The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #140367   Message #3225760
Posted By: Don Firth
19-Sep-11 - 05:09 PM
Thread Name: BS: Resources for writers & self-publishers
Subject: RE: BS: Resources for writers & self-publishers
I've been using DNS off and on for quite a while now—couple different versions (I always get it on the $99.00 special). When I first started using it, it required a lot of "training," and I found it really annoying in that I had to spend a lot of time proof-reading. But then I notice that, even with the proof-reading, I was cranking out about twice as much edited verbiage in the same amount of time. Then I started liking it much better. More recent versions need less, if any, training and are a real improvement over earlier versions.

I haven't been using it lately because my laptop rolled over and died a horrible death a few months ago, so I had to get a new one—64 bit, quad-core with memory 'til hell won't have it—with Windows 7. It turned out that extant versions of DNS were not compatible. But I just received the latest version which IS supposed to be compatible. Haven't loaded it yet, but—keep your fingers crossed!!

Don Firth