Tag Archives: Excel for Writers

Should Writers Use Excel – Part 3

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Jenny Hansen

For any of you who are just tuning in to Techie Tuesday here at More Cowbell, we’re doing a series on some of the features that are exciting for writers (and everybody else) in Microsoft Excel. There’s a certain amount … Continue reading →

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Should Writers Use Excel – Part 2

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Jenny Hansen

In yesterday’s post, we talked about using Microsoft Excel efficiently. You learned some fun finesse tools for moving around the program and laying out data. If you read the comments, you learned even more because there were some great questions … Continue reading →

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Should Writers Use Excel – Part 1

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Jenny Hansen

Should writers (or anyone else) use Microsoft Excel? In a word, YES! What sort of tasks might one do in that spooky financial-y program? Royalty statements, tax expense summaries, submission tracking, Agent/Editor querying… All of these are pretty important, and … Continue reading →