Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
6 September 7 September 8 September 9 September	Not working on the fake-out version of Labor Day. Re-reading “The Lurking Fear” to make notes for a story I mean to write.	Plenty of nothing (comrades). About half of it	TWSBI Diamond 580 ALR Pelikan M600 Pilot Elite 95S Parker 75	TWSBI Royal Purple Pelikan blue-black Diamine Bilberry Herbin Vert de Gris

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It’s Not Going to Clean Itself

I am a big fan of the sort-of-dull exploratory science fiction films from the very dawn of the space age, like Destination Moon (which is not the same at the Tintin adventure of the same name, but the storylines are remarkably similar). Just about my favourite, though, is Conquest of Space. That one was somewhat based upon the Chesley Bonestell images in a book of the same name written by Willy Ley, a German rocket enthusiast who got out of Germany before the war and thus had less practical experience and fewer potential war crimes.

…ANYWAY…

The plot of Conquest of Space was an mildly utopian and extremely mechanistic description of an expedition to Mars. It’s great. And today’s film pokes some of the same buttons.

I suppose naming the ship Bradbury would be a little too on the nose. I think I might have gone with Burroughs, for a laugh.

Today’s pen: TWSBI Diamond 580 ALR
Today’s ink: TWSBI Royal Purple

Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
16 August 17 August 18 August 19 August	Submissions and a Sask Writers Guild meeting.	Bugger-all writing, and I was late for the meeting.	TWSBI Diamond 580 ALR Parker Senior Duofold Eversharp Skyline Montblanc 32	TWSBI Royal Purple Diamine Honey Burst Monteverde Malibu Blue  Montblanc Racing Green

Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
9 August 10 August 11 August 12 August	Second draft of “Anne’s Big Day”.	Finished, and just under 3000 words.	Pelikan P1 Montblanc 32 Parker Senior Duofold TWSBI Diamond 580 ALR	TWSBI Blue-black Montblanc Racing Green Diamine Honey Burst TWSBI Royal Purple

Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
2 August 3 August 4 August 5 August	Civic Holiday Day. Pinned on the phone by a needy co-worker seeking advice on a duty. Second draft of “Anne’s Big Day”.	About a dozen films reformatted (see last entry). The half the damn lunch-hour. Just 538 typed words.	TWSBI Diamond 580 ALR Parker Senior Duofold Montblanc 32 Pelikan P1	TWSBI Royal Purple Diamine Honey Burst Montblanc Racing Green TWSBI Blue-black†

† I get to exercise my signing authority today at the Sask. Writers Guild (did I mention I am, for the moment, a director?) so in addition to a pen with a distinctive point, I wanted to use an indelible ink; this one is both permanent and magnificently well-behaved.

Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
26 July 27 July 28 July 29 July	Second draft of “Anne’s Big Day”.	1057 typed words (that’s rather more like it!).	TWSBI Diamond 580 ALR Mabie, Todd & Co Blackbird Parker Senior Duofold Platinum PKB-3000	TWSBI Royal Purple Jentle blue-black Diamine Honey Burst Edelstein Topaz

Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
19 July 20 July 21 July 22 July	Second draft of “Anne’s Big Day”.	590 typed words.	Platinum PKB-3000 Montblanc 32 TWSBI Diamond 580 ALR Mabie, Todd & Co Blackbird	Edelstein Topaz Montblanc Racing Green TWSBI Royal Purple Jentle 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. 

Light Hearted

How better to lighten a heart than transporting it to an area of zero G?

I’m feeling extremely low on spoons today (it’s that week of the year when I feel our home’s lack of air conditioning), so a shortie is all I’m offering. Have a nice weekend, everyone.

Today’s pen: TWSBI Diamond 580 ALR
Today’s ink: Pelikan Violet

Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
10 August 11 August 12 August 13 August	First draft of “Hobb’s Landing”. Yesterday’s entry	1128 words typed. Go see for yourself.	Pelikan M600 Sheaffer “TM” Triumph TWSBI Diamond 580 ALR Parker 45	TWSBI Blue-black Montblanc Racing Green Pelikan Violet Quink Turquoise (vintage)