Writer's Fallout Shelter

When my typewriter died, I couldn't bear to replace it. (No, I didn't give it a decent burial or anything, but you know...)

Ribbons aren't cheap or easy to come by, these days, either.

Pixels are cheap. There's no guilt - no thoughts of deforestation to induce mind-numbing writer's block - with word processing on a PC. That said, I love the flow of ink from my pen onto paper - the act of writing longhand, for a brief time, does seem to activate other parts of the brain. I don't know, but it's nice to switch off now and then. I usually take notes longhand - keep a notebook handy with character details and things to refer to as I write on the PC. (I don't much like having to switch between windows or to be tethered to my desk while I write.)

Oh, yes - I almost forgot to say that I need a keyboard that has some resistence to it, like a typewriter. I, too, like the clacking of the keys. I can't stand a keyboard that has a soft or "cheap" feel to it; it has to have weight and a quiet but well-defined clicking that registers each keystroke clearly in my mind. My fingers can "feel" a typo, but I think that's partly auditory as well. I learned to type on an old manual typewriter, and my first computing experience was on a "dumb terminal" that had an interesting feature built into the keyboard - you could adjust the tension and "click" of the keys. I loved that, and would adjust it to require fairly firm pressure and have a nice click to it. Others thought I was nuts. They liked it softer, easier, quieter.