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10 Uses for Spare Notebooks

Brittany, who describes herself as “a thirteen-year-old writer of middle-grade fiction,” offers some good ideas for everyone who has a hoard of notebooks and can’t think of what to do with them. Here’s idea #1: 1. Keep a dream journal.- I’ve gotten some good story ideas from dreams, or at least little bits of story. … Continue reading 10 Uses for Spare Notebooks

Notebook Addict of the Week: Karen

Karen sent me this photo of some of her notebooks, saying I confess that these are all unused at the moment (I’m currently using a Moleskine sketchbook, a cheap sketchbook with watercolour paper from The Works, a UK discount store, for art journalling and a small notebook in my bag for jotting down important facts … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Karen

Notebooks Full of Box Scores

It never ceases to amaze me how many different ways there are for people to use notebooks. Here’s one I hadn’t personally contemplated: I’ve always loved box scores. From 1990-2009, I never missed one day of clipping and taping box scores, a streak that our best baseball fans must acknowledge is far more impressive than … Continue reading Notebooks Full of Box Scores

Moleskine Monday: Karl Rove Doesn’t Like Them

Karl Rove made a speech to the Yale Political Union, in which he held up a member’s two Moleskines as a sign of pretension: The man known as “Bush’s Brain” doesn’t like the recent healthcare legislation, global warming or Moleskine notebooks… “I have never before been in a group that was so obviously and clearly … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: Karl Rove Doesn’t Like Them