Lady Gaga is interviewed with her typewriter

Lin-Manuel Miranda getting some typewriter inspiration

We'll forgive him for not using an actual Underwood.



From the PBS documentary "Hamilton's America."

Calling All Brigadiers

NaNoWriMo 2016 is coming up, and the Typewriter Brigade is slinking out of hibernation in true chaotic fashion. This year's topic is set up here in the "Technology" forum (irony noted.)

If you've ever wanted to try your hand at writing a novel, NaNoWriMo is a high-velocity, low-expectations way to jump in. As you might guess, the Typewriter Brigade is a subculture unto itself, with many familiar names from around the Typosphere, plus a few new crazies that manage to get ensnared by our wit, charm, and tiny helpful rhinosceri.



We can't promise fame, fortune, or (alas) a future living easy on royalty payments, but we can provide a month of entertainment, amusement, and convivial companionship as we all attempt to squeeze 50,000 words of vaguely readable fiction out of our brains in 30 all-too-short days.
 



Check your machines carefully: you might just have a rhino of your own that wants to come out and play this November...

Kickstarter project for a typewriter calendar

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1219890525/2017-typewriter-calendar

Typewriters, snail mail, and a scoop

— http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/03/insider/the-time-i-found-donald-trumps-tax-records-in-my-mailbox.html