They say necessity is the mother of invention. If you need to write to make a living and pay your bills do you find it easier than if you are financially secure and write because you want to? Which drives creativity better, need or want? Some people, and I count Read more…
Note-taking for me has been something of a thorny issue for many years. I’m always on the lookout for a quick and easy way to capture my thoughts when I’m out and about and away from my computer. I have tried more or less everything but after many years of Read more…
It is little wonder people learning English get confused with words that sound the same. It can even catch out those of us who have been speaking the language for fifty years! Recently, Graham Norton questioned the wisdom of naming a film “Our Souls In The Night”. Whilst this quirk Read more…
Since I started using Scrivener for my novels I can’t imagine life without it. I almost live in it. But as indispensable as it is, it does have one major drawback — it shares my laptop with a browser. Even though I use the wonderful composition mode, it doesn’t quite Read more…