u/Austruck

I'm at a writing conference this week and I brought the BYOK because I'm mainly using the week as a personal writing retreat. I've been trying to get back to writing regularly for the past few years, but... life, distractions... many of you know the drill.

So today was the first full day of the conference, and I've already churned out a whole new essay for my upcoming humor book. I had a few I'd written a long time ago, so writing new essays feels fabulous. I'd tried using this laptop earlier in the day, but, well, distractions... email...

I closed the laptop and pulled out the BYOK, and within a half hour or so I had a new 1,000-word essay. Just a rough draft, but I know I can fix rough drafts. It's WRITING them that had been stalling over and over again. Very happy with this first use outside the house. I'm using a Samsers folding keyboard (not backlit but that's okay).

Hi! I wanted a case that would hold the BYOK, my Samsers folding keyboard, the little folding stand I'll use when I'm out and about, plus a charging cable and adapter. I had a few velvet/velour drawstring bags but they were flimsy. I wanted something semi-hard-sided to protect screens, etc. This came today and it fits everything without being too too big, and it has a carrying handle too. It's gonna work well. (I could even throw my small power bank in here to be overly cautious.)

The trickiest part was finding one that wasn't ridiculously expensive but still had the dimensions I wanted without being too big. (The keyboard is shaped differently than the BYOK so I had to accommodate both of those in my calculations.)