Tools Of The Trade?
In October, just before NaNo began, I did a little Q&A. One question was about what I use to write: my answer was that I use OpenOffice Writer because I find a lot of programs have a lot of bloat.
I have tried a lot of stuff since I started writing novels (such as yWriter) but it just had too much. For every thing I felt I could use, there were ten things I did not need. I just wanted something where I could bullet point my characters and the like.
So you can imagine my delight when I discovered Kabikaboo, which basically just makes a collection of linked text files. It puts them in order, with children and grandchildren and stuff like that. It might not let me add styling and hyperlinks (which I would love) but that’s okay for now, as that stuff is supposed to come out in future versions. It’s simple, and it’s exactly what I wanted.
I love it when you find something after much searching and get it. It’s like when I found Write Or Die. 
So, writers out there, what are some of the other tools you use? I’d love to see what else people are using, and maybe find something else to use too.
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I use TiddlyWiki. It’s basically a one-file wiki that uses Javascript to put all entries in one HTML file. I haven’t done much with it, though some writers live by it.
Kabikaboo sounds intriguing; I’ll try it sometime.
@Mary: Kabikaboo can export files (or sections of files) into an HTML document, which I find very useful too.
Write or Die is great.
I use AbiWord, as it’s less bloated than OOo Writer. It’s a basic text editor, somewhere between Notepad and OOo. Kabikaboo sounds awesome though, gonna check that out.