Why so many writing tools, Robyn?

From time to time I get asked why I use so many different writing tools. That’s a Good Question™, and one that deserves an answer. But we first have to differentiate between devices and applications.

Devices

I do about 99% of my writing on one of three devices:

• my iPhone,
• my iPad,
• my Windows laptop,

although not necessarily in that order. The other 1% is for those rare occasions when I don’t have ready access to one of those devices. That’s…