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novelWriter – A markdown-like editor for writing novels

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 05:11:20 +0000

A markdown-like text editor designed for writing novels and larger projects of many smaller plain text documents.

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novelWriter – A markdown-like editor for writing novels

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 05:11:20 +0000

A markdown-like text editor designed for writing novels and larger projects of many smaller plain text documents.

Tags: #editor #markdown #novels #python #software #writing

Coming next July

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:40:51 +0000

Tags: #charlesstross #novels #scifi

Roo'd by Joshua Klein - Free eBook

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:46:31 +0000

"Fed was 18 when Tony got roo'd. He'd been prepping for early college admission with late-night com-classes, goggled in and finger-cramped over nasty circa-2009 C++ code examples while longing to toss it in for time to scan some flashy Java virii. Tony had been gone from his life for at least a couple years, five years his senior and a failure, as far as their folks saw it. Bailing out of a prestigious single-course curriculum at MIT, the rumor was that he'd crashed and burned on Pakistani kraft; carefully engineered cold cells delivering a prolonged payload of top-flight methamphetamines directly to the spongy flanges of his right hemisphere."

Tags: #books #cyberpunk #epub #novels #rood #scifi

Essay - What to Write Next - Picking a Genre for Your Next Novel - NYTimes.com

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:35:04 +0000

"I recently published a novel, and now it’s time to get back to work. If you’re anything like me, figuring out what to write next can be a real hassle. A flashy and experimental brain-bender, or a pointillist examination of the dissolution of a typical American family? Generation-spanning door-stopper or claustrophobic psychological sketch? Buncha novellas with a minor character in common? To make things easier, I modified my dartboard a few years ago. Now, when I’m overwhelmed by the untold stories out there, I head down to the basement, throw a dart and see where it lands. Try it for yourself!"

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Charlie's Diary: On finishing

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:38:52 +0000

"I'm feeling pretty weird right now; I've just finished a novel."

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Charlie's Diary: Bang, Bucks, and Delivery in Recompense

Sat, 10 May 2008 17:55:29 +0000

"If your novel is six times as long as normal, it needs to deliver six times as loud a climax."

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Rick Dakan - GEEK MAFIA -A novel of comics, games, and crime

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:52:19 +0000

"Fired from a job he hated at a company he loved, videogame designer Paul Reynolds is drowning his sorrows in late-morning margaritas when he meets an alluring, pink-haired conwoman named Chloe..."

Tags: #books #fiction #geek #novels

The Snowflake Method for Writing a Novel

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 21:03:11 +0000

"you start small, then build stuff up until it looks like a story."

Tags: #creativewriting #novels #writing