The RetroWriter: Using A Vintage Computer for Distraction-Free Writing

[Note: This will be the last of a short series of posts centered on hardware for writing. A new series, starting soon, will take up more direct writing- and editing-centered concerns.] In the last installment of this blog, I outlined my creation of a portable digital device for distraction-free (or at least distraction-minimized) writing, utilizingContinue reading “The RetroWriter: Using A Vintage Computer for Distraction-Free Writing”

Affordable Alternatives to a Dedicated “Smart Typewriter”

Perhaps because so much of my social media is connected to the writing and editing community these days, I tend to get a lot of advertising about writing-oriented products, from gadgets to software to notebooks and pencils. A lot of that advertising lately has come from a company called Astrohaus, which makes a series ofContinue reading “Affordable Alternatives to a Dedicated “Smart Typewriter””