For a writer, at least this one, my main tool is my computer and word processing program. I’ve written all my books up until this point on Microsoft Word. When I got my iMac a little over a year ago, I got Microsoft Office and kept right on writing. I was able to get a great price on it as a teacher– one of those few perks.
Since I bought my macbook (and I’ve already written two chapter using it), I tried to get Office at the same price and found out they would only let me have one. I looked into getting Office 365. With it, I would get new versions of Word, and be able to use the new Office for iPad and iPhone. At $100 bucks, I could install it on up to 5 computers– so my son and wife could use it too. Neither of them are really interested. Plus, I found out that I would not get a new version of Office, but the same old Office 2011 that I already have on my desktop.
So, I decided to go with Pages, Apples Word alternative. I already have it on both computers and both my iPad and iPhone. It automatically saves to the cloud so I can switch between them. I can even use Pages for iCloud if I’m on a PC. Of course, it’s different, so it’s taking me a bit to get used to it. I also need a .doc file to convert to ebook, but Pages does that.
I guess I am now officially converted to an Apple Fan-boy, since I have the entire line of iProducts and am using the software too. The proof will be in the pudding though. Can I get an entire book written using these new tools. I think I can.
City of Amathar 
Have you checked out scrivener? It’s for Windows and Mac. Very cool program to help writers. Keep up the great writing!
http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.php
Hi,
Thanks for the comment. I have actually just been trying out Scrivener. It seems like a really great program, but I don’t think it’s for me. Learning a new program is one thing, but learning a different way to write is just too much. I don’t write in chunks. Once or twice, I have written an element out of order and worked my way up to it, but I don’t usually do that. I write from beginning to end. So, a traditional word processor just works better for me. I could use Scrivener for research, but I already have OneNote to do the same thing and I don’t have to learn it.