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Need a Rhyme? Try Write Rhymes Posted by Tom Colvin August 16, 2008 Free Download A Day has just identified a very helpful tools for poets: the online Write Rhymes tool. Professional poets will scoff at it; the rest of us sometime poets may find it very useful. The website offers a writing space.

It’s a fascination a lot of readers share: How do authors write? From the little rituals many of us engage in to get things doing (coffee, certain music, dancing) to the way we set up our desks, the physical aspect of writing often informs the way that work gets done.

Tuesday’s writing tip for authors Many authors waste a lot of time and keystrokes by constantly retyping the same words and phrases over and over again while planning, writing, and promoting their book.

Photo: "rough first draft" by nuanc Early spring this year, I posted about Opium Magazine's Network of Writers Experiment. If you have not sent them a quotation from a writer who has taught you something valuable about writing, you can still do so ... now, with a twist.

Finding what tools work for you as a writer is kind of like trying to find the perfect bag–it’s going to take a lot of searching, a lot of trial and error, and you may have to settle for something functional rather than flashy.  I’m always on the search for the perfect bag (fine leather goods are

Photo: "rough first draft" by nuanc Early spring this year, I posted about Opium Magazine's Network of Writers Experiment. If you have not sent them a quotation from a writer who has taught you something valuable about writing, you can still do so ... now, with a twist.

10 Killer Blog Tools July 25th, 2008 Blogging the right way can be very time consuming and energy-draining.  To get great posts, and to keep your content very fresh, you have to really stay on top of your game.  How do you know where to focus your energy?   Where can you cut a few corners and save

Characters for an Epic Tale

I signed up for PPP! by admin | July 24, 2008 | In Writing Tools | 1 Comment I was recently poking around on other bloggers’ sites the other night just to see what the hot topics of the day were. Every now and then I stumble upon a gem, and I think I stumbled upon a one that seems to be pretty promising.

Last month, I wrote a post about a very insightful and funny YouTube video called "Book Launch 2.0". It features Dennis Cass, an accomplished writer and the author of Head Case, conversing with a phone-friend about the pros and cons of using new and social media to launch books.