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Mega-Interview

Check out my great big interview at Jenre's blog, Well Read. Part 1 - Part 2

Old Friends

Tools and techniques can sometimes drop away like old friends who've fallen out of touch. Are any of your old methods worth revisiting? Maybe with a few tweaks you can rediscover something to inspire your writing. Here are three old friends I was happy to revisit.

AlphaSmart Dana

The clock I lost. Boo hoo, I miss it.

This keyboard absolutely rocks. I'm finding that when I'm stuck somewhere and I don't have it, I miss it. Good thing I found a big purse at a garage sale! (Cripes, now I have to start carrying a purse.)

Here's a review of the Dana in the Gageteer

Celtx

I had loads of fun planning the novella I'm currently working on in the open-source screenwriting software, Celtx. It's Mac/Windows/Linux compatible, and it's free! Heck, it doesn't get much better than that. (Though we could nag the developers for a novelist mode.)

Get Celtx here!

ToodleDo

A very small tweak in the way I set up the due date for my tasks turned my relationship with ToodleDo from discouraging to hooray! Sometimes a little tweak makes all the difference in the world.

Check out ToodleDo

Your Assignment

What method or tool did you used to use, but you've fallen away from. Can you pinpoint why? Maybe a little tweak, like my due date preference above, is all it would take to re-kindle your love of your "old friend."