Author: hmelton

For more years than I care to remember, I’ve been writing in manuscript format. With its wide margins and double-spacing, I’m quite comfortable with it. So when I found I had to convert that format into the book format that everyone else in the world uses, I have been suffering a learning curve. I’ve converted… Continue reading Book Format vs Manuscript Format

I wasn’t able to check my email when I stopped for lunch at the Taylor Dairy Queen. The reason this is worthy of comment is that this is the very first instance since I bought my iPhone three weeks ago that I haven’t been able to whip out my phone and check email or browse… Continue reading No Email in Dairy Queen

With the new Mac operating system upgrade, there’s a new voice, “Alex” which is very good at speaking arbitrary text. Under the voices preference, I was able to set a keystroke command to automatically speak any text I have selected. This gives me the opportunity to write a sentence or paragraph, and then immediately have… Continue reading Alex the Writing Assistant