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One thing I've been contemplating recently is creating my own 'authoring software'. Right now I can't find anything that I like. I want something that's simple, effective, and efficient. The closest apps I've found are CopyWrite and Ulysses. Another possibility has been Mac-Journal, a journal/blog software app that could easily be used to write stories.

I'm thinking about merging the best of those apps into one that'll be an authors dream. On top of that, it'll be cross-platform enabled (Mac OS X, Mac Classic, Linux, and Windows 98+). The only downside to that is Mac Classic, Linux and Windows seriously lack the built-in features that Mac OS X has, such as spell-checking and text-to-speech. While solutions are available for those platform independently, they're not natively built-into the operating system itself.

Just wanted to let everyone know that. I've received a lot of e-mails asking about Fred & Jackie - NIS and when it'll be done. Honestly, I can't really say right now. Murphy and his damned law(s) have been unusually cruel to me lately. It seems like every time one thing is fixed (or almost fixed) another totally unrelated problem arises. It's starting to seem like a never-ending story (or theme of my life) really. As such, my time and will to write has been markedly decreased.

I reread Mike & Megan - NIS last night and saw some major flaws which I have to address ASAP. Having not read it for a while (well over 6 months) allowed me to 'clear my mind' so to speak and see what I should have all along. Hopefully I'll get to fixing that soon.

I want to send out a big thanks to Byron. He's one of the members of The Krew; the only one actively helping me right now. Part of that is my fault and the other part is everyone has things going on in their lives which are more important than the writing.