A couple users tell us how they use The Journal this month. Plus, I show how you can use your own background images in your entries and give some tips on creating background images. Finally, we have a new set of writing prompts.

In addition to new writing prompts, we have a couple of new tips, and Tracye Gano describes how she uses The Journal.

This month we bring you some more tips for using The Journal 4, and Susan has provided a new set of writing exercises.

This is the first newsletter since the release of The Journal 4 last month. The Journal 4 is a major new version of The Journal, so we’re giving some pointers to those of you who are upgrading from The Journal 3. Also, Susan provides a new set of writing exercises.

Happy Halloween! This month we have an article by Steve Pavlina, called “Journaling as a Problem Solving Tool”, and we also serve up an extra tip this month, in honor of “National Novel Writing Month” (November). And, of course, Susan serves up another collection of writing exercises.

Recently, I had a discussion with a user looking to preserve his father’s war journal in The Journal. That discussion provided the inspiration for this month’s tip: “Preserving the Memories – Bringing Pen-and-Paper Diaries into The Journal”. As always, Susan gives us a new set of writing exercises. Also, The Journal 3 has been updated this month. Look for what’s new/fixed in the “News” section.

We have a new set of writing exercises from Susan, and our tip this month is about resizing the calendar and entry tree.

A recent discussion on The Journal’s User Discussion List ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thejournal-users/ ) provided a number of interesting and innovative ways that people use The Journal. Excerpts from that discussion make up this month’s “How I Use The Journal”. We also have a new set of writing exercises, and a tip about using weekly and monthly categories.

Once again, we have a double serving of writing exercises. And our tip this month is about sorting your loose-leaf entries.

Our tip section this week describes how to set the background color of entries, while Susan gives us a new collection of writing exercises.