Typewriter

During my junior high years I was convinced that I could write a novel. I was further convinced that all novelists wrote using typewriters. So I bought a (barely portable) Remington Quiet Writer 11 from Zales Jewelry for $149.50 or so. I bought it on time with my dad’s approval and cosignature. Probably learning to buy on credit was a bad idea.

I used my mom’s high school typing book to teach myself to type. I only got the letters and punctuation on the three main rows. I never added the numbers and symbols to my repertoire..