The L.A. Times profiles Peter Winkler, a writer with severe rheumatoid arthritis who recently authored a biography of Dennis Hopper. Winkler does all his writing with a MacBook and a plastic stick held between his fingers. This low-tech solution seems to work well for him, although I wonder if he’s ever tried voice input. The article doesn’t indicate whether he’s plugged into the disability community and it would be a shame if he was limiting his writing output simply because aware of the accessibility options available to him.
I really should get serious about my own writing again. Aside from this blog, I haven’t done any sustained writing in a while and I’m beginning to feel the itch to resume. But I’m not sure whether I’d be able to balance both blogging and long-form writing on a daily basis. I have no plans to shutter up the blog, but perhaps it might be time to rethink how it fits with my other writing goals.
