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Oooohh. Shiny Pen for Moleskine
Found this while perusing the latest ThinkGeek Catalog. Love it. This and a Moleskine Cahier make me feel like a real writer: Inka Pen Travel Pen In the office, many people steal from you. They take your ideas, they take your lunch, and most annoyingly, they take your pens. Well, it’s time to draw a line in the carpet. Time to stand up and say, “I will never be without a pen again.” Time to get yourself an Inka Pen. …
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Tagged Ballpoint pen, Fountain pen, Moleskine, Office Products, Writing Instruments
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Happy Birthday Edgar Allan Poe
Here’s a box My Daughter Jamie did for a school project. I posted on an earlier site, and it was noticed by the Library of Richmond who wanted to use it for the Poe Centennial. Unfortunately, they decided they couldn’t use it, so we ended up not gifting it to them. Instead, I’m eventually going to use it for a novel cover:
Star Trek Acid Drive
Ok. Fine. You Probably saw this on Reddit, bit I like the music and I’ve been busy trying to get a rough draft of the WIP done.
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Old Time Quill Writing Kit
One of my favorite desktop items is a wooden Writing Kit box I received as a gift many, many years ago. It has a wooden pen with brass nibs, a glass pen , an ink bottle and a pad of blotter paper all neatly arranged in a steampunky maple box. So, since the last post was pretty popular, here’s another knick knack from ThinkGeek.com. And yes, I know I said I wouoldn’t be running a lot of ads, but I …
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Tagged Christmas, Feather, Ink, Lorie, Pen, Quill, Wood, Writing implement
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Pacman Meets Ghostbusters
Ok, Someone I know wants to buy this from the monkeys at ThinkGeek.com So I told them I’d post this and I would get the KickBack. Called for Help The first half of the 80s was good for geeks and bad for ghosts. It was a time when we as a culture were apparently obsessed with getting rid of supernatural beings. Some important lessons we learned from our ghost-fighting mentors: If someone asks you if you’re a god, say yes. …
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How To Kill A Blog in 4 Easy Steps
Image via Wikipedia Byzantine Roads is going through some growing pains right now. I’ve been working on a novel project that, although slow, is progressing nicely. I Didn’t win Nano. Heck, I didn’t even come close. But I’m happy with the outlining, research, and yes, even the little drafting I managed to get done on “Teddy Roosevelt and the Lost World.” So, the more I look at the various posts and categories of this site, and the more I look …
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Tagged FAQs Help and Tutorials, Writers Resources, Writing, Youtube
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