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OK, I’m going to just come out and say it: I don’t like using fountain pens.
I like looking at beautifully made fountain pens. I like handling them. And I love the idea of using fountain pens. But when it actually comes time to put ink on paper, I’ll take a good gel or rollerball pen every time. Heck, even a ballpoint, if it comes to that. [Read more…]
So, a while back, I wrote a post about the reasons I don’t use fountain pens.
As you might expect, I was roundly chastised for my blasphemy.
Dan at FPGeeks was gentle, while others were less so, including one blogger who somehow equated my choice to puritanism, and two gentlemen who agreed I was simply low-class.
Not much has changed since then.
Dan, I’ll give you your unicorns and bacon, but for me, using a fountain pen is still like standing in line at the DMV behind a fat, sweaty orc smelling of garlic and dead things while using a rotary phone to try to get a live person at tech support. And the DMV Muzak station only plays Miley Cyrus.
But wait…don’t start sharpening your stakes just yet. [Read more…]
If the mind is a well of creativity, the trick is figuring out how to tap it.
For some writers, like Scottish novelist Rosemary Gemmell, the solution is as simple as a pen.
It becomes the conduit between thought and reality. As the ink flows, so do the ideas, and characters and story begin to take shape.
Today, Rosemary takes a little time to share how pen-and-paper work for her. [Read more…]
As pet peeves go, this one seems relatively minor, but apparently there is a significant portion of our culture that is driven to distraction whenever someone uses the term ‘ink pen.’ [Read more…]
PenAgain is an ergonomic range of pens & pencils. The brainchild of Colin Roche who used his time in a school detention to develop his ideas. Fast forward 15 years & during lunch with old college friend engineer Bobby Ronsse, the pair decided to embark on a business venture & the rest as they say is history. [Read more…]
