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Posted by Dirck on 10 October, 2019
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Posted by Dirck on 27 September, 2019
There’s a word that’s had its value undercut. Awe, after all, runs in the same groove as religious joy and existential dread… indeed, sometimes combining the two.
No, I’m not quite sure what to make of the ending either.
Today’s pen: Pelikan M30
Today’s ink: Diamine Marine
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Posted by Dirck on 19 September, 2019
Oh, you know the stereotype; cool, efficient, probably wearing a black turtleneck.
Stereotypes, man. I should be wearing a lot more flannel, according to international concepts of my nation.
Now, the usual Thursday entry, which will display what an atypical week this has been in more ways than one. It’s not just the impending Pelikan Hub that has kept me from my usual industry– there’s been a lot of stupid demands on my time this week, and they rendered me dull or incapable of using my free time as I would wish. This was, by the way, AFTER choices of ink were made– that degree of dull unoriginality happens without any outside influence, and with a huge array of bottles from several brands all laid out in front of me.
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Posted by Dirck on 17 September, 2019
While this particular example is both funny and speaks to a personal inclination, I’m not a fan of the type.
They make plenty of them! It’s not even a fountain pen! LEARN TO SHARE!
Today’s pen, which you may use it you ask nicely (and I’ll just hold onto the cap): Pelikan M30
Today’s ink, available by the bucketful: Diamine Marine
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Posted by Dirck on 1 November, 2018
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A merry NaNoWriMo to all those who intent to expose themselves to that particular source of stress this year. I will pursue my usual policy of continuing to write through the month at my own pace, but to those who think they can manage a novel in four weeks, I offer a hearty bonne chance!
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Posted by Dirck on 18 October, 2018
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Posted by Dirck on 5 October, 2018
I mentioned Buster Keaton’s birthday was yesterday. Well, here’s what someone with more resources than I produced to mark it:
Today’s pen: Pelikan M30
Today’s ink: Diamine Bilberry
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Posted by Dirck on 16 November, 2017
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Also, here’s a thing that happened this week:
Which is encouraging in two contradictory ways. The first is obvious enough– oh boy, halfway done!
But… am I, really? Remember, the gauge is based on an estimate of the word count based on a comparison of previous projects’ first draft page counts to final word counts. “Estimate” can be accurate, or not. So, let me run something by you. When I finished the most recent bout of typing, I closed my manuscript and held a ruler up to it. When gently compressed, it is a stack of paper roughly 3 cm tall. The sticky-note which indicates where I left off is about 1 cm from the top.
…so I may be more in the order of 33% finished. Which is great in terms of what the final word count may be; possibly as much as 100,000, a much more genre-appropriate weight (in as much as this thing fits a genre– closest to horror, although… have I mentioned this?… there is a tendril extending into the camp of detective fiction). Wonderful! Fantastic!
Those who know my capacity for dashing cold water on my own head will already have noticed the other hand presented by this second encouragement, though– I have been speaking of an estimated finishing date sometime in the first half of February.
Estimated.
It begins to look as if I’m in for a longer haul….
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Posted by Dirck on 9 November, 2017
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Posted by Dirck on 2 November, 2017
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I notice a couple of things. Yesterday was the start of NaNoWriMo, and tomorrow is the anniversary of my first word on paper for this novel. There’s a connection, of course, because I arbitrarily set the start of the latter to co-incide with the former, and then buggered up my own timing slightly. I continue to be pleased that I said NawNoHeyNo to the prospect of trying to finish in a month, because that expectation would have me feeling like a colossal failure by now.
The other thing I notice is that my word count for the week is low, thanks to the Hallowe’en thing I did over on my other front. Not colossal failure, but it’s not helping the cause; I believe I’ll be doing some extra work tonight and tomorrow to advance things. All the same, very nearly half-done the current draft, so the nebulous early- to mid-February finish line remains in place.
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