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App Review: Tomato Typewriter

Posted on June 12, 2021 Leave a Comment

If you’re the sort of writer who enjoys writing on your Android tablet or smartphone but need the threat of a deadline to get you going, Tomato Typewriter by Zest Works might just be the app for you.

What’s On Your Writer’s Utility Belt?

Posted on June 8, 2021 Leave a Comment

Just like Batman has a utility belt which is loaded with all deus ex machina gadgets he needs to help him save the day, so we writers all have our (figurative) utility belts loaded with all the tools we rely on to help us whenever we sit down to write…. Don’t we? 😶

App Review: Character Story Planner 2

Posted on June 4, 2021 Leave a Comment

Everyone and their granny seems to have produced an app to help writers draft or plan their stories, most of which I personally don’t find very helpful. Nevertheless there are a few diamonds in the rough to be found and today I want to tell you all about another one I recently discovered: Character Story Planner 2 for Android by Ifantasia.

App Review: Storywriter

Posted on April 25, 2021 Leave a Comment

I, too, despair of the hope of ever finding such an app. It was in this context that I downloaded Storywriter by Raindrop for Android but the question is: did it deliver?

App Review: Text Adventure

Posted on April 18, 2021 Leave a Comment

If you long for the glory days of graphics-free interactive stories then let me introduce you to Text Fiction by Onyxbits.

Want to Add Handwritten Notes to your Scrivener Project? Try Notebloc.

Posted on March 22, 2021 Leave a Comment

Let me introduce you to Notebloc for Android and iPhone. This handy little app not only uses your smartphone’s camera to capture images, but it also automatically adjusts the colour and angle of your image(s) before easily exporting them as jpg or pdf files, making adding your handwritten notes to Scrivener a breeze.

10 Reasons Why I Still Love Scrivener

Posted on October 18, 2020 Leave a Comment

Occasionally I’ll look around to see what else is out there (mainly so I can review it here!) but I always come back to Scrivener for any writing project that matters to me. Here’s why.

Throwback Thursday: Using Google Docs for Writing Fiction

Posted on August 6, 2020 Leave a Comment

Seeing no alternative… I swallowed my pride and began writing my first draft on Google Docs, starting with the browser version.

Throwback Thursday: Using Notebloc to Add Handwritten Notes to Scrivener

Posted on February 20, 2020 Leave a Comment

Let me introduce you to Notebloc for Android and iPhone. This handy little app not only uses your smartphone’s camera to capture images, but it also automatically adjusts the colour and angle of your image(s) before easily exporting them as jpg or pdf files, making adding your handwritten notes to Scrivener a breeze.