A fine-nib fountain pen
Every first draft starts here. The ink slows me down in the best way.
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Things I love
The pens, notebooks, mugs and books that keep me writing.
Writing tools
3 picks
Lay-flat dotted notebook
Heavy paper, no bleed-through, and it stays open on a café table.
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Reading glasses with blue-light lenses
For the late edits. My eyes thank me every evening.
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Cozy reading
2 picks
Stoneware tea mug
Big enough for a whole chapter, heavy enough to warm your hands.
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Soy candle, cedar and rain
I light it when I sit down to write and blow it out when I stop. A small ritual that works.
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Books I love
3 picks
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Eleven rereads and counting. One day in June, and somehow every feeling there is.
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The book that taught me an essay can be made of fragments.
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Quiet, patient, and full of light. I read it every winter.
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