Random Locations by Continent
Hiveword's random place generator can now pick locations from an entire continent instead of one country at a time.
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61 postsTrack and Search Your Web Page Bookmarks
Hiveword Plus bookmarks let you attach web pages to characters, settings, and more, and search even indexes the text of the bookmarked pages.
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Filtering with Text Search
How Hiveword Plus lets you filter scenes, characters, notes, and every other list by words in their text, with examples.
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Head-to-Head Book Club
An alternative to traditional book clubs: two people read a set number of chapters a day and discuss as they go, keeping the book fresh and introverts comfortable.
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Short Stories Rule
An interview with Dennis Doty on why writing short stories is the fastest way to learn the craft and the better business bet compared with novels.
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Hiveword Redesign
A screenshot tour of the Hiveword application redesign: vertical story navigation, a cleaner main section, a metadata panel, and mobile support.
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Higher Gear
A mountain biking lesson on why shifting one gear harder, on the trail or in life, is how you actually get stronger.
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Right Now, Now, Now
A short prose poem from the bike trail about climbing a long hill one pedal stroke, one now, at a time.
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"My Types" Menu Improvements
Usability tweaks to the My Types menu: type counts, sorting, scrolling, a quick link to manage types, and inline add, list, and sort icons.
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Custom Field Descriptions
How to show or hide custom field and category descriptions on edit pages, plus ideas for using text-only categories as intros, checklists, and more.
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Show/Hide Factory Fields
Hiveword Plus users who replace the default fields with custom ones can now hide the factory fields with a toggle that is remembered across sessions.
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