[From the Archive] Just Say No
This is from 2009 – so the information is a little dated. For something newer – check out my review of Transformers: Dark of the Moon on SF Signal. —– I’m running on empty for the next couple of weeks. This week is the lead in to FenCon, and next week I’ll be recovering from […]
[Pen Review] TWSBI 530 Diamond
For my birthday this year, my husband bought both of us a TWSBI 530 Diamond fountain pens – mine with an Extra Fine nib in green; his with a Fine nib in red. These pens are no longer in stock – apparently they’re sold out with no additional production run intended as TWSBI designs something […]
[Pen Pencil Review] The Ohto Promecha 500P by Guest Blogger Jimmy Simpson
This week’s pen/pencil review is done by my husband, Jimmy. Little did I know when I married him that he had a love of mechanical/drafting pencils that nearly rivals my pen addiction. Brad from Jetpens.com was kind enough to enable both of us in his shipment – since Jimmy was the one who introduced me […]
[Pen Review] Uni-Ball COLORS Pencil Lead – from JetPens.Com
I really am trying to be good about getting pen/pencil reviews more regular. Part of that is thanks to Brad at JetPens.com and the care package he sent me a couple of weeks ago in the middle of my GoDaddy battle from hades. One of the interesting bits Brad sent me was colored pencil lead […]
[Pen Review] The TomBow Zoom 505 BW
I apologize for the delay on this one… I actually wrote way back around Christmas. We just got the pictures taken last week. D’OH… My Christmas Pen Haul continues with the TomBow Zoom 505 BW. My wonderful husband ordered me this pen in the purple aluminum. He also ordered me the matching pencil – but […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] The OHTO Rook from JetPens.com
I was thrilled last week when Brad Dowdy from JetPens.com emailed me out-of-the-blue and asked if I would be interested in reviewing something for JetPens if he sent it to me. My response was only slightly more professional than “Duh!” and “HECK YES!” I LOVE JetPens.com. My limited disposable income is often split between bookstores […]
[Writer Blog][Book Review] Time Travel
One of the news pieces running around the internet amid stories and recaps of the Royal Wedding – but before the reports of Osama bin Laden’s end – was the announcement of China banning time travel from television and movie themes (and I presume that would extend to books as well). In their opinion, storylines […]
[Book Review] Welcome to the Greenhouse
Fernando Diaz of OR Books sent me a free copy of Welcome to the Greenhouse edited by Gordon van Gedler to read and review a little over a month ago. I need to apologize for it taking me a MONTH to read this collection of short stories on climate change, but it is neither “light” […]
Writing Instrument Review – The Rotring Rapid Pro
A few months ago I won the Rotring Rapid Pro 0.5mm from Dave’s Mechanical Pencils. Jimmy, my husband, is the pencil connoisseur, and it basically became his anniversary gift. We agreed to do a joint review of the pencil, but then…it became now. And Dave, from Dave’s Mechanical Pencils, has had to poke us. Oops. […]