Check in: Tuesday 19th

[lilly_c]

Hope you're all having a good day writing or otherwise :)

I have some time before I need to leave for a job interview this afternoon so I'm going to be doing more editing and will be making a few notes for a one-shot to see how something I want to use in a much bigger fic is going to work.

Poll #12864

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I have

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Written
6 (66.7%)

Edited
2 (22.2%)

Researched
2 (22.2%)

Posted
0 (0.0%)

Sent to beta
1 (11.1%)

Dealt with life
3 (33.3%)

My progress is

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Great
1 (11.1%)

Okay
5 (55.6%)

Why are you even asking!
3 (33.3%)

Discussion topic: disability resources. I know we only had a resource sharing post a few weeks ago, but what about resources for disabled writers like screen readers, dictionary add-ons etc. If you have a disability, what programs do you use?

I have dyslexia and dyspraxia, and I use TextHelp with LibreOffice (after I customised all of the deafult settings), and The Sage external dictionary. TextHelp lets me change the programme screen to green (that colour makes reading a lot easier for me) and it autocorrects commonly misspelled words, homophones and confusables (example: there/their/they’re), lots of other things too, and there is a read-aloud feature that works with most programs and browsers but I had to turn it off because the voices irritated me. I also find that having The Sage is the same as keeping paperback copies of the OED and OET near my laptop because the definitions are as in-depth as the Oxford, and I do like the anagram feature it has because that's how I spell some words before I get it right :)

Writing Session GMT+2

[lea_hazel]

I am horribly behind on a dozen or so writing commitments and I need a good motivator. So, I'm starting a writing session in the usual bat channel (here's the post with the guidelines on how to join, I use IRC via Trillian and it's easy as pie).

Session starts 12:00 PM in GMT+2 (in about one hour) and I will probably be there most of the day, so do pop in. I'm also hoping some people will join who I don't normally meet due to timezone shenanigans. Oh, and here's a handy timezone converter if you need it. I may comment on this post throughout the day to let people know how the writing session is going.