New York Public Library - Free Online Images

Good news!

Starting today, the New York Public Library Digital Gallery will make available online 275,000 images, to be increased to 500,000 images over
the next few months, that can be used freely for personal purposes.

This project has been several years in the making and includes everything from illuminated manuscripts to historical maps to vintage photographs – an extraordinary treasury of our visual heritage.

See article in today's New York Times.

Stephen King - On Writing

Truth be told, I've stayed away from Stephen King's books and films because they're always so darned scary. But recently, my Belgian friend, singer/songwriter Hilde Sevens, put the book ON WRITING by Stephen King in my hand and suggested I check it out. She promised it wouldn't scare me.

You may have read it already (it's a few years old), but hey, good is still good. And it's such a a pleasant surprise from an author famous for his horror stories.

Much of what Stephen King advises writers is similar to what we, John Braheny and I, cover in our seminars, but Stephen King embeds the writing lessons in his personal growing-up experiences, some of which are very funny. So, now, I guess, I'm a fan. But I'll still watch his movies pulling a blanket up under my chin.

Here's an article from the book, Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully: in Ten Minutes by Stephen King.

Tools for Capturing Your Best Ideas

You know how, when you just wake up, or you're taking a shower, or just driving around ... you get a brilliant idea and wish you could just remember it long enough to write it down, or record it ...

Well, INNOVATION TOOLS provides us with a gaggle of great tools (from high-tech to cheapo) to nail 'em down.

You're probably already using one or more on this list, but if you have any others that work well for you, just enter them in "Comments' below this post. (Someone once told me they use a soap that writes on shower walls ... look for it in toy stores.)

Thanks again to Douglas E. Welch for this excellent site.

Enjoy!