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58keys Live – Get on with your writing
Oh, you are fun: thanks to everyone who joined me in the chat box for this session – now it’s your turn to join me in the comments below. Remember, you can watch this live session anytime you like but it would help me gigantically if you can say below when you watch and in what time zone. I’ll now definitely be doing more live sessions but I want to pick a time that’s good for everyone.
Latest 58keys, a live one:
https://youtube.com/live/8Vhbitzqs1k?feature=share
More Mac tips for Writers
Get yourself more time to write by making your expensive Mac work harder for you.
LINKS:
Writer’s Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/gQTqTT
The Blank Screen: Productivity for Creative Writers: https://amzn.to/3RZhfAH
Previous 58keys Five Mac Tips for Writers: https://youtu.be/O-qTtFllYgY
New Macs for writers
The two new MacBook Pro models released this week are very good – but it’s the new Mac mini that is superb for writers.
LINKS:
Writer’s Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/gQTqTT
The Blank Screen: Productivity for Creative Writers: https://amzn.to/3RZhfAH
Previous 58keys Five Mac Tips for Writers: https://youtu.be/O-qTtFllYgY
Bloggers are from MarsEdit for Mac
You do not need a blogging app, but you’ll want this one and it is so good it’ll make you blog more. Recommending the new MarsEdit 5 for Mac.
LINKS:
Writer’s Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/gQTqTT
The Blank Screen: Productivity for Creative Writers: https://amzn.to/3RZhfAH
MarsEdit 5: https://redsweater.com/marsedit/
Self Distract blog: http://williamgallagher.com/selfdistract/
Update: Reading on the Kindle Scribe’s great screen
You can’t beat that great Kindle Scribe screen for reading — except unfortunately you will want to.
LINKS:
Writer’s Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/gQTqTT
The Blank Screen: Productivity for Creative Writers: https://amzn.to/3RZhfAH
Kindle Scribe: https://amzn.to/3G7o3Z0
Previous 58keys episode about writing on Kindle Scribe: https://youtu.be/lc4xAxGRBOA
BOOKS FEATURED:
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang: https://amzn.to/3G6UqHf
Arms and the Women by Reginald Hill: https://amzn.to/3hCvtub
Plan your Writing 2023 using the new Freeform app
Let’s test run Apple’s new Freeform app by using it to plot out what we’re going to write next year. Note that it was in beta when this was recorded.
Join the Writer’s Mailing list too: http://eepurl.com/gQTqTT
LINKS:
Plan your Writing 2021 on 58keys: https://youtu.be/Pa-Y6Sr6DAc
Plan your Writing 2022 on 58keys: https://youtu.be/7Smd0B0KpPM
Apple for a mid-year review on 58keys: https://youtu.be/s-l46JgONLc
Apple’s Freeform: coming soon
MindNode: https://youtu.be/FIKTb4rpWwA
OmniOutliner: https://youtu.be/76K4J47TFV8
OmniFocus: https://youtu.be/-vlMCIvAlSU
Kindle Scribe is here and better than expected – ish
There’s no nice way to say this: I was wrong about the Kindle Scribe’s shortcomings for writers. But unfortunately, perhaps not quite wrong enough.
LINKS:
Writers’ Mailing List: http://eepurl.com/gQTqTT
Kindle Scribe: https://amzn.to/3Fn03jl
Previous 58keys from when Kindle Scribe was announced: https://youtu.be/yI0AJrnkHLU
The Blank Screen: for writers who need to get more done: https://amzn.to/3RZhfAH
How to join Mastodon
Not to encourage this terrible habit you have of going on social media instead of writing – clearly I mean you, not me, no, no – but here’s how to join Mastodon. New 58keys.
Join the Writer’s Mailing list too: http://eepurl.com/gQTqTT
LINKS:
Mastodon app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mastodon-for-iphone-and-ipad/id1571998974
Me on Mastodon: @wgallagher@home.social
Poet Jonathan Davidson on Mastodon: @JFDavidson1964@home.soci
Change technology to help your writing
Not to save you watching the new 58keys video, but it’s about how by just writing in a different app, maybe you can refresh your writing — and how you see it. New 58keys.