Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
4 April 5 April 6 April 7 April	Faffing about with my projected self-publishing foolishness.	Nothing conclusive, of course.	Pelikan 140 Montblanc 32 Waterman Master PenBBS 487	Herbin Bleu Calanque Montblanc Racing Green Diamine Honey Burst TWSBI Royal Purple

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Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
28 March 29 March 30 March 31 March	Final draft of “Golden Hour”. A little relaxation.	A final pass for stupid typos, and submitted. 28th was the deadline!. Brain needs rest.	Pelikan M600 Waterman Master Montblanc 32 Sheaffer Imperial Triumph	Diamine Syrah Diamine Honey Burst Montblanc Racing Green Pelikan blue-black

Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
21 March 22 March 23 March 24 March	Second draft of “Golden Hour”.	679 typed words (slow, but better material than last week).	Pilot Short PenBBS 487 Sheaffer Imperial Triumph Faber-Castell 664	Private Reserve Supershow Blue TWSBI Royal Purple Pelikan blue-black (yes, I do like this ink) Diamine Bilberry

Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
14 June 15 June 16 June 17 June	Clothes shopping.† First draft of “Anne’s Big Day”. School supply shopping.†	One shirt for me, several for son. Seven manuscript Pages. A perfectly serviceable sketchbook	Waterman Executive†† Sheaffer Imperial Triumph Pilot Vanishing Point Pelikan th.INK	Edelstein Olivine TWSBI Royal Purple Namiki Black Herbin Vert de Gris

†My son is, given his first vaccination status, going back to school for the first time since May 2020. He’s grown a LOT in the intervening time, and he’s also filled up his sketchbook, because it likes making visual art.

††The Wing Sung 618 is being set aside for amendment– there’s an interruption in the ink channel of the feed that requires force-filling of the collector. Unsatisfactory, in an otherwise darned good pen.

Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
7 June 8 June 9 June 10 June	First draft of “Anne’s Big Day”.	Ten Manuscript Pages.	Wing Sung 618 Pelikan th.INK Platinum Curidas Sheaffer Imperial Triumph	Herbin Bleu Calanque Herbin Vert de Gris Platinum blue-black TWSBI Royal Purple

Dashing Off a Quick Note

Busy-ness and business are chasing me today, so I only have time for this brief entertainment, composed of THE VOICE OF ZEUS HIMSELF.

A whole bunch of quick notes, I suppose.

Today’s highly conductive pen: Sheaffer Imperial Triumph
Today’s ink: TWSBI Royal Purple

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
16 December 17 December 18 December 19 December	First Draft of “Uncle Bert’s Best Friend”. Various pre-Yule rushing-about chores.	6 manuscript pages, and done. SO MUCH TO DO!	Sheaffer 8C OMAS Arte Italiana Lamy 2000 Parker Senior Duofold	Edelstein Olivine Pelikan Brilliant Brown Diamine Oxford Blue Waterman blue (vintage)

 

 

Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
10 December 11 December 12 December 13 December	First Draft of “Uncle Bert’s Best Friend”.	12 manuscript pages	Parker Senior Duofold Ohto Tasche Sheaffer Imperial Triumph Lamy 2000	Waterman blue (vintage) Herbin Vert de Gris Skrip black Diamine Oxford Blue