Introducing the Tinker WriterDeck OS!

Convert any laptop and most chromebooks into a writer deck: A device designed solely for writing.

No distractions.
No internet.
No apps. No games. No social media.

Just writing.

The Tinker WriterDeck is very light weight and specifically seeks to lower the barrier of entry to creating writer decks. It converts older, reused, refurbished, or inexpensive laptops into a dedicated writing machine.

A digital typewriter.

The Tinker WriterDeck sits on top of a "headless" Debian Linux image and boots directly into a console based text editor.

We're using the Tilde Text Editor because it is a simple text editor, has an intuitive User Interface, and allows for customized color schemes for light and dark modes.

Operating System download and instructions on how to convert your laptop into a dedicated writer deck for free are found here: tinker.sh

See below for an example of the writer deck in light mode and dark mode.

If anyone has any questions or needs any help setting your laptop up, let me know here!

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What's the most difficult thing you had to write? (Difficult because of subject matter or how to convey what you wanted to tell)

Difficult due to subject matter. My WIP, Reluctant Moon.

English is a difficult language. So many words have so many meanings, that if I state one thing, I will inevitably state other things I don't wish to state, so I will dance around some stuff.

I am probably overthinking the issues. The story takes place in a different society with different standards and radically different gender roles. Western society and the world overlay of patriarchy sets subliminal standards we all subconsciously expect men and women to adhere to, and judge them accordingly. In many ways the story questions our view of reality.

I end up getting blocked and unable to write periodically (tho it's at 71K in length), and I question whether I'm revealing to much about my inner self and what I'd wish would be, and not the shit that is. Of course, in these times, many people feel like heretics just for being themselves.

I was recently heartened to read that Robert A. Heinlein's A Stranger in a Strange Land was written two decades before publication, and he and his wife agreed that the work was way before it's time, and waited. I'm not going to have the hubris imply that I think my work is in that league, but when you find yourself writing something you think could be labeled dangerous, you get to thinking...

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