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Eucalyptus trees were imported to California in the 1850s after Australian gold miners sung their praises as a fast growing, super strong building material. Unfortunately, while the trees do grow quickly, the wood is not viable commercially until … [Continue reading] about Eucalyptus
This post was inspired (and informed) by Brian Schwartz at ReviewerPerks.com. He noticed that the link I was sending out to friends and family, encouraging them to pre-order my book, included a QID#, and that any reviews that were posted with this … [Continue reading] about Your Amazon QID#
In honor of NaNoWriMo I thought I'd share four NaNoWriMo Scrivener tips that have been super helpful to me in the past when trying to write 50,000 words in a month. Because this challenge is not for lightweights, and anything that makes it a little … [Continue reading] about Four NaNoWriMo Scrivener Tips
California’s central valley once contained more than four million acres of wetlands, where water from the mountains meandered its way toward the ocean, providing vital habitat for fish, birds and terrestrial animals alike. Gradually California’s … [Continue reading] about California Wetlands
For anyone who maybe doesn't know about NaNoWriMo, it stands for National Novel Writing Month. It happens every November. The challenge is to write 50,000 words in 30 days. As with anything in this crazy world, it has rabid supporters and adamant … [Continue reading] about To NaNo or Not To NaNo…
Today I want to explore some of the other things we can do in the program's Research folder. Find Your Research File Pretty easy, this one. It's right here, in your binder. To add things to this file you can go to File -> Import, or … [Continue reading] about Scrivener’s Research Folder
Northern California in the 1850s had a booming human population and very few dairy cows. Butter and cheese had to be shipped from Boston and New York at great expense. Inspired by the high prices, a few enterprising farmers imported dairy cows and … [Continue reading] about California Cheese