As New York Magazine put it, "It really is as it appears: The worst people are dancing together on the lip of the volcano as the journalists fall into the caldera."
Sharpening pencils were admittedly one of the little unrecognized joys of my childhood. And I remember that if you had your own sharpener, you were the coolest kid in school.
If you had your own mechanical sharpener, you were even cooler.
And in a pinch you could just bring up a paper cutter and shave the pencil into sharpened submission, but that meant a bad-looking pencil and you don’t want that...
Of course now we type. Or use pens. My Muji pen is nice but I do miss using pencils sometimes. It’s how I kind of started my entire so-called writing career.
Ah yes we are big Blackwing people over here. I am a devotee of the Blackwing 10, which are apparently a tribute to Nellie Bly? Anyway my box of them is still in pretty good shape, owing to my obsessive sharpening I guess
Listening to (just discovered...late to the party...again) Las Migas: http://lasmigas.com/
Congrats on selling the movie rights! Woohoo!
Congrats on selling the film rights Elise!!
thank you, my friend!
Sharpening pencils were admittedly one of the little unrecognized joys of my childhood. And I remember that if you had your own sharpener, you were the coolest kid in school.
If you had your own mechanical sharpener, you were even cooler.
And in a pinch you could just bring up a paper cutter and shave the pencil into sharpened submission, but that meant a bad-looking pencil and you don’t want that...
Of course now we type. Or use pens. My Muji pen is nice but I do miss using pencils sometimes. It’s how I kind of started my entire so-called writing career.
Also, Judith Hill is coming to town later this month...hope to see her at the Lensic.
As a stationery and fine writing hobbyist, please allow me to recommend some Blackwing 602 pencils (https://blackwing602.com/) and any of the lovely pencil sharpeners from Faber Castell: https://www.faber-castell.com/products/24-24-21-sharpener
Ah yes we are big Blackwing people over here. I am a devotee of the Blackwing 10, which are apparently a tribute to Nellie Bly? Anyway my box of them is still in pretty good shape, owing to my obsessive sharpening I guess