That is one of the most unusual things I have seen. The map is cool though.

That is so goddamn cool!!!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3h64KteoBoPZ3lZZbQdbvg


Entire Line of them. Makes walking around with it impractical however.

Still looking for the 'perfect' pocket journal. Been using the Rustico, which can take the beating of being in a back pocket, but the binding is glued, meaning it doesn't lay flat, which makes writing rather difficult.

About to use a Canson "sketch book" as the final pages of the rustico are finally about done.

The Canson does lay flat, but it's a hard cover, meaning it doesn't conform to my seated form. We'll see however, field testing and all that.

EDITED TO ADD: Here is the actual website. http://www.alittlepresent.com/

Those journals are gorgeous, and I love some of the themes on the covers!

OMG that is so pretty!

I always end up going for Paperblanks myself, because I find them gorgeous. I don't use them much because I don't do much writing longhand - I type so quickly that writing by hand just feels way too slow. The main exception is doing maths, and that's a matter for scrap paper. So really the main thing I use paper journals for is for when I'm on holiday without computer... e.g. I do a lot of long-distance cycling trips and tend to keep a diary of my days (generally ending up in mixed English and German and illustrated with stick figures).

I went to Barnes and Nobles a few months ago and fell in love with a red soft-leather journal with blank lineless pages. I swore to myself I'd own such a journal one day...when I could afford to spend my money on a $65 notebook lol

Some of these are really pretty too!


@ Liz - I HAVE to have lined pages, or the journal would be totally unreadable. If I don't have the limit of the lines there is no telling how big and crooked my letters would form.

I used to get a 20 dollar journal every year, but the same journal went up to 50 the last couple years - I couldn't see how I could validate paying that much for it and didn't want a different style (IE = cheaper) journal either - they just didn't fit my needs or desires. So my journal keeping went out the window.

I'm still horribly confused.

They sell them at the art store which I frequent for my calligraphy supplies. They're not bad by any means, but I prefer blank over lined. Which is ironic as I will usually end up using a lined paper behind the blank page as a guide.

I think I'm just trying to emulate journals from the colonial period...



I also frequent that place. If I might make a suggestion. The refillable B&N Bombay leather wrap.

Twenty bux (when you can shell it out.) and five bucks for the refills. Now, I know you might be tempted to go with Fiorentino version and refills. DON'T!

The Kraft brand doesn't smear or bleed and will accept virtually any ink applied to it, whereas the Fiorentina will not, and does tend to bleed and smear, and is at least twice as expensive. Plus, not one, but TWO~! nifty pen holders in the front wrap there....hmmm. I'll post some pics of my old one in here to show what I mean.




This second one has a message specifically for Mrs. Hollow.







EDITED TO ADD: mALX, looks like we have winner here for you than. They make some other covers as well. Or at least did once upon a time.

ImpSnob: If you're confused, it means your on the right path. It keeps you hungry and open. Never stop being confused.

EDIT #2: Here's the Distressed Leather Version. The inside is like a black velvet as I recall. It was a little more greenish IRL than I preferred so I ended up gifting it to a friend. But has the pen inserts as well.

Proof that some things never change

A number of years ago, I picked up a standard 8.5 x 11 spiral notebook from a closeout bin at an office supply store- mostly because it had turtles on the cover.

The texture of the paper was interesting, and I fell in love with the way it felt beneath the pen. As it turned out, the notebook was made from recycled banana leaves and even the spiral binding is reclaimed.

Then began a long search to find more of these marvelous notebooks- to no avail.

At last, I found the name of a representative of the production company in Costa Rica. After much emailing, he finally sent me several more notebooks, asking only that I pay upon receiving them! (Thank you again, Senor Valverde).

All of my fan-fics have been written (in whole or in part) in those notebooks. I have 3 or 4 filled ones stacked on the shelf behind me- and the "current" A & A notebook beside my keyboard.

And those books you showed us are amazing, BH!

Banana leaves? Cool!!

Well I have an illuminious green lined notepad I got for like a fiver,so yeah.....be jelly.

I just write fan-fics in notepad and copy and paste it onto the forums because I'm a total noob lord....Noob Lord?

Hmmmm,I should use that.

I love the pen holders inside this one, what a great idea! Really don't like the journal cover on that one at all, though. I am definitely drawn to some of those on the page you got your journal from (although the one you selected = having a head coming out of it through vines would freak me out in the night, I don't think I'd want to reach out and grab onto it if I woke up with a thought I wanted to jot down, lol).

