Every writer has different tastes when it comes to the tools they use to write. Book authors, article writers, writers of non fiction, poets all want different things from their computer. I would like to share with you the software I use, and why.
First of all, I'm cheap. I like freeware. I like open source software. Why pay for something if you can get it for free.
Second, I like my tools simple. If I'm going to whittle a piece of wood, I prefer a simple single-bladed knife, not a multi-tool Swiss Army knife that is fussy to open and awkward...
Friday, June 20, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
The Missing Wooley Bugger - Part One
My Wooley Bugger was missing. It was Sunday afternoon, the first day of a week-long vacation, and I planned to drive up to Lime Creek for a couple of hours of fishing. But I loved that old Wooley Bugger, and it bothered me that it wasn't where it belonged, snug in my little aluminum fly box. I'd caught at least four dozen trout with that Wooley Bugger during the last year. Even if I didn't tie it on the line today, I wanted to bring it along. You know, kind of like a good luck charm. It seemed like a necessary component of my vacation, during which...
Friday, February 29, 2008
Welcome to Fiction Shorts
Need a blast of fiction? Grab a story he...