Month: July 2017

  • Using Scrivener to track your characters and locations in every scene

    Using Scrivener to track your characters and locations in every scene

    The other day I received an email from a friend, who is also an author, asking me whether it is possible to track down the character appearances in every scene when using Scrivener. I thought I’d create a mini tutorial to share this with you. There is some software out there that lets you assign…

  • Rethinking software pricing

    Rethinking software pricing

    Software is often overpriced. We hardly realise this and fall victims of clever marketing plans where a premium account is essential to use extra features for most products. The thing is we take for granted that most software pricing is right. Let’s imagine the following scenario of a random product: we sign up for a…

  • How NOT to be disappointed with your summer holidays

    How NOT to be disappointed with your summer holidays

    I have to admit: I don’t like summer that much (reverse SAD, anyone?) but I always look forward to it. The reason is simple: long holidays! There is, however, one thing that creeps into the back of my mind. The high hopes, the great expectations, the emotional burden that surround this holiday season. If you…