Does anyone else wake up from a powerful or inspiring dream and want to jot it down? I used to dream of poetry, and wake up and try to write it down before I forgot the dream.

(Reaching out and touching a 3D head crawling out of the journal may yank the poetry out of my head, lol).

I have several 200 page notebooks in plain colors that I write in for various reasons. All of my fic writing is done on this computer, though.

I'll be a helping hand and try find a sub-reddit for notebookery(what ever you call it).

Theres a sub reddit for EVERYTHING,which both a good and horribly horrific thing.

The Paper in the Head one is also very Calligraphy friendly. I write on it only with the cartridge Manuscript pens after a mishap with the dip pens. That being said, the paper showed remarkable resiliency to the huge glob that fell on it, despite being thinner than the second journal's paper.

The story with the Head one, is that I got it for a friend at work for her birthday. Her reaction was much the same as yours, and said she was grateful but didn't want it. So I swapped it out for an iTunes gift card.

Stayed on my bookcase for two months until I finally decided to put it as a display piece on the dresser. Most just think it's a sculpture. Hiding in plain sight.

This second journal, has been out with me in the field and has taken a great deal of abuse, and is still in one piece. I do love it, and the only reason as to 'why' I switched for a smaller version, is that a smaller version can be carried around outside a backpack.

Though, with that being said. After writing in it again..I do kind of miss that journal...and refills being only five dollars...could field dip penmanship actually work?

I went and looked at the B&N website and...the notebook I was talking about was NOT $65...it was $13.

I'm kind of upset. I think someone switched the price tag. And yes, it happens. People did it all of the time at my old job.

Not certain if you were thinking the second post was the same journal as the first. The one with the pen holders is completely different from the one with the scary face.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=playe...p14MKDDU#t=143s

Dang Youtube. Fast Forward to 2:26 seconds for batman sayin' "Scary Face"....

Glad to know I wasn't the only one creeped out by it, lol.


On the cover of the one with the pen holder inside - I was talking about that plain loose looking cover with the big rawhide tie. Just didn't like the look of it that much, especially the big rawhide tie thing. (but did like the fact that it held two pens).

I liked the look of many of those where you got the "head" one, and quite a few on the other page of journals too. I do like a unique cover on a journal, but never do the refill thing anyway (because then I'd have to file the pages I removed. I like keeping them intact and buying another journal better, then each year has its own record).

I'M THE ONLY ONE ONLINE!

Indeed you are, said a voice from the shadows.

Hey why don't you go to the fan fic section and check out my fan-fic "Eldwin's Challenger"!

*awkard smile and thumbs up*

*What this post is!*

Ok,I'll make it more than a shameless plug.

Do any of you listen to music when writing fan fics?

I listen to those "Epic Music Compliation"s.

I generally don't while writing; I find that it throws me off from setting the tone of the scene properly because my emotions are being influenced by music instead of my writing. I'm not sure how much sense that made... say, if I'm listening to epic dramatic music that affects my writing via e.g. having drama seeping in where I don't want it to, or *not* having drama where I want it because the music makes me think a scene comes off as more dramatic than it actually does.

I do listen to music when plotting and reading, and I also tend to go for epic music compilations a lot. *g*

I don't listen to music for the same reason, Kazaera.

Depends on my mood. At the risk of sounding like a pretentious person, I usually throw on some "Cafe de Paris" on sky.fm when I get home. Which is odd as I'm not particularly fond of french music, per se. But, it helps me grt into that 'Starbucks' frame of mind without paying $3.50 for a single biscotti, or having a hipster barista coughing at me after half an hour.

From there I let the mood take me wherever, if I write, I write.

Edited. Orientation for Target is FRIDAY!

WOOOOO HOOO!!!

Good luck with that Elizabeth!!...Hope it goes well...

I always listen to music when I write...It shuts the rest of my brain up so I can concentrate... ...

Excellent news Mrs. Hollow. Make yer dreams come true.

McBadgere, coulda sworn you were going to say it drowned out the voices in your head. But, then I was all like: That's not McBadgere-crazy. Nah, the guy doing donuts in the parking lot with the tow truck that towed his car, and then he stole to get even...*that's* McBadgere-crazy.

I usually have some jazz playing in the background, but not so loud that it distracts.

I always listen to music when I am writing. Usually it is just the mp3 folder on my computer played on shuffle. But sometimes when I want a specific sort of inspiration, I will put on a certain cd or make a special playlist. For example, when I was writing the Battle of Bruma for the TF I listened to the Gettysburg soundtrack for those fifes and drums and that epic and haunting sound of battle it has.

