[Pen/Pencil Review] Looking Ahead
Today is Monday, and is supposed to be a pen review blog. I say supposed to be, because I’m struggling today coming off my last book show for a couple of months. ConDFW was this past weekend, it’s a three-day, fan run Science Fiction literary & art convention. It’s tons of fun, but also completely exhausting. One of these days I’m going to learn to “pre-load” my blog posts for the days after a convention… today is not that day. Instead I’m going to tell you what’s coming up in the next little while.
I’m in a very slow process of going through the massive hoard I have at home to see what still needs to be reviewed of what I already have. I did my Birthday Pilgrimage to Paradise Pen Company and have a couple of new things to share with you, as well as an interesting multi-function pen that was a gift.
Also in the queue are:
• Neon Sharpies in a multi-pack
• Another offering from BIC for HER
• Probably some BIC Marks-It markers – because I got a bunch for my birthday
• Motiva from Staples
• The Sonic Screwdriver Pen from a Dr. WHO gift set
This blog will have a plan coming down the road, because I’m about to be super busy and have to actually plan stuff out (yay!) and in order to get everything done there’s going to have to be a plan. And there will be some kind of JetPens.com order in the near future as well. And I might throw some notebooks in – because what good are pens/pencils without paper.
But there was one fun thing from the Paradise Pen Company trip – I was able to introduce on the employees there to Uni-ball’s BLX collection. The Vision Elite inks fit in the Sherpa barrels (which is a line from Paradise Pen Company). I have the BLX Red/Black in the flame pattern Sherpa. The employee had never seen the BLX colors before and was in awe of the richness of the color – and it’s way cool in a flame barrel.
So this may not be a pen REVIEW – but at least you’ll kinda know what’s coming. Thanks for understanding. And as always, if there’s something you want to see reviewed – just let me know in an email or comments – and I’ll see what I can do. If you’re a pen company that wants something reviewed, I can do that, too – but it’s going to be honest.