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Tools for Writers
AnthonyHJ:
My personal tool-kit would be Writer's Cafe and CeltX, doing the actual writing in Open Office. The former is cheap (about £20 last time I looked), but has a pretty feature-rich free version, while the latter is free and open-source, with some paid services available. Best of all, they are both multi-platform; you can install under Windows, MacOS or Linux and they work just as well.
The most important tool I use (ignoring OpenOffice) is probably Dropbox, a synchronisation service which is very useful for backing up data. I once lost the first 10,000 words of a novel to a hardware issue, so I always make sure I have my important files backed up safely these days. It also has the advantage of synchronising my half-finished stories on my Linux laptop with my Windows desktop PC, so I can write on either one without having to use a USB stick or try to send them over the network.
Mickey Finn:
Not a tool, but a resource example:
MickeydotFinn Michael A Finn
Ron Moore's original BSG Series Bible made available to download free http://io9.com/5743142/ Interesting for film students and fans
Mickey Finn:
Thought I'd toss these out...no idea how helpful they'd be, as I don't own them:
http://www.writersdigestshop.com/category/master-box-sets?et_mid=89829&rid=3113249
Mickey Finn:
Trboturtle pointed these out, looks interesting:
http://www.michaelastackpole.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2&zenid=d30c86aba96d9e5fe2742371d8513e8d
Snowleopard:
I have friends who do movie CGI work and they use Corbomite to remotely back up their files. (Very, very large files)
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