I’ve written all 3-4/5ths of the novels in the “People of the Water Cycle” on this antiquated little iPad Mini 2 and its bluetooth keyboard case. It has its own phone number and still does wifi, and I store the manuscripts in Microsoft’s cloud. (Since OS updates now consume 10 of its 16 gigs of RAM!)

The reason I haven’t been writing at Mud Street Cafe as often of late is that it’s not working well there anymore. I know that owner Jennifer Cross hasn’t made the beautiful stone walls thicker, so that’s probably because the little workhorse’s battery/components are old, it doesn’t hold a charge very long anymore and can’t dial out as strongly as it used to.

I still hope to finish book four on it, but my pattern now is to write in my head while enjoying a delicious meal at Mud Street and then go home to type it all in.

Then, hopefully, it will last until Apple comes out with its new iPad Mini this year. And someone will make a fitting keyboard/case for the new model. If it were up to the character Breanna in the novels, I’m sure the Mini 2 would then be retired to be displayed in her “museum home” near Gaskins.