You might think the new Conan movie inspired this article. Alas, you would be wrong. Its source is my immense appreciation of Robert E. Howard’s work and my love affair with vintage manual typewriters. To understand the blood and thunder…
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The Keys to Conan: Blood and Thunder on the Underwood No. 5
Storms, Stories, and Typewriters
The power went out here after a storm yesterday afternoon. A small storm. We live deep in the woods. Lots of places where a tree could strike the lines along the way. We were supposed to have power back on…
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Pages are Variable in the 21st Century
If you are going to offer authors copyediting or other publishing services, please don’t quote prices in terms of pages. I have no idea what the page-length is for any of my novels. I’m certain I don’t care. I’m certain…
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Vintage Typewriters
This is a vintage 1929 Royal Portable typewriter. Over the last week, I’ve purchased six vintage, manual typewriters. “Why the freck would you do that?” you might ask. Well, I’m a writer, and these are writing devices. Very cool, vintage…
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