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If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. – Stephen King
05 Tuesday Jan 2016
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If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. – Stephen King
02 Wednesday Dec 2015
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What I’m currently using: the Paperblanks Blue Filigree journal, Winnable Executive Journal, the Seven Seas Writer, and the Franklin Christoph Notebook.
Total pages written since this post (Nov 25): 7
Total pages to date since project inception (Dec 11/13): 1389
Total pages written in 2015: 549
I’ve been using my Delta Journal and loving it, but finding it SO difficult to not post it. I am a poster but the cap on this one is a very tight fit when posted so I really don’t want to damage the resin. I will keep trying. I will announce the pen for January on December 30.
Purchases: I’m gearing up for my post on my second visit to Scotsdale Pen and Knife, so that will probably go up on Sunday. But this week I happened to be in Staples and I bought a Franklin Covey fountain pen. I will review that one soon too. More on the pen below.
Some points covered this week in my journals:
Until next post, happy writing!
07 Monday Sep 2015
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inThis is a fun article about celebrity fountain pen collectors from The Pen Shop blog. I had heard about a few of these, but not Stephen King’s Waterman or about Neil Gaiman’s love of the Visconti magnetic clip. I love it too!
I could spend hours on the narrative.ly site. Beautifully written stories about inspiring people.
And finally this article by Matt Mayberry for entrepreneur.com is a truly personal testimonial on how keeping a journal can be incredibly good for you. I love that he shared his own personal journal; nothing could illustrate his points better.
08 Monday Jun 2015
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inThis Reddit post is hilarious, and all too accurate; I am the fountain pen girl at work!
Oh how I enjoyed this NYTimes article by Tom Vanderbilt about the joys of inexpensive Japanese pens. I feel the same way about my Coletos. I want to plan a trip to Japan just for the stationery stores!
And finally I am itching to get my hands on the new Stephen King: Finders Keepers. It features the same characters introduced in Mr. Mercedes, which I haven’t read yet. But Finders Keepers caught my interest because I was reading how the plot centers around an author’s journals. I love Mr. King and these books were on my To Read list but now because of the journal connection they have shot to the top!
10 Tuesday Mar 2015
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When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest. – Stephen King
17 Tuesday Feb 2015
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Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings. – Stephen King
30 Tuesday Sep 2014
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I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose.
– Stephen King
06 Tuesday May 2014
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The road to hell is paved with adverbs.
-Stephen King
14 Tuesday Jan 2014
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If you don’t have the time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.
– Stephen King
13 Wednesday Nov 2013
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I was reading this article on Tiger Pens and I love the line: Who says writing by hand is worthless? Who indeed. Those autograph scams can be nasty. I have a card that appears to be signed by Stephen King. A friend of mine picked up a copy of Desperation at a free book exchange for me; he knew I liked Stephen King but had no idea the card was inside.
I looked up his autograph and currently (if it’s real) it could be worth $100. He’s one of my fave authors and I just love having it in my collection.
It’s obviously machine typed, and I like how he capitalized the titles of his works. Christine was indeed published in 1983; April 29th to be exact. And The Talisman was published on Nov 8th of the following year. So the timeline fits.
I imagine him walking to the mailbox and dropping this off on a wintry Maine New Year’s Eve. Although I guess by 1982 he might have had an assistant to do stuff like that for him. Even if it turns out to be a fake signature I consider this a treasure. I was 12 in 1982; I was not living in Calgary then and do not know Christine Schippling. I wonder if she remembers receiving this in the mail – how thrilling for her to think that Stephen King just finished writing a book that shared her name!