Bookcision: How This Margin-Scribbler Copes with Borrowed Books

Writing notes on borrowed library books has always resulted in a disjointed mess of paper slips and smartphone scribbles. Once the library loan ends, then POOF, all of your notes and highlights disappear into the aether! How can you stop this? Well, Bookcision helps a lot if you’re using the Kindle app. My history with note-taking I love borrowing paper books from friends and the library. But this gets problematic because I also LOVE scribbling notes in books....

April 10, 2015 · Loraine

Review: 750 Words

For my first review, I’m going to write about 750words, just because it’s been such a huge influence in my life for the past couple of months. It’s a free web service that allows you to type in 750 words per day, and keep track of your writing tendencies. For the first time ever, I’m writing on a continuous basis outside of school. I graduated back in December 2010 from college, and I had a very difficult time motivating myself to keep writing....

September 17, 2011 · Loraine

Review: OmmWriter Dāna II

Designed by creative agency over in Barcelona, the folks over at OmmWriter have really outdone themselves. They’ve created two amazing applications — Ommwriter and Ommwriter Dāna II. The first version is free and nearly identical to Dāna II (Mac and PC), so go check it out at <ommwriter.com>. This software basically throws you into an writing atmosphere of your choice, narrowing down all your focus to what’s being typed on the screen....

September 17, 2011 · Loraine