Hi all, We've put up a new version of 1.9.8 which should fix the slowdown and freezing that some people are experiencing. Please clear your browser cache (or use a second browser), then download the new installer. You can install this over your existing installation or do a completely fresh install...

Eeks, have you tried the usual post-update troubleshooting stuff? ⋅  Download the current installer fresh and run it, overwiting the updater version. ⋅  Reboot the machine. I have not yet, and unfortunately time won't allow me to until this evening...work, family duties, and so ...

It's also happening to me since the update. Windows 7 Professional here. I also have Scrivener on my Windows 10 laptop but have not updated yet--and I'm not going to. It's really not such a huge problem...Scrivener launches, it just takes longer than Guild Wars 2 to do so now. I just boot it up and ...

If I have music while writing, it's going to have to be film soundtracks or classical music. Vocalizations tend to distract me or worse...find their way into whatever I'm writing.

I miss the good old days when NPR had music shows through the day, but thank goodness for online streaming.

right after breakfast,

danced the watusi

fresh corn meal

one open the

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How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy, & Science Fiction , edited by J. N. Williamson. It has chapters written by everyone from the aforementioned Mr. Card to Dean Koontz to Robert Bloch to Ray Bradbury. Their essays cover the whole of SF writing and its sister fields, providing guidance on all...

I see there is a thread for saying hello that seems a couple of years out of date, so I thought I'd make a new one. Tanith is my handle, and I have been a member of this forum for around a year, ever since I bought Scrivener. I just wanted to pop in and tell everyone how excited I am by the possibil...