Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
21 June 22 June 23 June 24 June	First draft of “Anne’s Big Day”. The second jab. First draft of “Anne’s Big Day”.	Three manuscript pages. A tiny poke, and a period of normal immune response. Four manuscript pages.	Pilot Vanishing Point Lamy 27 Platinum Curidas Waterman Executive	Namiki Black Diamine Writer’s Blood Platinum blue-black Edelstein Olivine

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And Now For Something Marginally Different

The less-fun and not-usual thing I bring today is a useful link to what happens when someone who understands science gets fed to the back teeth with people saying dumb things about vaccines. If you know someone who is drifting away from sense and one of the actual benefits of modernity, try this small bit of text.

Now, to balance that out, here’s some delightful cartoon cats, one of whom is a terrifying psychopath. The other one wears a cap.

Today’s pen: Pilot Vanishing Point
Today’s ink: Namiki Black

Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
31 May 1 June 2 June 3 June	Blinkin’ work duties. The Curidas page.	Too much. Go ahead and click the link!	Pilot Vanishing Point Platinum Curidas Pelikan th.INK OMAS Arte Italiana	Namiki Black Platinum blue-black Herbin Vert de Gris Diamine Honey Burst

Oopsie

Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
24 May 25 May 26 May 27 May 28 May	Queen Victoria’s birthday The decreasingly over-ambitious, increasingly time-anxious edit on “Legion of Candles”.	Some lounging I suspect would not have amused her majesty. Under the limit!	OMAS Arte Italiana Sheaffer Imperial Triumph Platinum Curidas (still picture only) Pilot Vanishing Point Pelikan th.INK	Diamine Honey Burst TWSBI Royal Purple Platinum blue-black Namiki Black Herbin Vert de Gris

So, yeah… no entries here at all last week. I had to apply my time to the scraping down of the story… and more time than that. Victory came as the light faded from the sky on Friday– the final count was 4951 words (1305 below the last time I called it finished), AND YET the story still made sense.

This may explain a couple of previous rejections.

To explain the next rejection, I decided to change the title at the last moment. I made sure that this change was not only on the title page, but also reflected on the page headers (look up Shunn format, if you’re curious) and also in the name of the file. BUT NOT in the email’s title, which still had the old name. So, a lot of work followed by pointing a gun at my own foot– perhaps I’ll miss.

A quick bit of film to make up for Friday’s absence. This week should be more sensible, although who can really predict… the future?

Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May	The decreasingly over-ambitious edit on “Legion of Candles”.	16 of 19 pages covered in red ink, so almost ready to hit the keyboard.	OMAS Arte Italiana Pilot Vanishing Point Sheaffer Imperial Triumph Pelikan 140	Diamine Honey Burst Namiki Black TWSBI Royal Purple Monteverde Malibu Blue

Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
10 May 11 May 12 May 13 May	A story best thought of as carb cleaner for my writing engine. A probably over-ambitious edit on “Legion of Candles”.	Nine pages! Needs to be under 5000 by month end, currently… 6008. *gulp*	PenBBS 500 Pelikan 140 Pilot Vanishing Point OMAS Arte Italiana	TWSBI Blue Monteverde Malibu Blue Namiki Black† Diamine Honey Burst

Yes, indeed; production! I won’t tempt fate by proclaiming myself cured, especially with a story I don’t expect to ever see the light of day, but there’s a glimmer of optimism to be seen.

†You won’t actually find this on the linked page (yet) but… I mean, it’s black ink. One is very like another.

Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
21 December 22 December 23 – 28 December 29 – 31 December	Wrestling with submissions. Getting the decks cleared for… Time off at Christmas! Getting Regular Job crap done before the end of the year!	Another one! Sufficient. Authentic de-stressing.† Re-stressing.	Pilot Vanishing Point Parker 51 Parker Moderne Pelikan New Classic Baoer 388 Sheaffer Targa Parker 180	Namiki Blue Montblanc Racing Green Diamine Syrah Diamine Evergreen Skrip Black Edelstein Topaz Herbin Poussière de Lune

† I probably should have posted something during the time away, but the very concepts of time and duty lost all meaning in a bubble-fied nuclear family-only Christmas. The effect on my inward state was such that to apologize for the lapse would be to seem ungrateful.

Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
14 December 15 December 16 December 17 December	Wrestling with submissions. Second draft of “Hobb’s Landing”. Reveling in the warm glow of new publication.†	Only one. Progress, of a slow and gummy sort. As much as I can drink in.	TWSBI Vac 700 Pilot Vanishing Point Parker 51 Pelikan Future	TWSBI Blue-black Namiki Blue Montblanc Racing Green Herbin Vert de Gris

† Yes, indeed! “Palmer’s Folly” is live and available for ganders, over in issue 53 of NewMyths.com, and with a little digging you can even find a picture of the author, shorn of beard for COVID-masking and in all honesty looking as mad as a box of frogs. I don’t know what was happening with my face that night.

Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
7 December 8 December 9 December 10 December	Second draft of “Hobb’s Landing”. Absolute last chance edits on “Palmer’s Folly” (in which a with that had survived more than a dozen examinations was finally replaced with the correct while)	Why do I feel so very busy?	Pelikan Future Sheaffer Taranis Pilot Vanishing Point TWSBI Vac 700	Herbin Vert de Gris Herbin Violette Pensée Namiki Blue TWSBI Blue-black

 

Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
30 November 1 December 2 December 3 December	Second draft of “Hobb’s Landing”. Getting some of the power attendant to my new place as a director for the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guide made available. Flogging the thing below.	But not a lot because… Banks, man– too much. All over the place	TWSBI Diamond 580 ALR TWSBI Vac 700 Parker 51 Pilot Vanishing Point	Herbin Stormy Grey TWSBI Blue-black Montblanc Racing Green Namiki Blue

SO, the big news for this week, which I lift entire from my other enterprise:

I’ll mention that the image on the cover… does not represent my contribution, I will say… although “Wilden Klausen” does involve wearing a costume for a seasonal tradition.

I should also mention that the profits for this collection are going to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which given the situation of the world over the last… dozen or two months, at least… seems like a service which could definitely use some funding. Since I’m not in the US, I will mention for those who wish to give directly that there is a Canadian version of the same thing.

Here is a link to pre-order; it will be released on 20 December.