Category Archives: Computing and Networking

Computers, the Internet, Social Media, etc.

Scrivener Awesomeness

I have been playing around with a new writing tool. And I think it’s awesome. Now having written a novel, several short stories, and being in the middle of two more novels, I have figured out that I am not … Continue reading

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The Open Author and The New Media Prize

I have two different publishing related websites I want to highlight today. 1. If you care about the future of publishing, this is a blog you need to follow. Marion Jensen is a published author (a.k.a. Matthew Buckley, “Chickens in the … Continue reading

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Guest Blog: So, you want to get social? by Marion Jensen

Just a note or two before I pass the baton to Marion . . . As I have been haunting the internet in the last two years I have come across some very fascinating people who are talented authors. One … Continue reading

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Branding – It Stinks But You’ve Gotta Do It

Recently, I have spent a fair amount of time reading about social media and promotion. Whereas social sites like Facebook and Twitter used to be the magical realms where only the brave, computer savvy individual would dare tread, more and … Continue reading

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Twitter feed from Blogger – Easy?

I looked everywhere for instructions on how to get an RSS feed FROM my blog, into a feed service to transfer and post onto twitter. I chose to use twitterfeed.com, and the setup was actually pretty easy. 1. Create an … Continue reading

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Twitter sometimes not so twitterific

This will be a short blog post. I thought I would be helpful to my friends out there who use twitter and want to keep their followers list clean. Clean as in toilet-scrubber-and-lysol-clean. I made the mistake at looking a … Continue reading

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Writing Tip – Word Repetitions

Today I am going to share something I have learned as a writer: frequent word repetitions can be the ugly wart on Nanny McPhee’s face. Have you seen the movie? I thought it was great fun. And the wart was … Continue reading

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New Website

Yep. I am official. Of course the website needs some tweaking, but it doesn’t look too bad for a first round attempt. Check it out: http://www.daronfraley.com Let me know what you think!

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Do you lurk?

If you lurk and want to keep lurking, that is fine. If you would rather follow the blog and let me know that you do, I added a Followers area in the left pane. Join up!

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IT Ninja

I am not feeling very well today. The doctor at the urgent care center said my blazing sore throat was not strep. The next day it turned into a nasty cold. Now it is into my chest, and everything hurts. … Continue reading

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