Automatic writing

The term “automatic writing” is usually associated with a particular psychic phenomenon. However, software now exists that can take data, such as sports results, and generate reports from it.

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Tweeting, blogging and self-publishing ebooks

I attended a really useful seminar – well, two seminars – run by the Society of Authors. The morning session was on tweeting and blogging, and the afternoon one on ebook self-publishing.

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Something of interest 12/30/2011 (p.m.)

• The New York Times - history of word processing in literature

  Article about a forthcoming book, containing interesting snippets from the author's research.

  tags: ifttt delicious Writing wkh ictined

• A literary history of word processing

  Article about a forthcoming book, containing interesting snippets from the author's research.

  tags: Writing wkh ictined

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Books vs e-books

I came across an interesting post by Jeff Thomas, in which he refers to an Infographic by Newsweek, which compares printed books with electronic or e-books. (An infographic, by the way, is a graphical or otherwise succinct way of presenting a lot of information quickly. Newsweek’s books vs e-books graphic is one of the few easily readable ones I’ve come across, but that’s neither here nor there.)

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21st Century Writing

For anyone who thinks that writing with a computer is not that different from doing so with pen and paper, maybe this short video will change your mind – and put a smile on your face!

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