[Pen/Pencil Review] No pens today
We just finished another FenCon. I have no brain. I did make it to The Dallas Pen Show for a little over an hour. I bought a couple of things and met some people, but more indepth stuff will happen again next week. It’s full of the pretty… as always. I apologize for not having […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] Dallas Pen Show Preview
I apologize in advance for this week’s set of blog posts – and probably next week’s. This is FenCon week and I’m up to my freshly waxed eyebrows in staff duties, last minute details, and getting stuff done. It’s a week of time management, panic-mode, and primal screams. Next week will be recovery, starting a […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The UT Tyler Library Giveaway Ergonomic Retractable BallPoint Pen
This past weekend, I participated in The East Texas Book Festival. I’ll be talking more about that on Wednesday, but in the goodie bag they gave everyone was a promotional pen from the major sponsor, UT Tyler Library. I don’t even know what to call this thing to find it online. If anyone comes up […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] Holiday Rerun – Mad Moravian Cigar Style Ballpoint Pen
Please forgive the rerun, not only is it the Labor Day holiday here in the US, I’ve been sick this lovely 3-day weekend. So I’m going to repost this review… Don’t go looking for this pen at your local Office Supply Chain Store or even your favorite online source. You won’t find it. In fact, […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The BIC Fine Point 0.7mm Ball Point – Green Ink
Lou Antonelli is both a good person and a bad, bad enabler. He started me on the path of the Bic Biro Fine point ballpoint pens, and he’s actually completed the set for me. He got a shipment of the green fine points from Ireland (and no, the symbolism isn’t lost on me). And no, […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Office Depot Multi-Function Pen
This week’s pen review is on a more gimmicky, but useful thing. Office Depot has a store brand “multi-pen” in their back-to-school section. I picked one up on sale, and it’s not bad. For what it is. This multi-pen isn’t the standard 3 or 4 color pen like BIC makes. This one does have a […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Staples Strata Liquid Rollerball 0.5mm in Blue Ink
Today’s pen is the Staples Strata 0.5mm rollerball with blue ink. Strata is Staples’s “house” brand of pen. It’s a fairly typical, disposable rollerball, but has something last week’s pen didn’t, a “true” 0.5mm point feel. The Strata is 5.5″ long capped and just at 6″ with the cap posted. It has a slightly squishy […]
[Spotlight Post] Katy Stauber and Spin the Sky
This week’s spotlight is on Katy Stauber, a fellow redheaded author who’s based in Austin. I initially met Katy on a panel at ArmadilloCon in 2011 and immediately hit it off with her. She’s so much fun. Fellow writers, if you have the opportunity to work with her at a convention, DO IT. Night Shade […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Schneider Xtra Document 0.6mm Rollerball in Black Ink
My favorite, local Office Depot is moving to another spot in its shopping center. In anticipation of this, they’re having Moving Sales. Which means I can buy random stuff to review for cheaper than I would normally–and makes me almost as happy as Back-to-School sales. One of the pens I bought to test out that […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The Dane-Elec ShareBytes 4GB USB Drives
This week’s review isn’t a pen, pencil, or notebook. This week, I’m talking about novelty flash/USB drives. Why? Well, one, I already have pictures taken of them so that’s one less bit of effort. And two, they’re too darned cool. While at a 20% off anything you can get in the bag sale at Staples, […]