Having said all that, the web technologies we've chosen to develop Write Again are Microsoft Silverlight and the .NET Framework. Previously, developing with Microsoft technologies meant that our Mac OSX friends had to sit on the bench while the Windows users scored all the runs. Well, since the introduction of Silverlight, it is possible to develop web applications with the .NET framework that run on both OSX and Windows systems (and Linux, although this is not natively supported by Silverlight).

The benefits of using Silverlight and .NET over our previous choice of technology (Java) are:

• They require less effort to develop with; hence we are able to develop and maintain Write Again in a much shorter timeframe.
• They are much more modern technologies then Java, capable of stunning feature rich user interfaces.
• Sliverlight is a web based technology, which means you can access Write Again anywhere in the world from your favourite web browser.
• Silverlight has an added feature called 'Out of Browser' mode, which allows you to install a copy of Write Again on your local computer so you can continue to use the application while disconnected from the Internet.

We understand that you can't wait to use Write Again, and we apologise for the delay in the release of the product. We see this change as essential to the long term success of Write Again, and we believe that this approach will bring a much better user experience to the many writers out there frustrated by the lack of a decent submission management solution.

Tom Dullemond & Lucas Martin

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Over the past months, however, we have found it to be quite painful to develop with and the applications it produces aren't exactly visually stunning. Now that technologies such as Silverlight have reached a stage where they present quite a rich platform to write web applications on, we believe it's worth reconsidering the technology we are using to develop Write Again.

Stay tuned for further updates this Sunday, January 17th!

Tom Dullemond & Lucas Martin

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As I mentioned in the last post, we lost half our team due to work priorities (they changed jobs and didn't have enough free time to commit to the project). In addition, just over two-and-a-half months ago, my (still young) mother suffered a tragic brain haemorrhage and ended up in hospital. Luckily, she's back on her feet and in rehabilitation now - a medical miracle considering she might never have woken up.

All this good news means I am finally able to focus back on this project. Poor Lucas has been carrying the weight of your expectations all this time, which means I owe him significant amounts of beer.  This is not a 'Good Thing™'.

We're clearing up the road map a little, to try to give you better feedback on the progress of this project, rather than just pushing deadlines out as we fail to meet them. Hopefully this will keep you all a little more comfortable as the days tick by.

I know it's been a long haul but we are definitely getting there!

Tom Dullemond

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Due to real life interference, James and Leon have had to focus most of their energy and time on external projects, meaning that Write Again has fallen behind schedule a little bit.

Lucas and myself are still hard at work - I'm doing user interface 'stuff' (always fun using the development language we've chosen) while he is tightening up the logic and libraries behind the scenes.

I've updated the Road Map to update our current estimates for staged completion... Sorry folks, but it will be worth the wait, I promise!

Tom Dullemond

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Everything seems to be moving smoothly, however - feedback on the new design has been universally positive so far. Of course, this could just mean that the people who can't stand it, hate it so much that they don't even bother to leave feedback. But that's ok, too.

Our Twitter channel and facebook group are slowly coming together, and we're meeting new and exciting people in the industry, which is great. Our RSS feed, which simply lists these posts, is now also available.

Tom Dullemond

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After several years of running around trying to organise ourselves, we've finally done it.  Write Again is back with a new development roadmap and a full team of dedicated software developers!

Write Again is returning, and this time we are committed to cross-platform support for what we hope to make the world's best Writing and Submission Management suite. We're taking on internet services and integration on platforms from Facebook through to the iPhone.

Please browse through our new site. We'll update with news items each week counting down our major milestones and sharing our various successes and failures with you.

As we're beginning again, please feel free to send us as much feedback as you like on our new site, with suggestions, complaints or compliments.

Tom Dullemond

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