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I have been wicked tired lately and darned if I know why, I actually conked out yesterday several hours earlier than planned, which was nice, but not what I wanted.
I did manage to finish the latest chapter of Where You Belong, Moving onto a change in perspective that I'm still kind of hesitant about, On one hand, Valerie is literally the only cannon character in the work, courtesy of Nickolodian's refusal to give us any named yetis other than Frostbite and my desire to expand the Farfrozen into something properly kingdom-sized, but on the other, I really do think the reader needs to know some of the information I'm putting in here, and I just couldn't think of a naturalistic or timely place to do it while keeping her as the main POV.
She's the outsider, and what the reader is looking at here, in this chapter, is a glimpse of what's going on inside the clan, why they're keeping her, and the things they stand to gain by letting her hang out, all stuff Valerie doesn't know, and doesn't have a means of accessing.
After this, I think I need to expand the setting a little bit more by having Valerie meet other yetis. I actually have their whole family written out, so I just need to think a bit on who she should meet, in what order, and what mini-adventures they have together before moving forward with the main cast and plot.
I managed to re-fill my fountain pen with some ink I had lying around my room for no good reason. Back in the day, before I decided I was legally married to sumi-e, I wasn't terribly discriminate with what kinds of inks I used for lining, just so long as they were black. As it happens, some of that ink was fountain pen ink, specifically. I'm not a huge fan of writing in colors, so I was very pleased to discover I could re-fill the cartridges that came with my pen with some stuff I had on hand.
I do kind of want a different fountain pen, though. my craft store speedball takes proprietary cartridges only, can't fit a converter, and doesn't have room for plus sized cartridges, either. I seem to run through ink at a pretty decent pace, so not having to swap out and refill quite so frequently would be nice.
Also, a non-stub nib, while I'm at it. I'm trying to purchase carefully this time, so I'm still shopping.
I haven't spoken about it in a bit, but I'm still pacing my way through From Here to Eternity. For a book that goes out of its way to be of its era, there are portions that get pretty modern in very ugly ways. Stuff like "Nobody gives a damn whether you're guilty or not. The court doesn't care." and "The quickest, efficientest, least expensive way to educate a man is to make it painful for him when he is wrong, the same with any other animal." Are both lines I could easily see being used, both in a current-year work, and, more depressingly, real life.
I have said it several times before, but I don't think this book is going anywhere good.
I'm still trying not to get too far into the weeds, though, since I still haven't, properly finished it, and I do try to withhold going full literature-review until after I've read something completely, but it's given me a lot to think about already. Too much, if I'm being frank. I can't quite grab onto any one point where I would even want to start.
I did manage to finish the latest chapter of Where You Belong, Moving onto a change in perspective that I'm still kind of hesitant about, On one hand, Valerie is literally the only cannon character in the work, courtesy of Nickolodian's refusal to give us any named yetis other than Frostbite and my desire to expand the Farfrozen into something properly kingdom-sized, but on the other, I really do think the reader needs to know some of the information I'm putting in here, and I just couldn't think of a naturalistic or timely place to do it while keeping her as the main POV.
She's the outsider, and what the reader is looking at here, in this chapter, is a glimpse of what's going on inside the clan, why they're keeping her, and the things they stand to gain by letting her hang out, all stuff Valerie doesn't know, and doesn't have a means of accessing.
After this, I think I need to expand the setting a little bit more by having Valerie meet other yetis. I actually have their whole family written out, so I just need to think a bit on who she should meet, in what order, and what mini-adventures they have together before moving forward with the main cast and plot.
I managed to re-fill my fountain pen with some ink I had lying around my room for no good reason. Back in the day, before I decided I was legally married to sumi-e, I wasn't terribly discriminate with what kinds of inks I used for lining, just so long as they were black. As it happens, some of that ink was fountain pen ink, specifically. I'm not a huge fan of writing in colors, so I was very pleased to discover I could re-fill the cartridges that came with my pen with some stuff I had on hand.
I do kind of want a different fountain pen, though. my craft store speedball takes proprietary cartridges only, can't fit a converter, and doesn't have room for plus sized cartridges, either. I seem to run through ink at a pretty decent pace, so not having to swap out and refill quite so frequently would be nice.
Also, a non-stub nib, while I'm at it. I'm trying to purchase carefully this time, so I'm still shopping.
I haven't spoken about it in a bit, but I'm still pacing my way through From Here to Eternity. For a book that goes out of its way to be of its era, there are portions that get pretty modern in very ugly ways. Stuff like "Nobody gives a damn whether you're guilty or not. The court doesn't care." and "The quickest, efficientest, least expensive way to educate a man is to make it painful for him when he is wrong, the same with any other animal." Are both lines I could easily see being used, both in a current-year work, and, more depressingly, real life.
I have said it several times before, but I don't think this book is going anywhere good.
I'm still trying not to get too far into the weeds, though, since I still haven't, properly finished it, and I do try to withhold going full literature-review until after I've read something completely, but it's given me a lot to think about already. Too much, if I'm being frank. I can't quite grab onto any one point where I would even want to start.
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This is somewhat besides the point, but I had been meaning to ask - have you ever heard of pump pens? I stumbled across them randomly, and they're apparently a hybrid between dip and fountain pens, and caught my attention by virtue of the fact that they can handle sumi-e and other inks like it, but the only review I found was from ~2012. They seemed like the kind of thing that might possibly be up your alley, so I was wondering if you knew anything more.
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The Pilot explorer is an excellent choice and even comes with its own converter (a sort of squeeze bladder that works reasonably well). I'd suggest the medium nib the fine is super teeny tiny and kind of scratchy, in my experience. The medium is very smooth and a good size for most people.
I owned a TWSBI Eco for something like ten years without any cracking and it spent most of its time clipped to a planner that went everywhere with me--I believe most of the people who ran into that issue disassemble and clean excessively (I never disassembled mine) , aggressively overtighten the cap, or bash them around in school bags and the like. Personally I think there's little to worry about, but if you'd prefer to steer clear, that's understandable. They have a huge ink capacity though, and the cap seals really well. They take forever to dry out.
The Hongdian Forest is a very reasonably priced Chinese pen that comes with a converter and has a practically indestructible metal body. The medium nib is really pleasant to use, better than some more expensive pens in my opinion (the fine and extra fine are uncomfortably tiny to me, but your mileage may vary. Replacement nib units are easy to buy if you don't love whatever you choose and easy to install, they just screw in). The only downside is that the cap seal leaves something to be desired in my experience. If you leave it unused for a week or more it might need to be dipped in water for a second to encourage it to write again.
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The Hongdian Forest was completely off my radar, but it looks like a match both for my price point and sense of aesthetics (which I may be prioritizing...a little much, given my budget). So far I've been writing with my current pen between every day and every other day, as the convenience of use and the fact that its unexpectedly easy on my wrists have kept me reaching for it often, so a less than stellar seal is not the end of the world for me.
A firsthand account of a TWSBI eco lasting for years is very reassuring, which I think would put it in second place for my next buy. The large capacity is highly desirable, even if I'm not a huge fan of the clear body design.
Thank you so much!