A Look Back, a Look Forward

It’s that time again! New year, new goals. But before we make new goals, it’s always a good idea to look back at the previous year to see what we accomplished. I kept track of my annual goals in one of my handy-dandy Scrivener binders. Corkboard View makes it so easy to see at a glance what I did last

My Writing Process Blog Hop

I was recently asked by author Carol Malone to join in the writing process blog hop and couldn’t be more excited and honored to participate. I love reading how other authors “make the magic happen.” It’s always fascinating to me how a blank page becomes a book, and reading each author’s post is inspiring. You never know what may speak

Scapple – Let Your Imagination Run Free

Scapple from Literature & Latte, not to be confused with scrapple, a meat dish I’d rather forget I’ve ever heard of, is a handy mind-mapping tool that I have found very useful for brainstorming new novels. At first I wasn’t sure what to make of the software. I’d never tried mind-mapping before and when I opened the product to a

How Scrivener Helps My Writing Process — Part 2

In Part 1, I talked about Scrivener’s wonderful organizational features such as the Binder, drag-and-drop scenes and index cards. Today I’m going to continue with the overview of the main screen and then talk about a few of the other not-so-obvious features: the corkboard, the project/word count tracker, the handy thesaurus, the name generator and the outline view. I’ll also

How Scrivener Helps My Writing Process — Part 1

One of the questions I get a lot is “What’s your writing process like?” so I thought today, since I’m currently in the midst of working on a new manuscript, that I would give you a glimpse into how I work. If you haven’t discovered your own writing process yet (and believe me, this process has been honed over many