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

Publishing’s Unsung Heroes: Copy Editors by Holly Robinson

And for those of you who are self-publishing books, some advice: if you have any extra funds, do yourselves a favor and hire a copy editor. Your books — and your reputation as a writer — will be better because of it. via Huff Post Books Yep.

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Free Books For Getting Into The Spirit Of The Season

Open Culture has kindly collected some of the scariest books available and made them available to you through their site. You’ve still got time to get in the mood by enjoying some Edgar Allan Poe or H. P. Lovecraft stories before Halloween.

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Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating this lawsuit is approximately 3,720 to 1.

Lucasfilm is attempting to block a trademark on one of Empire Brewery Co.’s, signature beers, “Strikes Bock.” The bock beer’s title when combined with the bar’s namesake makes for a pun on the 1980 “Star Wars” sequel (or fifth film in the series, depending on who you ask) “Empire Strikes Back.” via Lucasfilm disputes brewery’s… Continue reading Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating this lawsuit is approximately 3,720 to 1.

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No Logos — First Today, Then Tomorrow

I agree with Randy on this one: But I’ll be damned if you think that I’m going to pay top dollar to buy your stuff or to display the name of a celebrity or some corporate message on my body. via No Logos — First Today, Then Tomorrow

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U.S. elected officials don’t actually control the government

The ultimate problem is the pervasive political ignorance on the part of the American people. And indifference to the threat that is emerging from these concealed institutions. That is where the energy for reform has to come from: the American people. Not from government. Government is very much the problem here. The people have to… Continue reading U.S. elected officials don’t actually control the government

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