Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips
I finally have a handwriting program on the iPad - WritePad from PhatWare. It works fine, but isn’t integrated into all the iPad apps.
Several months into the iPad and I finally have a handwriting program. I am using WritePad from PhatWare. It works just fine. I find that I can write by finger [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
Life is full of interesting things. All we have to do is notice them. To do so, I have learned to keep my “notice-er” engaged. I have also learned how to keep and use the noticed things.
At a recent public gather, a friend stood to give a five-minute speech. This five-minute speech occurs [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
Be wary when someone asks for “actionable fill-in-the-blank.”
I few years ago, I was working in a prestigious organization (just ask anyone who worked there, they would happily tell you that it was a prestigious place). A division there had an expiring charter and needed to update it. Several senior managers asked that the [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter - Mark Twain
About ten years ago I was working on a project where we were writing career descriptions. We were supposed to describe the steps a person would take to learn their job, train themselves, and do ever increasing work for [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
I’ve noticed a few phases of writing a book:

planning or outlining and researching
writing - the first time
rewriting - several times
I can’t look at this anymore, I am sick of it
a publisher accepts it
the book is published and I receive a copy
I cannot read any of it. If I do read, my reaction is, [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
It is a gift when someone else reads my writing and offers comments. I had to learn how to accept and use that gift.
I write a lot - more than most people. Sometimes, I am fortunate enough to have a few people read my writing before I submit it for publication. The [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
My printed book from FastPencil is in hand. It took about three weeks for FastPencil to transform a PDF file to a paperback book. It is 6″x9″ and 155 pages.
Lessons Learned:

10-point font is too small for my eyes
I chose a creme paper instead of white, I wish I had chosen white

I am happy [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
I hate doing something twice. That leads to disliking short tasks. Short tasks are easy to do all over a second time, especially when someone else decides that they want you to do it again.
This may not sound right, but I would much rather have a long, time-consuming task that one that is [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
Frenzied paralysis - so many things in my mind that I cannot do any of them. I make a list to clear my mind and move from paralysis to action.
I can’t think. Well, that’s not true. I guess the problem is that I am thinking too much. Well, that is not true, either. [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
I turn a book manuscript into a paperback book with little fuss and no setup fee.
A few years ago I published a book with iUniverse. I enjoyed that experience with in self publishing or publish on demand. The package with iUniverse cost me $200, and I sold enough books to cover that expense. [...]

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