Monthly Archives: December 2009

Every writer needs a healthy diversion…

Posted on 12/17/2009 by Neal

… mine is slopping together amateur videos, like this one of my sons and their friend during a trip to Portland: And here’s one my son Leo filmed and edited himself. He even “wrote” the music (in GarageBand):

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Cormac McCarthy’s typewriter

Posted on 12/01/2009 by Neal

From a New York Times story about Cormac McCarthy auctioning his old portable Olivetti typewriter – a Lettera 32 – which he bought at a Tennessee pawnshop for $50 around 1963. “I tried to find the smallest, lightest typewriter I could … Continue reading →

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