XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 29/12/2025 02:06, c186282 wrote:   
   >> Depends... some hired a person to type their manuscripts. No idea of   
   >> the percent that did this. I just recently read a crime novel in which   
   >> this happened, so probably the author employed them, too (The Secret   
   >> House Of Death By Ruth Rendell).   
   >   
   >   
   >    But did Ruth write the original with pen-on-paper, or   
   >    with a machine ?   
   >   
   Possibly a dictaphone, as well..   
      
      
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   for the voice of the kingdom.   
      
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