Get organized/Fiction, nonfiction, poetry

Thought for the Week: You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction. ~ George Horace Lorimer

ASANA is a web-based task/project management program that’s free for individuals or small groups. You can track who is to do what.

People you work with would also register with Asana and e-mail updates are automatically added to your project file. Because you would check your Asana inbox for task updates, you won’t get distracted by other e-mails.

While writers often work alone, Asana can help by coordinating volunteer activities or family chores. Each team gets a Workspace. Workspaces contain Projects, and Projects contain Tasks. In each Task, users can add Notes, Comments, Files, and Tags.

CRAZYHORSE welcomes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction/essay from September 1 to May 31. Pays $20 per page of layout up to $200 maximum.

 

Organization/Fantasy and Sci-Fi Contest

Writer’s Thought for the Week: Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life.  ~ Lawrence Kasdan

TWO WAYS TO ORGANIZE

Whether I’m researching for my nonfiction work or sorting out details for my “someday novel”, organizing and reorganizing notes and information can be tedious. I’ve yet to find the perfect answer, but here are two options I’m exploring. Both have versions for Windows and Mac.

Evernote is free software that lets you save notes, audio, images, and web clippings. It automatically synchronizes between your computers, iPad, phone, and the Web. You can even access your notes from your mobile phone as well as e-mail a note to a special address that you can retrieve on your computer. You can set up separate notebooks for different types of notes as well as assign multiple tags to individual notes.

Scrivener is a combination word processor and project management tool. You can outline, use virtual 3-by-5 cards, structure and restructure your work using the virtual “corkboard” feature, and more. It even has some scriptwriting features. Try it using the free download. If you like it, the Windows version is $40 and the Mac is $45.

How about you? Any tips on organization you’d like to share?

STONETHREAD FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION CONTEST
 

Deadline July 31, 2012
No entry fee.

Seeking fantasy and sociological science fiction short stories (1,500 to 15,000 words) to create an anthology in Ray Bradbury's honor. Previously unpublished fantasy or sociological SF only. You may enter as often as you wish, but each entry must be in a separate e-mail. All winning entries will be included in the StoneThread anthology.

Winners will receive a free copy of the anthology, plus 1st Place: $50; 2nd through 6th: $20; Honorable Mentions: $10.