[Pen/Pencil Blog] New Year, New Sales, New Opportunities
Today is the holiday day off for New Year’s Day. I’m also recouperating from a long weekend at a convention. I did play with the Faber-Castell Grip Plus Ballpoint pen when one of my Sherpa inserts ran out of ink this weekend. I’ve also picked up a couple of other things during After Holiday Sales […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] Just Mobile AluPen Pro Pelikan Ink
I have my good friend, John Husisian, for this week’s review. This is the pen he bought me for my birthday at Paradise Pen Company during the last pilgrimage. He gifted me with the Just Mobile AluPen Pro ballpoint pen and stylus. It was slightly overshadowed by the Vanishing Point, but no less appreciated. The […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] Pilot Vanishing Point Saga Part 2
And now to Part 2 of the Pilot Vanishing Point Saga. This is the technical review, now that I’ve had time to actually work with the pen. The big question is… Does it live up to the hype I’ve built in my mind? The answer to that is … it does. I splurged for the […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] Pilot Vanishing Point Saga – Part 1
Welcome to Monday – and Part 1 of 2 of the Pilot Vanishing Point Fountain pen Review Saga! This is the adventure leading UP to buying the Vanishing Point – next week will be the functional review. Pull up a chair and get the popcorn. Here we go… For years I’ve known about the expensive […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] State of the Blog
Today is pen blog day. And this is going to be a wee bit different. Last week I helped man a table at an event for my day job – and pillaged the other tables before I left I have a giant pile of promotional pens. So over the next few weeks, I’m going to […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] Paradise Pen Company Pilgrimage
There’s not going to be a pen review today. I’m too wiped from ConDFW – and since I’m actually off the Day Job today for President’s Day (yay!) – my brain is taking the day off. But I will mention that Saturday night, Jimmy and I took six of our friends from ConDFW over to […]
[Writing Post] Hitting the Ground Running
Oh, hi….I’ve been distracted today and still have stuff to do. It’s shaping up to be an interesting month… if it’s going to be the Chinese version remains to be seen. The big writing news this week – at least in my world – is Gordon van Gelder stepping down from F & SF and […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] Fisher Space Pen Lime Green
Today’s pen is the Fisher Space Pen. I think I had one years ago, but where it ended up is anyone’s guess. This one I picked up at Paradise Pen Company as part of the Birthday Pilgrimage. I was looking for something a bit more affordable this time around that was still cool… and this […]
[Pen/Pencil Review] ONLINE Schreibergerate Fountain Pen Medium Nib
Back in February I did my Birthday Pilgrimage to Paradise Pen Company in Dallas. I try to pick up something I’ve never bought before. This time I picked up a Schreibgerate ONLINE fountain pen with a medium point nib. This one is part of the ONLINE Academy line designed for “Young” writers. And as the […]
[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 […]