On August 3, 2019, Literati Bookstore and Charly’s Typewriter Collection and Repair, hosted its 2nd Annual Type-In on August 3, 2019. Last year’s event was so much fun that I loaded up the 1954 Olivetti Lettera 22, and headed out to Ann Arbor, MI. Around 6:30, the typers arrived. A variety of unique keyboards …
It’s been a while since Joe Van Cleave provided the typing community with a typing assignment, but here we are! Typing Assignment #22 is to write about a summer road trip. I thought I was going to miss this assignment. Partially because of life’s general busyness, and mostly because I couldn’t locate a trip worthy …
In November 2018, I learned through Richard Polt (author of The Typewriter Revolution) that an anthology of typewritten works was being contemplated for publication. First, he and the editorial panel sent out the feelers to see if there was anyone interested in contributing to it. This wasn’t going to be a random collection of typewritten …
Typing Assignment #20 from Joe Van Cleave’s YouTube channel (which you should subscribe to because he has all sorts of neat videos on typewriters and other cool stuff) is to type a one-page piece on a pet peeve. Could be a personal pet peeve. Could be a fictional piece involving a pet peeve. This was …
Yes, this is Typing Assignment #9 for Joe Van Cleave’s blog. I did skip TA#8 due to busyness and just wasn’t moved by the prompt. This assignment was to write a one-page hypothetical story in the life of a real-life stranger that you periodically see. I did bend the rules a little on this one. …
After posting Typing Assignment #1, I watched the video about Assignment #2, and realized that the deadline for it was today. After watching the video and visiting Joe Van Cleave’s Blog page “Typing Assignment #2,” it was back to work. The assignment is to “write a one-page essay on what you find unique and/or valuable …
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I was out of sorts. My novel completed, out seeking a partner to bring it to readers. Tightening and polishing rejected short stories. Planning my next novel, its first draft to be typewritten during November’s National Novel Writing Month. Falling behind in my reading. Seeing my work through a new writers groups’ eyes. It felt …
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