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Productivityist

I also love my original Zaggmate keyboard. read several blogs lately (one, two, three) that reference Byword. Recently I had to give up on my macbook and leave it home because I went to the usa, and I couldnt bring more than U$500 with me when I came back from there, stupid capitalism rules. Latest blog post: Except.

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Writer's Block - and One Trick to Beat It |

Men With Pens

I maximize those as much as I can, and when they strike, I get myself to a keyboard. I think it’s a good idea to step away from the keyboard and take a break. That way when you’re stuck you always have something to refer back to. Just remembering who I was. Matthew´s last blog. ALL of them.

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Why You Don't Need to Mimic Someone Else's Fame | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

It’s fun, but it’s not like I sit at my keyboard, occasionally throwing my arms into the air and squealing, “Wheeeeeee! Perhaps that’s why I drop in so many pop culture references… All kidding aside, showing “humanity&# on occasion is a great way to connect. “That’s what I want.” I’m writing!”

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Realistic Freelancing |

Men With Pens

Does your family refer to you as “the lump by the computer”? I am not a freelancer as such but I do work from home and I’ve training my boss and colleagues to stop arranging meetings after 4pm (still working on that one), I’ve been forcing myself to step away from the keyboard and to stop checking work emails after hours.

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The benefits of reading aloud | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Now, when I say ‘don’t write’, I don’t mean you should take a break or get away from the keyboard for a day. Not quite what you’re referring to here though James. I’m a pretty fast typist but it made me realise how unnatural it is to use a keyboard, or even a pen. Every single time.

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Creative Mind Cleaning | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

It would be much easier to keyboard it but I know it wouldn’t have the same effect as writing it by hand. I do feel much more comfortable with a keyboard than hand though. As for hand-writing versus keyboard, I too am much faster when using the latter, but for me, that’s not the point. I get hand cramps!

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Are You Interfering With Your Readers' Lives?

Men With Pens

No matter what the topic is, before you put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard, be sure that you have the qualifications to write about whatever you are about to share. Would you want references? Star Wars: The Clone Wars As an author, you have some responsibility for the potential effects your words might have on others.

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