I love my 2020 MacBook Air and have had very few issues with it, except that I couldn’t get it to work with Apple Pay. Transactions would fail, and it wasn’t clear why. For months I just lived with it and used alternate ways of paying for things. But man, I missed the convenience of […]
How-To
Getting the Razer Tartarus Pro keyboard to work with macOS Catalina and beyond
As I’ve written before, I use this weird keyboard which has helped greatly with my carpal tunnel issues. While this odd keyboard is great for normal typing, certain key combinations are unwieldy. So for the past decade I’ve used an external gaming keypad to the left of my keyboard with custom macros set up for […]
What is a #writesprint?
A #writesprint is a timed writing session. For a set period — often 60 minutes but sometimes shorter — you sit down and focus all your attention on writing. No checking Twitter. No Googling lyrics. No running to the kitchen for a snack. Just write. It doesn’t have to be screenwriting; you can #writesprint a […]
Professional Realism
Episode - 382
John welcomes Derek Haas (Chicago Fire, 3:10 to Yuma, 2 Fast 2 Furious) to talk about writing accurate portrayals of different jobs, and when to sacrifice reality for storytelling. They also share their time-management strategies in honor of those New Year resolutions to get writing done.