Writing all day and every day, either on my computer or making notes in my numerous notebooks, I like to have a pen I can grip with ease and feels nice to the touch. I have some beautiful pens that have been gifted to me by my husband and friends for special occasions but my… Continue reading Interview with Elaine Everest
My favourite pen is a very special one, which my husband bought for me when I signed my first contract. It is a special edition Montblanc ballpoint pen called Princess Grace de Monaco (they call it that, not me!) It is a beautiful dark purple, which is my favourite colour and has a lovely weight… Continue reading Interview with Bella Osborne
The smell of pencils and paper is the smell of my childhood. Every day after school I would walk down the long hill to the centre of our small Texas town, where my mum managed a shop selling stationery and office machines. So it’s not surprising I have a complex relationship with office supplies. For… Continue reading Interview with Donna Vann
The way a pen writes is the most important thing to me. My absolute favourite is a bright pink Ted Baker pen, complete with its own case, which a work colleague bought for me a couple of years ago. It writes beautifully and it goes everywhere with me in my handbag. Given my propensity for… Continue reading Interview with Julie Caplin
I prefer pen to pencil, but actually anything that writes – so if it’s a pen the ink needs to flow evenly, or a pencil it needs to be sharp. I have a dreadful habit of picking up biros that give up halfway through a sentence or pencils that are nearly worn down. As any… Continue reading Interview with Margaret Bateson-Hill
I was given a set of Cross pens for a significant birthday a few years ago and one of these is my bestest signing pen and so it travels with me wherever I go in the hope that someone somewhere has one of my books about their person they wish me to sign! Oh, I’m… Continue reading Interview with Claire Dyer
I always use black Papermate Flexigrip Ultra pens. They’re really comfortable to write with and very reliable. I never go anywhere without two (in case one runs out – heaven forbid!) in my pocket or bag. Over the years, I’ve unconsciously developed a ‘Goldilocks’ system of notebooks. I always have a small, medium and large… Continue reading Interview with Helen Peters
When it comes to writing my novels I use a trusty Bic Biro – in fact, I use four of them. One blue, one black, one red and one green. I write in black, make adjustments in the text in green, and make character and location notes in red and blue. These cheap and cheerful… Continue reading Interview with Jennifer Ash
I wish I could say that I have a specific pen or a particular pencil that I’m fond of writing with, a special nib-ulas 5000 that I make a beeline for every time the ink or lead runs dry. But I don’t. I’ve become a practical writer. Biros accommodate the bulk of my pencil case.… Continue reading Interview with Eiman Munro
I should admit right up front that I know I have a problem. I love stationery. I think a lot of writers do. I should be ashamed to admit how much I own and how much thought I give to which writing implement to use for writing vs list-making vs editing, etc. But these are… Continue reading Interview with Sara Grant
