Getting Ready For NaNoWriMo 2016 - Step 4: Nitty-Gritty Steps
Posted by robbneumann on Tuesday, 6 March 2018Here is where things get really nerdy!
As I mentioned in previous sections writing in Markdown is pretty easy and requires very little in the way of actual coding or additional work. You're free to just write the way you normally would using Markdown style codes to create the kind of formatting you need in whatever text editor suits you. The biggest exception to that is when dealing with chapter titles and creating a table of contents. These tasks go hand-in-hand, so I'm going to talk about them together.
Getting Ready For NaNoWriMo 2016 - Step 3: Hands-On Tools - Text Editors
Posted by robbneumann on Wednesday, 26 October 2016Okay, so we've already talked about why Plain Text files and Markdown is the way to go. I rambled on and on about the different gadgets I like to use when I'm writing. It's time to get into some specifics regarding the software I use, and if we're going to travel down that particular rabbit hole, we're going to have to talk about text editors.
Getting Ready For NaNoWriMo 2016 - New Project Prologue
Posted by robbneumann on Tuesday, 4 October 2016Getting Ready For NaNoWriMo 2016 - Step 2: Hardware Tools
Posted by robbneumann on Saturday, 17 September 2016Getting Ready For NaNoWriMo 2016 - Step 1: Plain Text and Markdown
Posted by robbneumann on Wednesday, 7 September 2016I skipped the idea part. That's usually born from a combination of insomnia, listening to far too many podcasts, and just paying attention to the people I pass on the street while going to and from work. So, we'll skip that and go straight to the writing process.
After years of fiddling with a variety of word processors, trying to find the perfect one that suits my needs, I eventually made the switch to writing in plain text using Markdown-style formatting. There are a couple of reasons for this:
Getting Ready For NaNoWriMo 2016
Posted by robbneumann on Saturday, 3 September 2016November is right around the corner and while it may seem a little early, I've already started jotting down some notes and making my initial plans for this year's NaNoWriMo.
Leech: Now Available Beyond Amazon!
Posted by robbneumann on Friday, 10 June 2016Chances are if you've found this website, it's because you picked up Leech on the Amazon Kindle store and decided to pay me a visit. If, however, you're new to this site (and me) and haven't read Leech yet, I wanted to let you know that it's now available on Nook, Kobo, and iBooks starting today.