My Love Affair With Framemaker

There is a significant segment of the population, even among writers, that has no idea about Adobe Framemaker. That’s a shame, since these people are really missing out on the unique blend of power, capability, and frustration that is provided by Framemaker.

To be fair, Framemaker isn’t a swiss army knife or a nuclear weapon. Rather, it [...]

Content Design vs. Content Creation

So I started this as a part of my ramblings on why the new WordPress might be hindering my blogging efforts. Like any good unplanned rant, it grew and grew until it was unwieldy and directionless, taking up paragraphs and paragraphs of content in an unrelated post, while at the same time, saying nothing.

So I did [...]

“Progress” Was Made

I’ve had a 50,000 word novel* hanging around a while. One of my editors got back to me with great feedback, and the other has been drafted into the armies of the damned, and they don’t have cell phones. I’m sure he’ll get back to me with edits on my draft just as soon as their [...]

Version Control Is Good For You

To put it simply, version control systems should be taught in every Professional & Technical Writing curriculum available. These systems, long the province of programmers, system admins, and guys who hang out in their mother’s basement but aren’t bloggers, have a variety of very useful tools for writers.

Now, to be fair, all of the features that [...]