The 16,000 lost words that kicked off Beat writing have been found

As for the quality of the letter, Kerouac described it this way: “It was the greatest piece of writing I ever saw, better’n anybody in America, or at least enough to make Melville, Twain, Dreiser, Wolfe, I dunno who, spin in their graves.” via Letter That Inspired Kerouac’s ‘On the Road’ Found – ABC News… Continue reading The 16,000 lost words that kicked off Beat writing have been found

Version control question from Twitter

Curious: Did you ever implement a writing/editing workflow using Git or Mercurial for version control? I haven’t done that. For my own writing, version control isn’t very important. Plus, if I do end up creating multiple versions and want to compare them, Kaleidoscope makes beautiful diffs. Some of my clients like using Draft, which provides… Continue reading Version control question from Twitter

I only keep one app in my Mac’s dock

Marked is a previewer for Markdown files. Use it with your favorite text editor and it updates every time you save. With robust features for previewing, reviewing and exporting beautiful documents, you can work in plain text while reveling in rich formatting. via Marked 2 – Smarter tools for smarter writers I hate clutter on… Continue reading I only keep one app in my Mac’s dock