S – Spiral notebooks

I said I would talk about that. There is nothing much to say actually. Spiral notebooks are the BEST notebooks EVER for writing. The spirals shouldn't be too big: you don't want to scratch your wrist all the time. The spirals shouldn't be too small: the page can turn smoothly. The pages are flat, for esay…

L, M, N, O, P – Deadlines for badasses!

What? L - Love letters in notebooks M - Mind-mapping in notebooks N - Nothing like living in your head, er... notebook O - Orgasmic writing sessions in notebooks P - Poetry Because I thought that I would just tag along from today's letter, which is W. Remember I left you with H. I had…

K – Kicking my butt in notebooks

This could be a post stuck in a loop. Let me explain. During the month, I read again some of my old notebooks, I found fun stuff, good ideas, uninteresting ones and some motivational speech to myself. It's cyclic. Once in a while, I talk to myself, telling me to be in action. I have…

J – Bringing JOY to writing

A few days ago, I heard someone talk about needing pain to create. I thought that was an old conversation. That we didn't say that anymore. I listened further and again, the whole point was about suffering to help you touch the deep core of your being, that place where true feelings arise. Really? What about the…

I – Ink your life

No it's not a post about tattoos. Even if I would like to talk about it. I couldn't talk about notebooks without talking about pens and ink. In my last writer's retreat, we had this absolutely fabulous conversation about pens. You know, the pen that writes smoothly on the page, easy to grip and makes…

E – Elegant but Empty notebooks

A to Z challenge: day 5 Theme: notebooks The word "elegant" was just to please my daughter. I have a madness that is incurable. All those notebooks that I buy and don't use. I look at this picture and there is only 2 of them I bought myself. The other ones were given, as gifts.…

C- Collages for the lost artist

A to Z challenge day 3 Theme: Notebooks Don't you like this gigantic notebook? Or what looks like a notebook. Younger, I always dreamed to have one of these giant portfolio that artists use for their art. I thought it was some kind of an accomplishment. If you could paint or draw on huge pages or…

A – A love story with notebooks

A to Z blog challenge: day 1 Theme: Notebooks In the past years I gave myself the freedom to talk about anything during the challenge. No theme and just inspiration as the days come and go. This year I have a subject. Let's rejoice! You will know if you want to come and visit or not…