Which tool you use it for writing your reviews
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- MarkMueller
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Re: Which tool you use it for writing your reviews
- moderntimes
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But re. what I use, MS-Word of course. Tell me which other word processing software is accepted by professional publishers.
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@moderntimes why do you have a quote but no attribution? Really, what's up with that? On the upside, I learned a new word. I admit it. I did have to look up the word ineluctable.
- moderntimes
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Incidentally -- My P&J (pride and joy) book which I own? A true story.... some years ago I was dating this very nice gal -- we're still friends -- and she wanted to go to this estate sale one fine warm Saturday when I thought we could be more usefully spending the time drinking beer at the local Brit pub. But I relented and took her to the sale. She was looking at the furniture and I was just being polite, hanging around and spotted a big bookshelf with old books for sale from the estate. Naturally a started browsing, and saw this one book, and took it from the shelf "It can't be" I thought. But I saw the title and copyright page, and asked the guy running the sale, casually, "How much?" and he said, "Well, it's in very good condition. Twenty bucks." And friends, that $20 bill spun from my wallet so fast that the ink was left hanging in the air.
For twenty bucks, I'd just bought a FIRST edition of Ulysses. Haw! Gold was found!
Re. review notes, I review only printed books sent me by my editor. So I keep a bunch of little paper slip bookmarks in the book back cover and use them to mark places where I want to quote or otherwise reference. I do this while reading the book most likely in bed. Then the next time I get a chance, I type them into my laptop review notes, remove the marks for later use. Best I can do other than physically marking up the book, which I rarely do.
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- moderntimes
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I just finished a review of the new NYT #1 bestseller, Robert Crais' "The Promise" and my editor posted it yesterday on the website.
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If the book is hardcopy, and I'm taking notes (especially in non-fiction), I use a ton of post-it notes for my notes, and place them at the passage I'm referencing. If it's an eBook, I have found I *really* like the highlighting and note features of the Kindle. It saves me a lot of time when I'm ready to write.
As far as writing... most of the time, I either write the review in Google Docs or directly into the WordPress editor.
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Lol, me too! I'm blown away by the software options being discussed here. Kinda feel like I've been living under a rock, but I'm grateful for the information!HalcyonFlower wrote:I've been keeping it basic and using Microsoft Word, mostly out of ignorance of other programs. Good to know they exist for future reviews
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