Okay, since I got this new PC (new hotness turned out to be a POC…Asus—just don’t,) I’ve been plagued with black screens, crashes and freezing. Black screens while writing in Scrivener’s split screen mode have been particularly troublesome (no, this is not an excuse for the lengthy wait for SOL book two.) Because, much to…
Category: Tips and Tricks
Customizing Scrivener’s Outline mode
This quick tutorial will get you started on customizing Scrivener’s Outline Mode to better suit your needs. Below is the outline view of a basic novel template (I’d like to give credit where credit’s due, but I can’t recall where it came from and I didn’t see any signatures… Sorry Anonymous.) At first glance, the…
Buyer Beware! Lastest scam on Amazon
After years of loyal service, my trusty laptop has earned a well deserved retirement, so a few days ago I headed over to my favorite online superstore, Amazon… Since my Toshiba had served me so well, I figured that was a good place to start and I found some listings that made my miserly heart…
Another Immutable Writerly Rule
Treat the below items like the puss filled sebaceous cysts they are and excise them from your manuscript: Obvious/assumed actions and redundant informational phrases: Tricky Dick Mugillacutty picked up a slice of pizza in his hand, brought it to his mouth and took a bite. Unless gluttonous acts of pizza perversity are in…
Create your own Scrivener icons using Gimp tutorial
Those of you who’ve followed me for a while know I’m a big software fan-girl of Scrivener and Scrapple (both programs produced by Literature & Latte.) One of the great things about Scrivener is its file based approach. Instead of one huge document, it uses a series of document folders and files that can be…
Android’s Effing Insufficient Memory Error!
So a pet-peeve of mine is the fact that I can’t install apps to my SD card on my phone (Lg Tribute.) What’s the point of having SD capability if apps aren’t allowed to use it? Yeah, I could hack my phone, install a custom ROM… yada yada yada…. But I didn’t want to dammit,…
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