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Comment on Nostalgic Writing Tools by wordmage

wordmage — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:01:17 +0000

Hi Beowulf,
Sorry I haven’t responded until now. Been off my blog site for a while. Been a crazy past few months. Just so you know – NANO is for everyone, no matter where you live. Go to NANOWRIMO.ORG and you can read more about it. The site goes live in October and then you can set up a profile page. The challenge is to write 50, 000 words in 30 days, it’s crazy fun. You can write anything you like and you can even post your daily word count to see your progress. There are alot of useful and fun forum sites to inspire and help you during the month. You can find my profile under WORDMAGE in the Central New Jersey Regional Lounge. Hope to hear from you soon and maybe you can join us in November!

Comment on Nostalgic Writing Tools by beowulfwulf

beowulfwulf — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:08:54 +0000

I learned to type as a child, when my mom was taking me at her office. Had to spend days on a computer, playing with Paintbrush… Then, one day, one of her colleagues started showing me Word. It was back in the late 1980s, so it was quite different from now…

At home, in 1991 or 1992, my father-in-law got an amstrad 6128 computer, that he used mainly for games… You know, the game when you have to put tape recorders on a moving walkway? Well, we had that one. Anyway, when I could come close to the machine, I used it to write on it…

Now, I can’t live without my iBook. Started using mac at work, on a very old one. But now, I just couldn’t go back to PC, really…

That Nano thing intrigues me a lot, by the way… I had no idea you had such things in USA. Makes me want to participate, but maybe it’s only for people from your country, since it’s national thing? I’ll go check!

Comment on Nostalgic Writing Tools by Sarah Avery

Sarah Avery — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:40:40 +0000

I learned to type when I was 12 on an Apple IIe. I wrote volumes and volumes of spectacularly terrible science fiction juvenilia on that computer. Some hard copy may survive.

Thanks for tracking me down on Livejournal. I owe my editor a 25K novella that I’m about a third of the way through roughing out, and I can’t really drop it for a month to start something new for Nano. I do miss that Nano energy, though, so I think I’ll try to play along from the sidelines. It would be great to bring my novella project to write-ins, if there are any.

Comment on Nostalgic Writing Tools by awalkabout

awalkabout — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:40:29 +0000

I had to chuckle, as you have taken about the same equipment path I have! Ditto on the laptop, although I also have an Alphasmart that’s a little more indestructible that I carry in the car so if we stop at the park, at the beach or even have to wait at the Dr. Office, then I can get some writing done.

Good luck with NaNo this year–I’m looking forward to it!

Comment on Nano Wrimo A Novel In A Month! by metsfever

metsfever — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:17:05 +0000

I have found it a waste of time doing this 50 thousand word writing thing that u call a book. lol jk. Its a good idea i guess for people trying to write a book but from what i have seen and heard it’s very challenging and at times very fustrating. Good luck to all who are wasting their time. lol