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NaNoWriMo Update: Going Green–um, Purple!

I hit 50,000 words yesterday evening and verified my word count today, so I have officially joined the ranks of NaNoWriMo winners! Shortly after midnight, when the scene that brought me to the magic number was done, this is what my NaNo Stats looked like: Such a lovely shade of green, don’t you think?  …

NaNoWriMo Update As of End Day 19

Can’t blog. Writing.  

NaNoWriMo Halfway there!

Has it really been two weeks?! (where is an interrobang, when you need one?) Today is day 16 of NaNoWriMo so midnight last night was the halfway point and this is where I was at at 3 a.m: As you can see, I’m well on the way to achieving that 50K goal by November 30….

Do you NaNoWriMo?

NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing Month and each November since 1999, writers around the world (it really should be INNoWriMo by now) have signed up to be challenged, cheered or harangued (whatever works for you) by each other to write 50,000 words of a novel (or a whole novella) from November 1st to…

Ink Review: Private Reserve Daphne Blue

In my continuing hunt for a nice light blue, I have come across many shades of turquoise, and Daphne Blue is one of the nicer ones. Colour: As you’ll see in the scan below, it is very similar to Waterman South Sea Blue but its palest shading is lighter and it just seems like a…

Ink Review: J Herbin Diablo Menthe

For some time, I’ve been hunting for a pale blue ink to join my rotation (as all the cool inkophiles say lol) and I have come across some lovely colours along the way,  Diabolo Menthe from J. Herbin is just one of them. Diablo Menthe is a pale aqua colour, with equal amounts of green…

Ink Review: J Herbin “Les Subtiles” Violette

Note: This is the fifth in a series of reviews on the five inks in J.Herbin’s“Les Subtiles” scented ink range. For an overview of the range and the review of the “Rouge” ink, see the first post in the series For a review of the “Ambre” ink, see the second post in the series. For…

Ink Review: J Herbin “Les Subtiles” Vert

Note: This is the fourth in a series of reviews on the five inks in J.Herbin’s“Les Subtiles” scented ink range. For an overview of the range and the review of the “Rouge” ink, see the first post in the series For a review of the “Ambre” ink, see the second post in the series. For…

Ink Review: J Herbin “Les Subtiles” Bleue

Note: This is the third in a series of reviews on the five inks in J.Herbin’s “Les Subtiles” scented ink range. For an overview of the range and the review of the “Rouge” ink, see the first post in the series For a review of the “Ambre” ink, see the second post in the series….

Ink Review: J. Herbin “Les Subtiles” Ambre

  Note: This is the second in a series of reviews on the five inks in J.Herbin’s “Les Subtiles” scented ink range. For an overview of the range and the review of the “Rouge” ink, see the first post in the series. I purchased the ink reviewed below from Pear Tree Pens as part of…