Books For The Desk Set: Letter Writing & Epistolary Books for InCoWriMo/LetterMo

Paris Letters ($5.25 for Kindle, $11.87 for paperback) by Janice MacLeod Paris Letters is a travelogue/memoir with a bit of self-help thrown in for good measure. The book was pulled together from the author’s personal journals, blog and letters to become this short book about her journey from a disappointed 30-something copywriter to an expat living…

Review: Seawhite of Brighton A5 Starter Sketchbook

On the neverending hunt for the “perfect paper” for a notebook or sketchbook, I will try just about anything I stumble across on the internet. One such find is the Seawhite of Brighton A5 Starter Sketchbook set which I found on Amazon. The small set of three A5 booklets with simple black covers and 40…

Books for the Desk Set: Sketching & Painting

For this month’s Books for the Desk Set, I decided to focus on books about drawing, sketching and painting. All the books included are books I own this time so they are “Desk-approved” recommendations, if you’re looking for inspiration to draw, sketch or paint. Drawing and Painting Beautiful Faces: A Mixed-Media Portrait Workshop by Jane…

Link Love: Star Wars Holiday Frenzy

Pens: Pelikan M100 “Stormtrooper” White (via Include) Why I Bought the Cross Townsend Star Wars Limited Edition Fountain Pens (via Pen Addict) Tale of a Vandal Pen User: Nibs Part 1 – Custom Italics (via Peaceable Writer) Conklin Duragraph Fountain Pen – 1.1 mm Stub (via Gourmet Pens) Platinum 3776 Century Chartres Blue Fountain Pen…