Random Names
What does it do?
The user is able to add random male, female, or surnames onto any text note, anytime.
Reason for this Feature
Nice to brainstorm names without consulting a book or other application.
How To Use It
Right-click and select Random Male Name or any of the other random name options. If the user does [...]

Dashboard
What does it do?
This is the first screen the user sees when they start YourOtherMind. It contains a summary of vital information, grouped into collapsible sections.
Activities Quick links to common activities such as writing a story, adding a market, or brainstorming
Journal A scrolling calendar where word count and other [...]

Screen Capture
What does it do?
StickIt pages allow the user to grab images (from the web, other applications, whatever) easily by either dragging them onto the StickIt page or by using the screen capturer.
Reason for this Feature
Some webpages use images in a manner that makes them unable to be “copied”. The screen capturer [...]

“Beach Head”, from On Spec #73, has been included in Ellen Datlow’s The Best of Horror anthology! I really enjoyed this creepy story and it was one of my favorites from On Spec in 2008.
Congrats!

Word Counting
What does it do?
There are several methods for extracting word count data from YourOtherMind.
YourOtherMind allows users to log their daily word count and in version 8.2 YourOtherMind will handle the heavy lifting for this feature by doing the math for the user!
Reason for this Feature
Many authors use word counts as a [...]

Bookmarks
What does it do?
Bookmarks allow the user to insert markers in a long body of text so they can easily jump around. They might create an introduction section, a rising action section, and so on, for a large body of text, such as a novel.
They are also great for adding to-do reminders, [...]

What does it do?
Runs a YourOtherMind page as a batch file.
Reason for this Feature
Batch files are useful text files that can be used to automate routine tasks, such as copying files or running other programs. However they can become scattered and forgotten.
But now they can be filed away in your digital notebook!
How To [...]

Submission Tracking
What does it do?
YourOtherMind includes an easy to use but powerful submission tracking system. It keeps track of where users have submitted stories or novels, how much it cost to send them, and when sales are made the user can track profit and rights.
Reason for this Feature
This is a core feature and [...]

Adding Notes
What does it do?
At its core YourOtherMind, the Writer’s Organizer, is about collecting ideas.
To that end there are a variety of ways to add pages, and many types of pages.
Reason for this Feature
Core feature for YourOtherMind.
How To Use It
There are three ways to add note pages:
1. Press the Add Page button [...]

Well after the release of version 8.1 of YourOtherMind the Writer’s Organizer I started using it as my exclusive writing tool. I have added basic spell-checking and grammar capabilities (and radically improved the find-text feature) to it and so far I’m pretty happy with it. There’s a long way to go and I still occasionally [...]