Comments on: Ask Mike: The first typewritten novel

By: MissLabeled

MissLabeled — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:29:18 +0000

A couple of things, there are still writers today who write longhand. If I recall correctly, Danielle Steele is one of them. That said, I went to the Huntington Library in Pasadena, CA, when they had a Mark Twain exhibit. They had many pages of his handwritten notes and drafts, and one of the “charmers” in line was saying, “Look at that… he can’t even spell… look how many times he had to cross out… look at that… he was such a moron!”

Clearly someone who had no idea how many times he uses a backspace or delete key, or the spell checker, and probably “your” when it should be “you’re” for that matter. Assuming he can keyboard at all…

By: toyin

toyin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:39:16 +0000

wergtrwg

By: rocio

rocio — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:07:07 +0000

im not sure. i write my fanfiction on a computer. i take notes with a notebook and pen and i write alot that way but…A WHOLE BOOK!??? i couldnt do that! D:

By: Bill Kelly

Bill Kelly — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:53:25 +0000

I believe the first book written on computer was done by science fiction author Dr. Jerry Pournelle. Figuring a time of 1980 or before, it would have been his novel Janissaries (1979). You can ask him if you’d like. He answers email. His address is jerryp@jerrypournelle.com

(If you’re not familiar with Pournelle’s work, he frequently collaborates with Larry Niven.

By: Mista Mango

Mista Mango — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:22:24 +0000

I like typewriters.

By: tamer

tamer — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:03:36 +0000

welkm

By: phil andy graves

phil andy graves — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:51:03 +0000

I found possibly the first book penned on smartphone. http://blog.laptopmag.com/novelist-pens-first-book-on-smart-phone-succeeds-in-making-us-look-like-slackers

I keep getting blurbs about “look at my first book!” Heh.

By: Eliot

Eliot — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:35:59 +0000

Henry James dictated some of his novels to a typist. He was a contemporary of Twain.

By: laia

laia — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:02:49 +0000

Dont people usually write on the cumputer and then print!!
I use Wordpad for mi stories lol

By: Nance

Nance — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:54:37 +0000

Those two comments are so worth the minute I spent skimming this blog thing….