Found a great piece of software - for the mac - called scrivener

trial is for 30 days (that is 30 days of use, not 30 days from the time you open it)

It allows you all these sub sections within a project - things like character sheets, places, any research you've done & will then format it into the correct format at the end (manuscript, novel, e-book).

I'm taking today to put my character info in there, describing the location of the story etc.

I decided to write about something I know, places I know, work environments I either know about or friends have worked in.

Will be taking the laptop to work with me, with the glorious few hours of sunlight after work I can lay in the park and write before I have to head home and do the domestic stuff.