Syncopetic  adjective 
         1) the ability to sync information wirelessly and with ease between multiple devices

Don’t bother to look it up. It’s a word coined out of necessity.

A writer’s budget is often lean. No fat. No fuss. Certainly mine is and yours as well, I imagine, since you probably arrived at this post due to the headline. Additionally, a writer must always – always – have her tools at her finger tips. When I was a child, this meant keeping paper and pen by my bedside for midnight note taking when inspiration struck. Now it means a mobile application that is accessed and syncs from computers and phones everywhere.

My WIP was perhaps 75% complete in mid-2016 when Evernote altered its business model and limited syncing to two devices. Purchasing the pro model wasn’t something I wanted to consider. I felt cheated– although how much do I have the right to expect from a program offered for free? You see my stubborn backbone came in to play. I’ll manage, I thought. I took to emailing notes to myself, flagging them in my in-box, later transferring the info to Evernote when I had both the free time and proper access. It was a cumbersome process, to say the least.

I muddled through, only because my research was in the end stages. With Scrivener as my go-to writing app, I still had iOS compatibility, DropBox syncing – the whole deal. Scrivener includes a note taking/research section, far beyond anything I have yet to utilize. Still, my mindset prefers the bulk of my research in one app with my actual manuscript kept separately. I might have adapted.

Enter the new WIP. The characters. Their voices. The scenes that drift behind my eyelids at night. The numerous questions and resulting capture of historical detail. The snippets of dialogue that, if not quickly ensnared, will escape down the rabbit hole. With a sense of urgency setting in, I nearly caved and purchased Evernote Premium. But then my natural tendency to research kicked into high gear. There had to be another way.

After a good deal of consideration of a variety of note taking apps, I’m so far delighted with my decision to go with Nimbus Note. Free for up to 100mb/month upload with a few other, very reasonable restrictions, it functions much like EverNote — the OLD EverNote where you could sync unlimited devices. Notebooks, SUB-notebooks (could I even do that in EverNote?), tags, search capabilities… all set. The import from EverNote was a breeze. I had 250 + notes in my main folder and other minor folders; the full import was about 75% of my allotted monthly upload, so I’d say I’m good to go for future storage. The iOS app is performing beautifully, every device in sync.

Once again, I am syncopetic.  All is write with my world.

(Note: I receive no compensation from Nimbus Note – only satisfaction.)