Several people have asked me recently, what is this Page Per Day Challenge? When does it start? What do we do? So I wanted to summarize what we’ve done so far. Everyone is welcome! Jump right in. First of all the point of the Challenge is to write, draw, stick or put whatever you want […]
My kids and I were playing a game yesterday that later I thought could be a great way to break through writer’s block. We tell a story one line at a time, with each person coming up with the next line. The next person has to repeat what the previous person said and say, “…because…” […]
My fountain pens and inks are still buried deep in boxes, so I’ll live vicariously through your responses: what pens and inks are you planning to use for this year’s Valentines? Pink? Red? Orange? Or a less traditional color?
It’s never a bad idea to reread Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” but today, of course, is a particularly appropriate time to do so. I have tried to stand between these two forces, saying that we need emulate neither the “do nothingism” of the complacent nor the hatred and despair of […]
We recently received the following email from one of our readers: I am wondering if you could help me with my search for a pen and ink that would be suitable or even designed for writing on human skin? I was interested to see it because I like to jot notes on my hands, and […]
I’m an equal opportunity notebook fan, but thanks to Karen’s unflagging generosity, my husband has gotten hooked on the large lined No. 18 Rhodia pads. He tried to pretend otherwise, but when he ran out of them recently and realized I didn’t have any extras, he looked a little doubtful. “I guess I can go […]
Gini Cooper was gracious enough to kick off our collective ghost story with this hair-raising first chapter. She blogs at Inklings. I hadn’t been around long enough to hear the stories, but I wouldn’t have believed them even if I had. It’s not that I’m not open-minded. I believe in ghosts, more or less. Don’t […]
A couple months ago, Karen had the very good idea of organizing a pass-around writing project: a ghost story that you, our readers, could assemble one chapter at a time. Five volunteers signed on, and we’ll be posting the story they wrote starting next week. Should be a good way to spend those dark winter […]
My French counterpart, Murielle, discovered this article in the Courrier international about Lucha Libre, a crazy-sounding Peruvian improv contest in which writers gather in a bar, don masks, and then have five minutes to write a story on a particular theme. The winner is published; the losers drop their masks and face public humiliation. The […]
I’ve written before about open window season and the various things — animals, cars, and people — you overhear. In New York, a cold front brought our windows to a close this weekend, but not before I began to think, in particular, about the conversations I’ve been privy to. Hearing fragments makes it impossible not […]
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