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Honorary Geekdom membership requires that you view the new Star Trek Into Darkness trailer. (Platinum-level membership requires you to view it at least twice.)
And although I haven't written much prose lately, I have been writing a good deal of code. Below is a screenshot of Magic Muse's current state of development. I have much more to do before I can switch to it as my primary writing workbench, but I am making progress.
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| The DotNet version of Magic Muse |
I'm still working on interface issues rather than the actual text editing and formatting functionality. After all, the structure must be constructed before running the wiring and plumbing.
I'm hoping to have it ready for some initial testing within a few months, should anyone be interested in test driving it.
So, what have you been doing lately?
Yup I'm doing A-Z for the first time. Thanks for the links Jeff.
ReplyDeleteThis will be my first time too, although I've not yet officially committed myself to it yet. ;-)
DeleteI've signed up to do the A-Z. I've never done it before, and I have to confess I'm beginning to wonder just what I've gotten myself into.
ReplyDeleteYeah, there is a bit of commitment to following through on it. I've written a few posts, but not scheduled anything yet. Hope you have fun with it.
DeleteLike to know more about Magic Muse.
ReplyDeleteMy fourth year for the Challenge and my posts are all written!
Sounds like someone has planned ahead! I'll probably put a post together about the new Magic Muse version before too long.
DeleteIf you are interested in finding out just how dummy...err, I mean, user friendly Magic Muse is, then I'm your dragon.
ReplyDeleteAnd if during your surfing you happen to find a site where genres are explained in detail along with its requirements, by all means poke me. You would be doing a great service to the dragons.
A challenge? And Sir Jeff will do his best to rise and meet said challenge. :) I'll see what I can find!
DeleteBlah, whole family is sick so we haven't been doing much lately. I'm hoping to get back into work this week.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like everyone I know is sick or was sick. Not sure how I got lucky and dodged it this year, but I'm not complaining. I hope you and the family find yourselves 100% very soon!
DeleteI really loved the article about lyrics. So much advice online says not to use them, yet I still see them pop up in countless books, so it was nice to get a thorough, behind-the-scenes look as to why people caution against using 'em!
ReplyDeleteThankfully, writing epic fantasy, that's one worry I don't have. :)
DeleteThe Star Trek trailer is AWESOME. Cumberbatch is going to steal this movie.
ReplyDeleteI am *SO* looking forward to it!
DeleteAhh, yes. A to Z time. It is such a blessing and a curse. It is a great way to both discover great bloggers and be discovered yourself. But, it is also a lot of work! Especially if you are not accustomed to being a daily blogger.(I'm more like a once or twice a week blogger)
ReplyDeleteI am glad to see so many newbies will be participating this year. I may just end up regretting my decision to enter both of my blogs this year. See you in the blogosphere.
I'm more of a once or twice per week blogger myself, so I can definitely relate. The biggest challenge is getting around to visit all the participants. Caffeine, here I come! :)
DeleteI am the cave-dwelling hermit living in the canyon over yonder. Or I was, until I heard about this from Misha.
ReplyDeleteLOL! It's an ambitious undertaking for many of us, no doubt about it. It'll be a whirlwind for a month straight.
DeleteGood program writing takes time to envision, design, write and work out the bugs. Maybe as much as writing a novel :)
ReplyDeleteSo very alike, they are. I suppose craft is craft. I just try to envision what I want and then try to find a way to make it flexible and intuitive enough to be fun to use. Wish me luck! ;-)
DeleteAh A-Z. I so want to participate, but I've not even thought of what to write about yet. If I can pull somethung together before the start, I might, just might have a chance to do this. Maybe I'll see you in the madness!
ReplyDeleteI'll be keeping my eye out for you!
DeleteWow. I never knew that about song titles. I will make note of it. I'm impressed with your muse page. And to think I couldn't even change my time stamp without help ;)
ReplyDeleteWe get by with a little help from our friends. And now I've got that tune running around in my head! LOL
DeleteJust sold my book, let some agents know that I did... ;-)
ReplyDeleteBig whopper congrats on the book deal, Misha! Splitting it in two though? You're braver than I am.
Deletelooks like a storylines board. are you using cafewriter?good luck with your edits!
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I had to do a Google search to find the Writer's Cafe software, which is what I think you referred to here. It looks neat. I may have to download a trial version of it. But no, Magic Muse was something I wrote many years ago in VB6 and am now starting to update and expand. Although the concept of what they call "StoryLines" is at the heart of my software, the ability to write in a modular fashion and "assemble" everything afterwards.
DeleteI just started a second blog: Victorian Scribbles. ( http://victorianscribbles.blogspot.com/) Stop by some time if you are interested in the Victorian Era. Meanwhile, it sounds like you are quite busy with the A-Z challenge. I've never participated, because I don't think I could keep up the pace. I'll be checking back to see your posts.
ReplyDeleteStop by, I shall! I love almost everything related to history.
DeleteI toyed with the idea of participating in A-to-Z, decided against it, and was then persuaded by some friends to do it. I still have less than a dozen posts drafted, but hope to make some progress over the next few days. I suppose I should get around to actually signing up on the linky. ;-)