Scrivener is well known for its security and resilience against crashes; using back-ups on close and auto save on pause to prevent technology related lost data. Yet there is one glaring problem that, at the moment, Scrivener is unable to protect against: Human incompetence and mental glitches. My pr...

The most important spec on a laptop for writers is the keyboard. It’s got to be a pleasure to type on for hours. For me, that rules out any current Apple laptop, but you might like the (new?) low-travel keys they’re using. Make sure you try one in store before you commit! The second most important s...

That’s fi... wait... they’ve had genres ?!? :shock: 1 - R 2.6 S 1.1 E (by author) 2 - R 2.3.4 S 1.2 E (by author) 3 - R 1.2.1962/2013 S 2.1 E (by author) 4 - R 1.1.2014 S 2.3 E (by author) 5 - R 1.2.1867/2015 S 2.1 E (by author) 6 - R 2.5.3 S 3.4 E (by author) 7 - R 1.1.2017 S 1.2 E (by author) 8 -...

A different but somewhat related question, then...

What do people think about revisiting genres?

nom wrote:Correlation* is not causation.

As proved by one of my favourite websites: Spurious Correlations

Some interesting views here. Thanks everyone who has chipped in; I understand and appreciate both points of view. I’ll leave this thread here for others to add their opinions and suggestions, although for the moment at least there doesn’t seem to be a significant enough body of “yay”s to warrant a r...

I am slightly better today. I have moved through disgust and disgrunt, and am settling quietly into disappointment.

KB wrote:A year later and still bitter, eh?

Bitterness doesn’t fade. Time just makes it thicker until its concentration gives it a sweetness you want to apply to everything.

No, wait... I’m thinking of balsamic vinegar.

Outraged, I tell you!

Having worked on scripts that were never allowed to leave the studio’s premises, that were under armed guard at all times, and where all personal devices were prohibited to ensure there was a super-secure air-gap, I’m very surprised he was allowed to walk around with the MBA at all. My guess is tha...

I missed the early NiaDs. Will you be re-running those at any point? There are no plans to at the moment, but if there is sufficient interest in repeating some of the earlier events then we'll consider it. Of course, they'd look and feel quite different to a typical NiaD as at least some people wou...

per my calendar it is time for the daily... WHEN IS THE NEXT NIAD!!??!?!?!?!?!? Unfortunately, one person who is super keen isn't as persuasive as a lot of people who are just about keen enough. By my calculations, there are 98,304 ways to read Auld Lang Syne . Okay, let's see... #1 the regular way...

Why do we need to preface "aliens" with "space"? Seems redundant. To make it clear you're talking about definition 4 and not the others. alien.jpg Yes. And I promise to IGNORE all precedent as I insert pirates, dolphins and space aliens. Soooo tempted to just lock the thread at ...

What do people think about this?
Would people want to 'catch-up' if we were to schedule a couple of the really early NiaDs as re-runs?
Would those that took part first time round have another go?