—I
Continue ReadingDon’t Keep Your Eggs In One Basket
One of the great benefits of Ulysses is that it saves you from worrying about file names and locations. Everything is just saved automatically. It is magical and modern. But it is not perfect. From
Continue ReadingWhy I Use The American Date Format
Being British, I have naturally used the British format for writing dates all my life. But once I started writing and blogging and keeping track of other date-based things in software such as Evernote and
Continue ReadingIncrease your productivity with keyboard shortcuts in Ulysses
If you like to write in Editor-only full screen view in Ulysses you can have a very minimalist distraction-free writing environment. The trouble is you can have your flow regularly disrupted by having to reach
Continue ReadingThe Dog’s Home
If you have read “The Picts and the Martyrs” by Arthur Ransome you will know what the Dog’s Home is. A little stone hut in the middle of a forest where Dick and Dorothea found
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The Planet Baggers
My new novel, The Planet Baggers, is now available for Kindle. If you are a fan of Douglas Adams or liked Red Dwarf then it could be right up your street! WARNING: contains lots of
Continue ReadingUlysses: The way to write a novel
If you want to be good at anything in life it pays to use the best tools and equipment you can get. The words “budget” and “value” should not be on your radar when it
Continue ReadingRevenge is a dish best thrown in the bin
Revenge is not ice cream. It is not best served cold, neither is it sweet. Ever. Revenge is stupid. It is an entirely negative emotion that leeches your positive energy and gnaws at your happiness.
Continue ReadingFocus on pros, not cons
If you were to suggest to me that I become a vegetarian my initial response would be “hell no, I can’t exist on leaves and I hate root vegetables.” That’s because most of us, by
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