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On Writing and the Underwood 319
My Underwood 319 When I first began writing seriously, it was on borrowed manual typewriters… the portable kind. For those who grew up typing, not keyboarding, there is a nostalgic-comforting sound to...
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Book Review: My Gun is Quick by Mickey Spillane
“What can I expect from you?” “Hell,” I said. My recent purchase of a Smith-Corona Super-Speed, led me to pick up Mickey Spillane again. Spillane was originally for me a guilty pleasure. His books the...
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Poem Draft: “Stone Musings I”
I am in the process of “typing up” drafts of my poems and putting them into a notebook. My friend Mitch suggests a book with .pdfs of the poems. I like the idea but my typing is terrible… as...
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Poem Draft: “Floating Shift Button”
When you first look at the keyboard of my Smith-Corona Super-Speed, at the keyboard any similar-age Smith-Corona typewriter, the first thing that always catches your eye are the two big keys on the...
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Poem Draft: “Mouth of Gravity”
When you type, typos are inevitable. At least they are for me. In the digital world I can quickly fix them. They are also much easier to see if you have spell-check on. In the typing world, that is...
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Poem Draft: “The Art of Typing”
(photo by m.a.h. hinton) Since all poems are love poems, you knew I would write another poem about typewriters. Here it is, with the inevitable “artistic” typos. Enjoy!
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Poem Draft: “QWERTY”
A love poem (typos and all) for my 1946 Smith-Corona Super-Speed. Below you will find a typed draft of the poem. I am going to be experimenting with posting drafts and re-drafts of poems here. One of...
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