I’ve wanted a typewriter for so long. It’s got to be on every nerd writer’s wishlist at some point in their life.
I received this one for my birthday. Thought I’d share how pretty it is.
Any tips for me as I adventure into using it?
(And yes, I did go outside to get a photo with better lighting.)
Now, who wants to be pen pals? (Only half joking. 🤣😉)
Memoir of a Writer 
I haven’t used one in a long time. This long in the digital age now, and when I think of a novelist, I picture an old typewriter and a small room. Enjoy that beauty.
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Yes, I can’t wait to start typing away😊
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Happy birthday Zarah, enjoy your typewriter! I can no longer type well on mine, as fingers grow lazy with modern keyboards. A fountain pen, though, I still love. You may enjoy this piece: https://julianstodd.wordpress.com/2014/10/03/singapore-postcard-the-joy-of-the-typewriter/
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You’re going to need a typewriter eraser. 🙂
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There used to be a certain excitement that came from both typewriters – rolling in the blank page – and pen pals – seeing that new letter waiting on the doormat. It’s a shame that we’ve lost both of these great experiences in the name of convenience and process. I mean, who get’s excited about an email in the same way?! Tell Tom Hanks about your typewriter; it’s one of his fetishes.
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“convenience and progress” – sorry…
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It looks gorgeous! Kind of wipes the floor with the Barbie typewriter I had when I was little!!
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It’s gorgeous, I loved my nan’s typewriter until my clumsy fingers kept making mistakes and I’d have to start all over again.
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Yeah I little worried about that. I’m a messy typer.
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Congratulations, it’s beautiful. I have an ancient Remington with rusted keys hidden in a box somewhere. Real typewriting when I was young meant that you had to make every word count because Tippex and Liquid Paper weren’t invented yet. Have fun pounding those keys!
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Thank you! 😊
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I had one at one time loved it actually miss it. Yes I agree as well when I think of a writer a typewriter comes to mind. Enjoy🙂
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That’s a true beauty. I’m not at all jealous. Enjoy! But I do recommend being slightly progressive and using the white out with the sponge tip.
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Excellent. I didn’t think I could be a writer until I got my own Olympia Traveller as a Christmas present back in the 70s. And it had the ‘modern’ Elite typeface unlike the ‘traditional Pica typeface on the typewriters in the office.
Mind you, I didn’t close to touch typing until I went electronic because the keys took quite a hammering to get an impression on the paper. In the days before liquid Tippex we had correction paper – slips of paper with a white coating which you held over the mistake, retyped the mistake to ‘hide’ it, and typed the correct letter over the ‘white-out’.
Double spacing was mandatory so you could write or type in corrections during editing.
I still have it and see there’s one just like it for $250 on e-Bay … but not sure I’d get another.
Enjoy!
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I’ve wanted a typewriter FOREVER, and watching a Korean Drama “Chicago Typewriter” made that craving even worse, now instead of a new laptop(which would make more sense) I’m looking into buying a typewriter. hahah maybe I’ll be lucky and get one for my birthday too! xD it’s in a couple weeks lol.
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Yeah I really wanted one that was antique but still worked well. This one is refurbished! And they’re about as pricey as a laptop 😅
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Yes! lol they really are. Which is why it’s one or the other. 😛
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That’s a great picture though its beauty lies also in the sounds it makes; the tappity-tap, the little ringing bell and the rrrrrtz of its return.
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Sure is a beautiful machine! Thanks for liking my most recent author interview.
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