Scrivener for Windows!

Remember ages ago when I extolled the virtues of my favorite writing software -- Scrivener? In brief: It's the Mac-based program that kept my brains from exploding while I juggled four narrators during the two years it took me to write The Lost Crown. I would never write a book without it ever again.

Scrivener is now available in a Windows beta version -- free! If you're willing to put up with some bugs, PC users can play with the program for nothing before the official version goes on sale next spring. Also, according to the Scrivener website:

Anyone who participates in NaNoWriMo this year and achieves their 50,000 words (and has them validated) will get a 50% discount coupon which they will be able to use when Scrivener for Windows is released next year."

Learn how it works from Scrivener's fast-talking designer:

Get it. Try it. Love it.

(Ahem. My Blogger template is a bit narrow. You might want to watch the Scrivener video directly on the official site to see the full width.)

Author-nerdery at its finest

There may still be 8 months to wait for The Lost Crown, but look what I can do with my brand new dust jacket and a great big book* from my own shelves in the meantime:

(*I've left a smidgen of a certain somebody else's great big book peeking out at the bottom. Bonus points if you can ID it.)

The spine is GINORMOUS. And pearly. The little purple square is glossy-laminated, and the title is embossed on the front. Possibly this is crazy, but my favorite part might be the back: