by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 7, 2013 | Featured, Writing
Great bit of writing intelligence from one of my favorite radio writers, Nancy Updike. Save earlier drafts/make an OUTS page… As soon as I open a page to start a story, I open another page and label it ‘OUTS.’ Anything I cut from the story, I paste into the outs page....
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 17, 2013 | Featured, Reviews, Writing
My review of Jumpin’ Jackabee is now live on Macworld’s Web site. Jumpin’ Jackabee is a great little arcade game that feels like some old school games you may be familiar with but with really beautiful graphics and great gameplay. Fun for the whole...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 31, 2012 | Featured, Reviews, Writing
My review of Studiometry 10.0 is now up at Macworld.com. Studiometry is an excellent, versatile business and project management application that plays well with Oranged Software’s Accounted accounting application. It’s a great tool for taking care of your...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 20, 2012 | Featured, Writing
A great article in Slate bout Cormac McCarthy and what went on behind the scenes in the creation of Blood Meridian. Not from interviews with McCarthy, but distilled from the drafts of his work. There is a bit in this that mirrors the creative process highlighted in...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 20, 2012 | Featured, Writing
Great article and video in the Times about Jerry Seinfeld and the creative process. The video is worth the time, but this little bit sums much of it up. Continuous work and continuous reworking until everything is insanely great. Perhaps he’s the Steve Jobs of...
by Jeffery Battersby | Nov 15, 2012 | Commentary, Featured, Macworld, Writing
I did not have a moment in high school where someone discovered that the nerdy kid with the bowl haircut could, miraculously, throw a football accurately or hit home runs or reliably plant a jump shot from outside. The closest I came to any of that was when a bunch of...
