It all started with Hemmingway.

A few years ago my Mother-in-law gave me a typewriter for Christmas.  She knew I had studied scriptwriting in college and had wanted to be a writer years ago.  And a few months before I had made some admiring remarks upon finding an typewriter stashed away somewhere, although it was electric.

She did her research.  She Googled and Yahoo’d typewriters and found the ones that were known for being good writing machines.  She wanted to find one that was not only a good ‘writer’s machine’, but looked classy.

She settled on the Royal Quiet Deluxe because not only was it a good looking machine, but Hemmingway famously  swore by Royal portables.  She found a beautiful black and chrome Royal Quiet Deluxe from 1947 in an antique store. (more…)