Comments on: Keep Your Writing Tools Ready

By: Terreece Clarke

Terreece Clarke — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:17:34 +0000

Marell,

That sounds cool! I love tec toys, I wonder if the Alphasmart is the same thing another writer friend was telling me about. I’m about done carrying my laptop all over the world. I’ve got a Macbook Pro and while it’s a fantastic notebook, it’s still inconvenient when I decide to do a little shopping or something and don’t want to leave it in the car so I end up schlepping it and my kids and diaper bags all over the city.

You know since I issued my “wanted dead or alive” notice for those pens they’ve since disappeared. I have yet to run across one. They might be on the way to your home. Beware of pens showing up at your door with a napsack…

By: David Dittell

David Dittell — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:29:56 +0000

Tereece,

Very truthful. It’s also true, though, for that most important of tools, your brain. I always keep a writing pad and my favorite pen in my pocket so that if an idea strikes, I can start building on it rather than waiting for the perfect moment.

By: Meghna

Meghna — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:13:25 +0000

Coffee…. for each article I write. It does mean that in summers I end up with a lot of pimples

And a choco chip muffin with the latest romance novels for breaks (yeah.. i do know I end up wasting a lot of time)

By: marell moore

marell moore — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:00:57 +0000

I too have a favorite writing “tool” I can’t seem to do without. I have just enough arthritis that writing for long lengths by hand is painful.

“Voila!” Enter my handy dandy writing tool, the Alphasmart Dana. Sure I could have gotten the more expensive model, but hey, got this one in prime condition for forty bucks. I have six sd cards I use with the Dana plus the internal hard drive. To move stuff to my pc, I simply connect with the usb port on the Dana, open a text file on my desktop, or any where else for that matter, place the cursor and push “send”.

This cute little bugger goes anywhere. Weighs in at about two pounds (I carry it in my purse). Has a full size keyboard, touch screen, word processor (including spell check for those of us with rambling fingers), and runs for almost forever on a charge, or six aa batteries.

Oh by the way, it’s instant on, no waiting and has auto save, no matter what you’re working on. shut it down, power up and you will still be on the same page, if you choose. It also has a two button on for people like me who live out of their purses.

Please don’t put a hit out on those worthless stick pens, please annihilate them, I really don’t want them showing up at my place.

Love your articles by the way,

Marell