Is Click Here the Best Text to Make You Click Here?
Thursday, October 4th, 2007 Posted in Behold, the Internet, Writing | No Comments »You've got to be kidding me. A pro copywriter is arguing that 'click here' is the best text to use to tell someone to, well, click here. For years I've been avoiding the inane 'click here' like the plague because it's ...
Editing My Novel
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 Posted in Writing | No Comments »A few days ago I dusted off my latest novel, Turn Left at the Blacktop, and started editing it. I haven't touched it since finishing it for last year's National Novel Writing Month, but I thought it was time to ...
How Many Spaces After a Period?
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007 Posted in Writing | 7 Comments »It's been an issue of great debate in both my professional and personal life: how many spaces should you put after a period? Some people prefer two spaces, some prefer one. You can read all sorts of background and history and ...
How to Write for the Web
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 Posted in Behold, the Internet, Writing | 2 Comments »A client asked me if I had any tips for writing online, and I salivated at the prospect. I'm just full of brilliant ideas. So I dove into my meticulously organized file of links and articles to find a collection ...
Making Better Web Sites
Thursday, March 15th, 2007 Posted in Behold, the Internet, Writing | No Comments »My favorite usability hero, Jakob Nielsen, has some new results from eye-tracking technology that can help you improve your web site. OK, the results aren't that earth-shattering (except for the bit near the end about men checking out George Brett's ...
Jason Kottke on Design, Writing, Blogging
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007 Posted in Behold, the Internet, Blogging, Writing | No Comments »Movable Type (the blog software I use) is plugging a series of interviews with high-profile bloggers who use their product and the interview with Jason Kottke is worth a read. I've followed Kottke's blog for a while and enjoy the ...
The Nervous Noodle
Saturday, December 2nd, 2006 Posted in Writing | 2 Comments »While working on my novel in November I heard from an old friend I haven't talked to since 3rd grade (that's 1988 if anyone's keeping score). The friend contacted me because he dug up an old story I wrote and ...
Addendum to Finishing the Novel
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006 Posted in Writing | No Comments »When I started writing my novel I gave up shaving for the month (takes too much time) and decided not to cut my hair (maybe a Samson thing? I don't know). I just realized now that I'm finished I can shave ...
The Novel is Complete
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006 Posted in Writing | 2 Comments »Well, it's finally done. I finished my second novel, Turn Left at the Blacktop, this evening, crossing the 50,000-word mark and writing a mere 200 words more and calling it good. Whew. I finished a day early, but it was a ...
NaNoWriMo Day 11
Saturday, November 11th, 2006 Posted in Writing | 1 Comment »So it's Saturday, around 5:30 p.m. Lexi is sleeping. Abby is sick and sleeping. Speak and Mazie are sleeping. The sun has gone down while I've been in front of the computer typing chapter 12 and my 1,667 words for ...
