[keithpeter]

      "obscure British word processor, originally for CP/M and MS-DOS, now supported as a hobby project by one of the former developers -- the company is long since bust."

Charlie, I'm racking my brains here. Ami Pro? Pipedream (no, that was Acorn Archimedes, and don't we wish Thatcher had supported that particular lame duck).

And how on earth does the revered author get the words out to publishers? OCR and an Olivetti might be easier...

[StrawberryFrog]

I'd guess WordStar. Or failing that, WordPerfect.

WordPerfect was more commonly seen, but WordStar fits the description of "Runs on CP/M and is not supported" better.

Edit: See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordStar#Abandonment

[cstross]

Nope: Protext.

http://www.tigerteam.co.uk/protext/

[keithpeter]

NC100 - got it

[2mur]

George R.R. Martin writes on WordStar.

http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/1220865-talking-a...