It doesn't take much to make geeks happy.

[truepenny]

You know the thing on album liner notes, where they say, X uses Y guitar with Z strings, and all the rest of it? Well, today I feel like I could do the same thing, only not with guitars.

3,600 words of "A Night in Electric Squidland" were written today with a Cross ATX using Noodler's Nightshade, in a Moleskine notebook. (Well, okay, some of those words were written in the last pages of a Levenger Notabilia, but they're too wide-ruled, so they don't really count.) Moleskine is my new hero, joining the triumvirate with Cross and Noodler's.

My writing materials please me. I am a happy geek.

Comments

[annafdd.livejournal.com]

Moleskin rules. There is no better notebook. :-)

[annafdd.livejournal.com]

Though me, I'm a Pelikan writer.

[anderyn.livejournal.com]

I agree about Moleskine notebooks. I love them. But where do you GET Noodler's ink? Enquiring minds would love to know.

PS I *devoured* Melusine last week, after lusting after it in the bookstore for far too long. I really really loved it -- and am very happy to see that there's a sequel. Just thought I'd let you know that this reader friended you 'cause of the book.

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

My Pelikan is my favorite, but the Cross and Waterman duke it out for second place. Niiice pens.

And I'm a recent convert to the cult of Moleskine myself. *g*

Good tools make light work.

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

Noodler's Ink is available through Swisher (www.swisherpens.com/), among other sellers, which a quick google will turn up.

Here's the Noodler's Ink website (www.noodlersink.com).

[ctate.livejournal.com]

If you don't have a decent pen store nearby, you order it from one of the many lovely online retailers. A couple of my favorites are Swisher Pens (http://www.swisherpens.com/) and Pendemonium (http://www.pendemonium.com/).

I believe Pendemonium has a few exclusive FP-safe waterproof colors such as "Legal Lapis." Yes, they're really waterproof, and really FP-safe -- the ink reacts with the cellulose in the paper to become insoluble!

[anderyn.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the information. I had clicked on the Noodler's Ink link, but hadn't found the links to online stores (being at work, I don't have a lot of time to go through sites :-). I love the idea of the "Legal Lapis" -- I may have to indulge in a bottle. Though then I'll have to figure out how to use the bladder in my inexpensive Waterman pen.

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

It's a 215. *g*

Isn't it amazing how much of a difference it makes to have tooks you enjoy using?

[batwrangler.livejournal.com]

Whatever happened with your Sheaffer converter?

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

(Sorry it took me so long to reply!)

It's actually cheaper to order the touchdown converter directly from Sheaffer. I am just lazy and have not gotten around to it yet.