A number of years ago, I picked up a standard 8.5 x 11 spiral notebook from a closeout bin at an office supply store- mostly because it had turtles on the cover.

The texture of the paper was interesting, and I fell in love with the way it felt beneath the pen. As it turned out, the notebook was made from recycled banana leaves and even the spiral binding is reclaimed.

Then began a long search to find more of these marvelous notebooks- to no avail.

At last, I found the name of a representative of the production company in Costa Rica. After much emailing, he finally sent me several more notebooks, asking only that I pay upon receiving them! (Thank you again, Senor Valverde).

All of my fan-fics have been written (in whole or in part) in those notebooks. I have 3 or 4 filled ones stacked on the shelf behind me- and the "current" A & A notebook beside my keyboard.

And those books you showed us are amazing, BH!

Banana leaves? Cool!!

Well I have an illuminious green lined notepad I got for like a fiver,so yeah.....be jelly.

I just write fan-fics in notepad and copy and paste it onto the forums because I'm a total noob lord....Noob Lord?

Hmmmm,I should use that.

I love the pen holders inside this one, what a great idea! Really don't like the journal cover on that one at all, though. I am definitely drawn to some of those on the page you got your journal from (although the one you selected = having a head coming out of it through vines would freak me out in the night, I don't think I'd want to reach out and grab onto it if I woke up with a thought I wanted to jot down, lol).

Does anyone else wake up from a powerful or inspiring dream and want to jot it down? I used to dream of poetry, and wake up and try to write it down before I forgot the dream.

(Reaching out and touching a 3D head crawling out of the journal may yank the poetry out of my head, lol).

I have several 200 page notebooks in plain colors that I write in for various reasons. All of my fic writing is done on this computer, though.

I'll be a helping hand and try find a sub-reddit for notebookery(what ever you call it).

Theres a sub reddit for EVERYTHING,which both a good and horribly horrific thing.

The Paper in the Head one is also very Calligraphy friendly. I write on it only with the cartridge Manuscript pens after a mishap with the dip pens. That being said, the paper showed remarkable resiliency to the huge glob that fell on it, despite being thinner than the second journal's paper.

The story with the Head one, is that I got it for a friend at work for her birthday. Her reaction was much the same as yours, and said she was grateful but didn't want it. So I swapped it out for an iTunes gift card.

Stayed on my bookcase for two months until I finally decided to put it as a display piece on the dresser. Most just think it's a sculpture. Hiding in plain sight.

This second journal, has been out with me in the field and has taken a great deal of abuse, and is still in one piece. I do love it, and the only reason as to 'why' I switched for a smaller version, is that a smaller version can be carried around outside a backpack.

Though, with that being said. After writing in it again..I do kind of miss that journal...and refills being only five dollars...could field dip penmanship actually work?

I went and looked at the B&N website and...the notebook I was talking about was NOT $65...it was $13.

I'm kind of upset. I think someone switched the price tag. And yes, it happens. People did it all of the time at my old job.

Not certain if you were thinking the second post was the same journal as the first. The one with the pen holders is completely different from the one with the scary face.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=playe...p14MKDDU#t=143s

Dang Youtube. Fast Forward to 2:26 seconds for batman sayin' "Scary Face"....

This post has been edited by Black Hand: Jun 23 2013, 10:33 PM

Glad to know I wasn't the only one creeped out by it, lol.


On the cover of the one with the pen holder inside - I was talking about that plain loose looking cover with the big rawhide tie. Just didn't like the look of it that much, especially the big rawhide tie thing. (but did like the fact that it held two pens).

I liked the look of many of those where you got the "head" one, and quite a few on the other page of journals too. I do like a unique cover on a journal, but never do the refill thing anyway (because then I'd have to file the pages I removed. I like keeping them intact and buying another journal better, then each year has its own record).

I'M THE ONLY ONE ONLINE!

Indeed you are, said a voice from the shadows.

Hey why don't you go to the fan fic section and check out my fan-fic "Eldwin's Challenger"!

*awkard smile and thumbs up*

*What this post is!*

Ok,I'll make it more than a shameless plug.

Do any of you listen to music when writing fan fics?

I listen to those "Epic Music Compliation"s.

This post has been edited by ImperialSnob: Jun 24 2013, 04:40 PM

I generally don't while writing; I find that it throws me off from setting the tone of the scene properly because my emotions are being influenced by music instead of my writing. I'm not sure how much sense that made... say, if I'm listening to epic dramatic music that affects my writing via e.g. having drama seeping in where I don't want it to, or *not* having drama where I want it because the music makes me think a scene comes off as more dramatic than it actually does.

I do listen to music when plotting and reading, and I also tend to go for epic music compilations a lot. *g*

I don't listen to music for the same reason, Kazaera.

Depends on my mood. At the risk of sounding like a pretentious person, I usually throw on some "Cafe de Paris" on sky.fm when I get home. Which is odd as I'm not particularly fond of french music, per se. But, it helps me grt into that 'Starbucks' frame of mind without paying $3.50 for a single biscotti, or having a hipster barista coughing at me after half an hour.

From there I let the mood take me wherever, if I write, I write.

Edited. Orientation for Target is FRIDAY!

This post has been edited by Elisabeth Hollow: Jun 24 2013, 09:41 PM

WOOOOO HOOO!!!

Good luck with that Elizabeth!!...Hope it goes well...

I always listen to music when I write...It shuts the rest of my brain up so I can concentrate... ...

Excellent news Mrs. Hollow. Make yer dreams come true.

McBadgere, coulda sworn you were going to say it drowned out the voices in your head. But, then I was all like: That's not McBadgere-crazy. Nah, the guy doing donuts in the parking lot with the tow truck that towed his car, and then he stole to get even...*that's* McBadgere-crazy.