by Joel Friedlander | Sep 27, 2011 | Marketing, Self-Publishing, Writing
I first ran across the idea of a minimum viable product while listening to a podcast with blogger Chris Garrett. Chris tries to help people who have a problem getting a project finished and out the door, and he was explaining how people can try to find a minimum...
by Joel Friedlander | Aug 10, 2011 | Self-Publishing, Writing
By Austin Briggs Although I’ve never had occasion to use it, I’ve been hearing writers rave about Scrivener for some time. Intrigued, I’ve been asking around for someone to write up a review of this fascinating software for writers, and novelist...
by Joel Friedlander | Jul 19, 2011 | Interviews, Video, Writing
I had the great pleasure last week to interview Tom Evans @TheBookwright. Tom is an author and a bit of a renaissance man who also creates apps for iOs, consults with authors and has a background in engineering. But I think of Tom as an expert on creativity, and...
by Joel Friedlander | Jul 4, 2011 | Self-Publishing, Writing
As someone who writes and publishes constantly, the tools that I use are pretty important to me. I’ve written before about how the distraction-free writing enviroments that are embodied in some recent writing software really help me to focus and get a lot done...
by Joel Friedlander | Jun 8, 2011 | Book Design, Writing
Okay, I’m going to come clean and admit that I learned to type on a big, hulking pile of metal call a Remington typewriter. The keys on the typewriters in our 9th grade classroom had been covered with blank key caps. We were learning touch typing. It was...
by Joel Friedlander | Jun 6, 2011 | Self-Publishing, Writing
I had a daydream the other day. I was working on a mindmap. (Do you know what a mindmap is? Until quite recently I was woefully ignorant of this incredible organizing tool. More to come.) The title I had given the mindmap was “Simple Steps to Self-Publishing...
