I am writing this from a beautiful, serene space with nothing to distract or disturb me. No Twitter feeds, no Facebook updates, no emails. There is calming music and my keyboard is giving me harmonious sounds of approval as I type.

It’s lovely here.

I’ve been put in a mood where I don’t even want to type ‘hate’ but if, like me, you hate Word and its ugly formatting, you will love this new software called OmmWriter. It has just three font styles and sizes, three soothing backgrounds and a choice of sounds. You don’t even see the menus while you’re writing.

It was developed by Herraiz Soto & Co who wanted to help writers to concentrate, it works brilliantly and it’s free. This is the best type of innovation – no fancy gimmicks or unnecessary functionality, just the things that genuinely help you focus and write in peace.

Unfortunately, it’s Mac only at the moment – if you’re using a PC beg them to make a version for you.