AutoCrit is an online manuscript editing platform which can help you tighten up your work before you send it out to an editor. It flushes out many of the common issues, helping you create stronger prose and tighter storylines. AutoCrit reviews your work according to genre-specific templates, and can compare it to powerhouses in your genre (in paid versions) as well. 

If you are curious, click the link and read more about AutoCrit on their homepage. There is a free-forever version, and I have found they offer specials to their community quite often.

ProWritingAid is also an online manuscript editing program with add-ons for Google Docs, MS Word, and Google Chrome. It features over 20 different tools to scan your manuscript with for more engaging prose, better grammar, eliminating crutch words, and plaigerism (Pro version). The reports generated are easy to interpret and super helpful. 

Give it a free try today by clicking the button below!

And if you like it, I can offer you a link for 20% off Pro membership! Just click this link! 

https://prowritingaid.com/en/App/Purchase?afid=8897&vc=G3LQDHHPTW  (copy and paste for 20% off Pro)

Ionos is the building/hosting service that powers this website. I am very happy with Ionos as a service provider. The first year was very inexpensive for hosting, and the annual price thereafter is very reasonable. 

     Ionos is very comprehensive in what they offer, do some comparisons between them and other providers you may be investigating. What sold me was the inclusion of email addresses at no cost. I have also found the website editor tool intuituve and easy to use- drag and drop with loads of widgets to choose from. 

      You can click the button below to check Ionos out and get a 30-day free trial. If you are curious about any of Ionos' other services, let me know, I'm happy to help! 

Canva is a blogger's and writer's best friend! Anytime you need a graphic of your content, go to Canva. Templates exist for most anything you want to put in print, and they are adding more every day. A free photo library is part of Canva, but you can import your own media as well to work with. The world is your palette with Canva!

      If you use this link below to create a design on Canva, you and I will both get a Premium Credit for one premium item free! I can't say enough about Canva, honestly, it is so much fun to use and so incredibly easy to learn. Join the Canva party!

WordPress could be the most popular blog hosting site on the planet. My own blog for Quill & Orb Press, The Sun, a Book, and a Dog  resides with WordPress. It's popularity means developers are constantly adding integrations and plug-ins to use with so many tools available today, and other platforms work hard to integrate with WordPress. If you are interested in starting a blog, use this referral link to sign up and don't hesitate to ask any questions, I'd be glad to help get you started!

I am a recent introductee to Trello, but I am so in love with it! Trello is a workplace platform to organize and share task lists, collaborations, basically anything you could put into list format can be done on Trello. I have even used it to map out books for developmental editing and while writing my own book as a who's who reference. It is super easy to use and very visual, I have seen my productivity go up since I started using it. Use this referral link to sign up and try it out. I know you will love it too!

MailerLite is a email marketing host, one of the biggest ones out there. I really like the interface, it is extremely user-friendly and if you spend a few minutes in it, you find everything is customizable. There are many tutorials availabe for any questions, within the MailerLite platform and on YouTube. It has a generous subscriber ceiling for the free version (which is what I use), making it perfect if you are just starting out. Take a look and see if MailerLite fits your mailing list requirements. This link will get you a $20 credit, it's worth a try! 

Instagram is arguably the most popular social media platform, driving the trend for picture posts and now video sharing as well. I was having a difficult time formatting pics to IG standards, and so was reluctant to make the important IG posts for my business. A fellow author friend recommended Later.com for scheduling posts—it has been a godsend! 

Later.com is super easy to upload media to, I take photos on my phone, upload them through the app, then construct and schedule them on my desktop at a later time. It couldn't be easier! They also include a photo editor that crops my photos into IG ready sizes—finally! I haven't had any rejections since I started using Later.com. It truly is easy to make posts with, and my time spent scheduling has decreased markedly. 

This referral link will get you and I both 10 more posts per month free. Click the button and sign up for Later.com! 

Tailor-made for long writing projects, Scrivener provides everything need to craft your first draft. Used by best-selling novelists, screenwriters, lawyers, students, journalists and more, Scrivener brings together tools familiar to writers everywhere in new and exciting ways.

Grow Your Manuscript Your Way:

At Scrivener’s heart is a simple but powerful ring-binder metaphor that allows you to write, research and arrange long documents by breaking them into smaller sections. Each section is integrated into a project outline, meaning that you can step back and work with an overview, and restructuring is as easy as drag and drop. Your research is always within reach, because Scrivener allows you to import almost any kind of file and view it right alongside whatever you’re writing. Scrivener is fundamentally about

getting words onto the page, though, so its familiar editor and formatting features ensure that writers feel right at home. And when you’re ready to share your work, you can export to Word or create beautiful-looking ebooks and PDF files.

For a full overview of Scrivener’s features, use the referral link below to visit the product page. Happy Writing!~

Joined-Up Thinking:

scapple: to work or shape roughly, without smoothing to a finish.

—The Chambers Dictionary

If you have ever scribbled ideas onto a piece of paper and drawn lines between related thoughts, then you already know what Scapple does. It’s a virtual sheet of paper that lets you make notes anywhere on the page and connect them using lines and arrows.

You can move notes around and customise their appearance using colours and borders. Connecting notes is as easy as dragging one note onto another. Scapple is an incredibly simple but powerful way of shaping your ideas.

I use Scapple to outline scenes in a diagram-fashion, the visual nature gives me a great sense of where the story is going. And it integrates easily with Scrivener, as they are products of the same company! You can't go wrong! 

Use the Scapple referral link here and take advantage of the free 30- days-of-use trial or to buy. Happy Outlining!~

Grammarly's Grammar Check feature: comprehensive, automated grammar editing tool that checks for 250+ types of common and advanced English grammar rules. Widely used by students of all levels, business professionals, writers/editors, teachers/educators, job seekers, and English language learners.

I have Grammarly running on my devices and when I'm writing emails, correspondences, posts, and everyday compositions. I like the immediacy of the recognition that something may be amiss, because my fingers aren't near as accurate (or fast) as my brain! 

During COVID homeschooling, my nephew found Grammarly extremely helpful for checking the 7th grade English language arts classes I assisted him with. Use the referral link below to get Grammarly and keep on top of those typos and possessives before you hit send!

I am member of NAIWE! This is a open, supportive, group aimed at promoting and upholding independent writers and editors. If you fit the description, take a look at what they offer and their generous member benefits. Some of the product discounts alone are worth the membership price! Also included is a blog website to do with as you like. I haven't set up mine yet, but I plan to. Check out these member perks:

BENEFITS OF JOINING NAIWE!

View how NAIWE membership can help you in building a serious professional writing career.

Networking & Connections:

NAIWE members are listed in NAIWE’s searchable database. We invite you to be a featured Member of the Month on the NAIWE podcast and blog and in the monthly newsletter.

Professional Development:

We provide opportunities to develop your marketing skills so you can create the kind of writing or editing career you really want, plus we offer assistance as you meet professional challenges.

Support & Marketing:

Members receive tools to help them grow, and NAIWE will support and supplement their marketing efforts by collective marketing of the association.

Use my unique member referral link below to join me at NAIWE!