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A great resource for any writer. Common English language mistakes or misconceptions are included in detail. Some examples:
Much of the content is online here: Common Errors in English
Finally! An open source, BaseCampHQ.com clone with great promise:
activeCollab is an easy to use, web based, open source collaboration and project management tool. Set up an environment where you, your team and your clients can collaborate on active projects using a set of simple, functional tools. 100% free!
Read more about this PHP based solution here: activeCollab
Only downside is that it requires PHP 5, which is still not available for many server installations.
Lot's of practical tips on becoming a writer, such as:
Stop talking about your novel or short story ideas and start writing. Get in the habit of writing for at least an hour every day, no matter what. One strategy is to get up an hour earlier than you have to, make yourself a cup of coffee and completely focus on your writing.
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Some great tips in this article, including:
From the Image SEO Guide
Web site Drawspace.com has a large collection of drawing tutorials for those with skills ranging from the casual doodler to the expert artist.
Working on a Mac? Learn some of these shortcuts to boost your productivity:
Text
?A move to beginning of paragraph
?B move one character back
?D delete character to right
?E move to end of paragraph
?F move one character forward
?K delete text to end of paragraph
?N move to next line
?O insert newline
?P move to previous line
?T transpose characters
?? delete word to left
?? delete word to rightText Field
?? move one word left
?? move one word right
?? move to beginning of line
?? move to end of lineText View
?? move up one page
?? move down one page
?? move to beginning of line
?? move to end of line
?? move to beginning of view
?? move to end of view
Read other shortcuts Rixstep
Doing your writing on a Mac? Learn some of these shortcuts to boost your productivity:
Text
?A move to beginning of paragraph
?B move one character back
?D delete character to right
?E move to end of paragraph
?F move one character forward
?K delete text to end of paragraph
?N move to next line
?O insert newline
?P move to previous line
?T transpose characters
?? delete word to left
?? delete word to right
Text Field
?? move one word left
?? move one word right
?? move to beginning of line
?? move to end of line
Text View
?? move up one page
?? move down one page
?? move to beginning of line
?? move to end of line
?? move to beginning of view
?? move to end of view
Read other shortcuts Rixstep
Reading Shrunk's Elements of Style will quickly showcase how concise writing leads to easier reading. This Plain English Campaign link has a list of words to avoid, including:
And remember, 2nd Draft=1st Draft - 10%!
Read full list at Plain English Campaign: How to write in plain English
Full screen text editing seems to be all the rage for NaNoWriMo writers.
In preparation for NaNoWriMo, as well as connected to my recent explorations of emacs and general Terminal goodness, I’ve done some investigating of what options are available for creating a full screen writing environment.
The author reviews the freeware options, then moves on to newer solutions:
So much for the free options. The rest of the candidates are newer writing programs such as MacJournal, CopyWrite, Jer’s Novel Writer, and Ulysses. These are $29.95, $29.99, free (until version 1.x), and ~$120 respectively. Their full-screen presentations vary but are relatively equivalent. The real question is how much you wish to pay. Or if you do.
He doesn't mention my current favorite though, Scrivener.
Read full article: Full Screen Text Editing
Google moved up to over 60% of the search market share:
...the top engines combined account for over 94% of all search volume in the US. Since we last released these numbers in June 2006, Google (www.google.com) has increased its share from 59.3% to 60.2%, Yahoo! Search (search.yahoo.com) has increased from 22.0% to 22.5% and MSN Search (search.msn.com) has decreased slightly from 12.1% to 11.8%.
Full article: Bill Tancer - Hitwise US: Google Breaks 60%