Category: Tools
Promote Your Work on Amazon with Amazon Connect
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could stand in the bookstore next to your books and recommend them directly to anyone who stopped to take a look? You could answer questions, talk about how...
Words Count: Online Readability Analysis
You know your word count. But how do you know if your words count? Words Count is an online readability analyzer, offering you more information about your prose than you could possibly imagine. Cut...
Saturday Matinee: What Are Your Favorite Tools?
I’ve written about a lot of tools for writers, some that I love and use regularly and some that I just find interesting and want to share with others who might get some use...
WordPress Plugins for Writers: Part 5 – Just for Writers
So far in this series, I’ve talked about plugins that would be useful for just about any WordPress site. Today, I want to talk about a few plugins that are designed specifically for the...
WordPress Plugins for Writers: Part 4 – Site Maintenance
Like anything else technological, a website needs to be maintained and backed up. There is a lot that can go wrong with your website — hackers could get in and mess with your files,...
WordPress Plugins for Writers: Part 3 – Feeds and Comments
One of the keys to building a successful website is making it easy for your users to read and participate in your site. The two most important ways are built in to WordPress: all...
WordPress Plugins for Writers: Part 2 – Anti-Spam
The #1 hassle of running a website is the inevitable flood of spam that, if left unattended, will fill your posts’ comments sections. Most of these are obvious attempts to get either click-throughs (people...
WordPress Plugins for Writers: Part 1 – Introduction
One of the reasons I recommend WordPress as the backbone of your writing website is that it is very easy to extend what WP can do using plugins. Installing a WordPress plugin is easy...
Writing on a Palm Pilot
OK, they haven’t been called “Palm Pilots” for years, but I find it helpful to distinguish between the electronic device and the inside of the hand, so I say “Palm Pilot”. So sue me....