All the time. As Kazaera mentioned, sometimes the music influence the emotions, and in turn, the writing. I listen to specific songs for specific scenes that I am writing. Scenes of sadness, sometimes of triumph, or peace, etc.

All of the songs I listen when writing are soundtracks, of music from Two Steps From Hell, Audio Machine, Immediete Music, etc. Depending on the setting of my story and the characters involved, the style of song may vary. My Redguard/Imperial character has Middle Eastern songs tied to him, due to part of his cultural aspect.

Types of songs like this one. I'll listen to it when the scene fits the mood. Perhaps a character climbing a high tower he thought he could never accomplish or something. Soundtracks are amazing when writing, and I personally feel a change of experience.

Always. It covers the random noise nicely.

There are days when it's hard to argue with a statement like that...

Just to add...My music choices vary between some sort of various pop playlist thing...To some specific album (Moody Blues/Genesis/ELO type)...It really does depend on what I'm doing at the time...But not as a specific aide to writing the type of scene that I'm doing though...

Just to clarify, I'm usually a victim to my husband's choices in music, and it's really, REALLY hard to write an intimate scene between two characters when Stephen Lynch is playing

Good luck Liz. I'm rooting for you. Genuinely.

WOO HOO! Congrats Liz, you def deserved some good news !!!

So, I guess we´ll have a new kitty in six weeks. Anyone having a good name for her?

What does she look like.

Thanks for the congrats, everyone! I'm excited, and very much looking forward to meeting my new teammates.

And the discount. I can't WAIT for the discount. I get one IMMEDIATELY. No waiting-three-months, and no "Oh, you don't get a discount, but here's a $10 giftcard as your Christmas bonus. To here."

I love not having a job, but at the same time, I'd much rather be making money. I know it would take a whole lot of stress of of my husband's back. Poor guy has been such a trooper, reassuring ME that we'll be okay while picking up extra shifts at work, putting gas in my car... I love him :]

You have a couple of days yet Elisabeth so enjoy them. It will be nice to be making money again though.


M'aiq?

M'aiq would fit a male, but this is "her", so I'd suggest Tsarrina. It's just that bit more obscure, so you get to explain more often.

Katy Purry

DUDE LOL!!!

Are you my roommate?! Because you keep making puns like he does XD

Galore?... ...

As in Pussy-

Boots?...

As in Puss-in-





Aaaamywho...

Between last Tuesday and yesterday, we had no phoneline...Therefore no broadband...Apparently the 40 year-old cable that ran down the house had finally corroded, due to water running down the wall unnoticed since the bad snow the other month pulled the gutter slightly away from the boards it's (was) screwed to...

Funnily enough, I wasn't all that worried...But it didn't half bring the harpy out of the female contingent of the family..."Oh my GOD no ebay!!/Emails/Forums/Gossip/etc etc I'm sooo boooooored." ...Blimey it was bad...

But now, all is well-ish...We're here...We're back...Aren't you all pleased?... ...

Don't answer that... ...

...

Thank the gods they fixed it so quickly! And since your eave was pulled out and water running down, best check other things too before the damage "surprises" you - window sills especially, but also basement walls, siding, etc.

The window sills - it seeps below them and into the between space of the outer and inner wall of your house and rots the wood or turns to mold - look for the damage before it looks for you.

Eave leakage is notorious for creating extreme and overwhelmingly expensive and long term damage.

(keep that in mind if you have any enemies that you want to ... get even with ... )

Just kidding about the enemies, but not the damage, unfortunately.

Oooh...I hadn't thought of that... ...

We've got the lahverly pebble-dashing that councils used to think was so classy in the 60s over here...Will have to get the builder uncle-in-law to come and check it out I think... ...

Ta for that... ...

Yeah, just tell him about the eave being pulled slightly loose - he'll know what to look for.

I had an 87 year old Federation house that had a very slightly loose gutter, couldn't even see it looking up, but I did find one long bolt in my garden. About 6 months later I found another long bolt, brought them to my husband and saw his face go sheet white.

Well, the sills and walls between were ruined, the wood was mush. Had to rent a backhoe and dig along the front of the house and reseal the foundation wall mortar joints (tearing up my beautiful garden), eventually had to jack the house up 8" off the foundation and redo the whole foundation on that side of the house - it had been leaking a while before that first long bolt was found.

By the time I got done paying for all that damage I could have bought a new house in a high end neighborhood.

The name is odd enough that gender correctness isn't a big issue. At least for me it isn't.