Answer: This is not being flippant, but I write on the computer. I have been writing on the computer since 1985, when I purchased a Tandy 1000 (Radio Shack) with dual floppy drives and a green monochrome monitor for $1000.00. Let me tell you, that was big money back then . . . my full time salary as a pastor in those days was $13,800, so I shelled out nearly 1/13 of my annual salary for the purchase. I never regretted it. (I'd still be writing on that Tandy if that system was compatible with Microsoft Word, and I still have the system stuffed into my closet along with dozens of those 6 inch floppy drives loaded with novels, short stories, and essays.)
There were a couple of computers since, but in 1999 I purchased a Compaq computer with the latest version of Microsoft Word loaded on it ('98) and updated the software on this machine a bit later. This computer sits in my office at home, along with hundreds of 3 1/2 inch floppy drives . . . and I'm still using it. I don't write so much on this machine any more, as it often sparks into flame and I have to blow it out . . . but I've been told that this computer, with its three fans inside, will never die.
I do write on this computer from time to time when I need to find material that I've been working on for, say, over a decade. Often, it takes me hours to find this material (I don't have my floppies labeled very well).
I typically write now on a Dell laptop that is six years old. I write in my office at home. I write on the couch (say, while I'm watching a Colt's game on TV as I did Sunday night). I also write in bed (occasionally) and I write at a smaller desk in my home office that sits next to some built-in bookshelves that hold, now, nearly 1500 books. I have also been known to write in the car, on airplanes, on buses, and while on vacation.
I also write online (blogs) and I write for several magazines . . . that's another WHERE. I currently write for book publishers in New York, Boston, Chicago, Florida, and Indianapolis. And I write for magazines that are published in Nashville, Chicago, and Indianapolis.
And as of this week, I just learned that I'm going to be writing (as a guest blogger) for several other folks in other cities around the country.
If you need to know "what" I write or "when" I write . . . see my previous blogs. And if you need to know "why" I write . . . that's my next post.
Until then . . . let me get back to this old keyboard. Most of the letters are worn off the pad. But that's okay. After all these years, I just write by feel.
~Todd
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