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This book was written by Eugenio Prados. He tells the story of Mr. White, a rich man who on his seventieth birthday begins to feel death near and decides to find a secretary to write his last words. The search for the right person for the task in question becomes more complicated than the poor Mr. White imagined.

Without wanting to do any spoiler, I tell you that it is a book that I enjoyed very much, it is very emotional and fun at the same time, although the main theme is death. It is written in simple language which makes reading very enjoyable. The ending is excellent.

It is a book to meditate and reflect but above all to enjoy!

My favorite phrase from the book:

It is a short story so it can be read quickly. Ideal for a reading in public transport or in the free times.

As an anecdote to say that I love these books to read them in the subway and while reading this beautiful story, a very funny scene happened and I was laughing like a fool with the cell phone in my hand (XD). The funny thing is that people were sitting in front of me, and they realized that I was doing my best to contain my laughter but not with much success. I think this reminds me the book with love.

As a final fact, the book is available on Amazon and IT'S FREE! That's how wonderful life is :')

I leave the links below of the book in its English and Spanish version.

Spanish: El largo funeral del señor White

English: The long funeral of Mr. White

And finally I leave a phrase from the author himself:

When I started writing I didn't know how to enter the dialogue hyphen (—) and the quotation marks («»). In both cases, what I was doing was searching on Google and copying and pasting the symbols, until I found a way to insert them using a keys combination.

Windows

I will leave a table attached with the combinations for these and other symbols that can be helpful when writing.

Combination	Symbol
Alt 174	«
Alt 175	»
Alt 0151	—
Alt 154	Ü
Alt 129	ü
Alt 165	Ñ
Alt 164	ñ

Linux

In Linux, to insert symbols, we must press Crtl + Shift + u, then release and enter the code (it is left written on the screen the letter u with the code). Finally press Enter and the symbol is inserted.

Code	Symbol
00ab	«
00bb	»
2014	—
00d1	Ñ
00f1	ñ
00dc	Ü
00fc	ü

Android

In some Android keyboards most of the symbols are already included, sometimes you just have to press and hold the dash key so that the hyphen appears and the quotation marks can appear in simple sight. In other cases these symbols do not appear.

All you have to do is download a keyboard that has them. In my case, I recommend CustomKey Keyboard that in addition to bringing many symbols, allows you to customize the shortcuts your way.

If you have any questions or need to know more symbol shortcuts, don't hesitate to leave a comment.

Translated by: Pablo Romero

Many writers usually look for tools that allow us to organize ourselves in the best way when writing. We have heard on countless occasions about Scrivener and its functions, and how many writers are willing to pay the license for this program. Listening to this, gives us the impression and, I have no doubt that it is so, that Scrivener is one of the best tools for a writer.

The point is that not all of us are willing or don't have the conditions to pay for the Software license and we look for other options that sometimes don't make us satisfied.



Manuskript is an open source software (free) very similar to Scrivener and I highly recommend it since it is very useful when organizing our writings, especially with novels and sagas. The aspect of the program is quite simple, not at all flashy, but it is easy to use. It is very well organized.

Among the options we have we have to create characters:



In the option of "detailed information" we can add elements to the character, such as age, physical characteristics, date of birth, etc... What we need. It is an editable menu.

We can also organize the frames:



We can create all the frames we want and organize them in order of importance. We can also create the steps for resolution. The software includes the option to add the steps of the hero's journey, the Pyramid of Freytag, three acts, etc ... And we can also add other steps or create them from zero. And finally, the option that made me fall in love with the software is the "construction of the world".



When you clip in "construction of the fantasy world" all the elements shown in the image automatically appear. But we can also create from zero, modify the elements already created, delete them and add new ones.

Finally, the page to download the software is: http://bit.ly/2XfBIDW

I invite you to once you use the program, if you like it and consider it useful, you can support the developers with a donation, since I consider that they have done a great job and also shared the program for free.

Translated by: Pablo Romero