What I should have written
I screwed up.Looking back, I think it's because I was scared. Scared of that that horrible, empty feeling brought on by rejection letter after rejection letter. That shitty feeling of looking in at the...
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Hey! I recognize that typewriter.
With Jack "Originator of the BAROP" Kerouac's birthday coming up tomorrow, the beats are once again in the news. The Slate has a pretty good photo essay featuring those poor lost souls, and one in...
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Typecast: Tri-City type-in?
EDIT: It turns out there is no such word as "supoort," although now that I think about it, there should be. ALSO, I quite accidentally used a "grocer's apostrophe" below. Ignore it as best you...
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Manuscript case
I made mention of my new manuscript-totin' acquisition in my last post, then promptly forgot to include a picture. Startin' to lose it in my old age.At any rate, here it is! Manuscript case, in...
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It just figures. Three months ago, when perusing the local antique mall for Viet Nam-era machines, pre-war Royal and Remington portables were thick on the ground.But now that I am in the market for...
View ArticleRibbon get
Wanted: the best place on the 'net for high-quality, silk typewriter ribbons. Also cheap. Also fast.Ready?Go!
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Typecast: The thrill of acquisition
Accourse I couldn't have been bothered to get a picture yet — the Mrs. Speegle absconded to picturesque Bellevue for a business trip with the camera. And I refuse to use a camera phone.
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Estate sale Envoy
Behold! The Remington Envoy that I picked up at the estate sale this Friday.Which begs the question...an Envoy to whom?Maestro Polt tells us that the Envoy is little more than a beefed-up Remette,...
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Typecast: 21 Questions
Linkin' goodness:1. The Typosphere2. Blue Moon Camera and Machine3. In which I fix things in a manly fashion4. In which I killed my faithful companion5. Pen and Platen: Short Stories Written the Long...
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Down-home editing challenge
As you have doubtlessly already read over at Clickthing (or is it clickthing?) and Conversations with My Id, Messrs. Clemens, Skrezyna and I have been engaging in acts of flagrant Twittery, with the...
View ArticleUpdate, flat salty turkey
Oh. Hey there. Yeah, I've been a tad radio-silence-y for the last couple…weeks? Months?Got a good excuse, though. Been toiling in the mines of Edit-onia. Trying to hash this novel-thing out before my...
View ArticleDone and done
Oh, did I forget to mention that I finished Good Friday this weekend? Because I finished Good Friday this weekend. Beta readers, clear your schedules and keep an eye on your inboxes later this week!
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Editing Tools: Enter the iPad
Before you tar and feather me, let's remind ourselves that typewriters (and fountain pens and pencils &c.) are good for absolutely one thing: writing. And unless you're some kind of hardcore purist...
View ArticleOn Racism and Writing
OK. So.You’re going to have forgive me for delaying the big giveaway; ye olde Vegas vacation reared up a little to fast for me to get out of its way, so’s that’s gonna have to waits for nows. But more...
View ArticleFree Literature
Yeah, I know, I don't update that often, and only then it's to hucksterize at you. But that is the life of a writer, non?Anyhow: My book, Pen and Platen: Short Stories Written the Long Way, is free on...
View ArticleThanks!
Thanks again to all who downloaded free copies of Pen and Platen this weekend! Once again, your willingness to try new, novel (har har) things elevated – if briefly – my humble work to the #1 spot on...
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Typecast: UJTU
And that's the exact moment that the Goode Lady Wyfe interrupted my typings and conned me into joining her for tennis. So alas, the rest of this typecast is never to be seen. What could it have...
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Worry not, fair denizens of the 'web. I have not forgotten about my repeated and lofty promises of a giveaway. Even now Gen is slaving in her craft room, creating things which in habit the "totally...
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A Room of One's Own, Sneaky Preview
So of course by now you've seen the meme initiated by the inimitable Strikethru (see here and also here) in which she ruminates on the idea of a room of one's own, a place in which a hominid can be...
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Orange Retro Caster Chair
This is what I totally had in mind for my ideal writing space seating arrangements. A seat of one's own, perhaps? In any case – as long as it's OG and orange and can roll, me gusta. Or maybe...
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