That sounds kind of nefarious, doesn't it? As though Trello is perhaps some mysterious, sexy Italian who you're teaming up with to cover up a murder. This is Taco, Trello's mascot. He's too cute to plot murders. Well, that might be part of your plot, but it's not what this post is about, I'm afraid. No, this is another in my series of Writing Tools for Authors, and Trello is another fantastically wonderful (free!) tool that I'm not sure how I ever managed without. Before I go

I'm planning to create a series of blog posts about some of the tools I use to make my writing life more productive. Some of them cost money, but I'm going to start off with the free ones. You may have already seen the post I wrote about using MindMeister to build a simple, visual character map. I'll make one about using MindMeister to create a simple plot for a short story or novella too, but today I want to talk about Swype. Swype is a free app for use with touchscreen mobi