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By Mike, on January 30th, 2012% Ah, my fellow scribes, your friend, and humble narrator back once again. Verily, there is no worse feeling than opening the file containing your magnum opus only to discover that it doesn’t leave off where you are sure it should. Or that it is corrupted, or disaster of disasters, it is gone altogether. Hopefully, you . . . → Read More: How do I back thee up, let me count the ways…
By Mike, on January 28th, 2012% Hey folks, I’m putting up some templates for MS Word that make heavy use of styles and make it easy to put your manuscript into the standard manuscript format that most editors and agents request. These templates should work in MS Word 2007 and 2010. They allow a writer to make use of the navigation . . . → Read More: Standard Manuscript Novel Template For Microsoft Word
By Mike, on January 28th, 2012%
Back in the before time, in the long long ago, I was a student practitioner in the Genbukan school of an esoteric martial art known as Ninpo Taijutsu. I loved it, but alas, my world travels didn’t allow me to stay in any one school and I gradually fell out of training. . . . → Read More: Rejection does not exist in this dojo, does it?
By Mike, on May 22nd, 2011% I’ve had a number of requests for this. Too many folks are still doing things the hard way. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but I’m lazy and as far as I’m concerned, until Skynet comes knocking, technology is good. I’ve spoken to too many writers recently who are still checking stylistic errors . . . → Read More: How to get Microsoft Word to check your grammar and style. (For Word 2007 & Word 2010)
By Mike, on May 22nd, 2011%
This weekend, I had the good fortune to attend an education event sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. It was a workshop on revising fiction with author Kirt Hickman. I can’t recommend the workshop, or his book of the same name, enough times. I was first exposed to Kirt’s process last . . . → Read More: “Revising Fiction” with Kirt Hickman
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On the Tabletop. - Warhammer 40K dominates right now trying to get a new Space Wolf army done for Adepticon. Have about equal parts painted and not painted. Really hoping Grey Knights get an update in part 2 of Curse of the Wulfen.
- Looking forward to trying out the new Star Realms expansion.
- Also picked up Space Cadets: Dice Duel. Looks fun, but haven't had a chance to try it yet.
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