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the week in tweets: 2012-08-20

admin — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:00:00 +0000

@johnemcintyre has a nice post up on what is and isn't a typo. My name comes up, but not as an example I'm glad to say!
http://t.co/ku8W8dDQ #
@AllyPeltier thanks! #

the week in tweets: 2012-08-06

admin — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:00:00 +0000

@nealstephenson asks #scifi writers to cheer up and stop being so pessimistic: http://t.co/uwCXQcit via @SmithsonianMag #

the week in tweets: 2012-07-23

admin — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:00:00 +0000

@ChandlerWrites shares his experience using Linux for copywriting: http://t.co/OfiQinAf #

the week in tweets: 2012-07-02

admin — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:00:00 +0000

Pleased to serve as MWA's Vice President for the 2012-14 board term. Looking forward to working with the new board: http://t.co/TdYBgRmu #
Interesting take from Future Fundraising Now: "Fundraising is not really about writing:" http://t.co/lcw8HN0W #
@thepacketrat does Good Reader work with #GoogleDocs #
@thepacketrat Oops I mean #GoogleDrive #
Riding out the #derecho here in Annapolis. Backyard looks like it got tossed by invisible giant vandal. Still have power. Hooray for BGE! #
Now we're starting to get some lightning on the back side of the storm here in Annapolis. Hope the power continues to hold! #derecho #
A useful analogy / reminder for us textbook writers: http://t.co/jXzwChPH #

the week in tweets: 2012-06-11

admin — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:00:00 +0000

@ryan_fulcher takes a look at the perils and promises of working offsite in this cloudy time: http://t.co/lqpahkg5 #

the week in tweets: 2012-05-28

admin — Mon, 28 May 2012 19:00:00 +0000

Thanks @ChandlerWrites for making my writing and organizational habits sound interesting! http://t.co/G280uGzp #

working writers profiles paul lagasse

admin — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:19:30 +0000

When Tom Chandler of The Writer Underground offered to profile me for his new series, “Working Writers,” at first I was honored and thrilled — and then I got nervous.

When was the last time I actually stopped to think about things like my workflow, my tools, my preferences? Or even the reasons why I chose them in the first place? I am a creature not so much of habit, but of efficiency; when something doesn’t work, I find something that does, and then I use it until it doesn’t, at which time I find something else that does. How do you make that process sound even remotely interesting?

In a sense, I am a fanatic about the tools I use. But in another sense, I’m not really. I don’t have to have the best, or the newest, or the most powerful. Instead, I look for the most reliable, the most dependable, the most well-designed. And then I work the hell out of it.

I’m a nut about efficient design. My tools are all like Charles Emerson Winchester III: they do one thing, they do it very well, and then they move on. I’m one of those people who takes it personally when a tool stops working.

And because of that, I don’t have a lot of new things to share. Everything I have to say about Rollabind, for example, I’ve already written on this blog. I still use the system every day and I rely on it as much as ever, but how many times can I say, “Yep, still usin’ it!” and still be interesting?

So I really thank Tom for the opportunity to sit and look at my systems and my processes, to see if the original logics still hold. Check out the interview here: “Working Writers: Paul Lagasse.”

Oh, and one thing has changed since the interview — I recently stopped using Path Finder. The search for alternatives was a very instructive lesson in workflow management. I will write about that here soon.

If I have anything interesting to say about it, that is.

the week in tweets: 2012-05-14

admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:00:00 +0000

@adcontrarian bait: use of social readers cratering, reports @CNET http://t.co/IViYHKzU http://t.co/LfDsSJ4j #

the week in tweets: 2012-04-23

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:00:00 +0000

@GalleyCat asks what bloggers should be called nowadays. Alas, if only we had a word that meant "a person who writes." http://t.co/44aMaz04 #

the week in tweets: 2012-04-02

admin — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:00:00 +0000

"Resisting Brandividualism Is Futile" on @FolioMag.com http://t.co/7GoSZCuZ <– is the Borg reference intentional? #
Text reflow coming to HTML? Can't get here soon enough! http://t.co/uTfLXWnq via @arstechnica #