At the start of my writing career, I used pencils with replaceable leads. In those days I wrote everything longhand during the day and typed up my script in the evening. To begin with I was unable to compose on a keyboard, but at some point in my career I made the transition onto the… Continue reading Interview with Leigh Russell
I get very twitchy if I don’t have at least two pens and a notebook to hand. I’m not overly fussy about pens, providing they have a fine point and black ink. Currently I have a batch of Bic Orange Fine that suit me very well for everyday use. If I’m feeling flush or celebrating… Continue reading Interview with Charlotte Betts
My favourite pen is Sheaffer. It is a black ball point and it is at least ten years old. It has a sister, too, which is a rollerball pen. I like both for their thickness and weight in my hand. I use these for making notes, for my morning pages and my journal. Since I… Continue reading Interview with Csilla Toldy
The huge requirement for writing poetry is a black biro. I find it hard to believe that people can write it with blue biros, fountain pens or pencils. The most special pen is a champagne-coloured one filled with Swarowski crystals – a Mothers’ Day gift, which makes it extra special … but I’m happy with… Continue reading Interview with Alison Chisholm
I’m one of these writers who comes up with loads of ideas but can’t keep them in her head for more than five seconds. Because of that, I own tons and tons (and I do mean tons!) of notebooks to write my ideas down the instant I think of them. There is a notebook in… Continue reading Interview with Rebecca Colby
I use a lot of different types of stationary for my illustrating and writing process. My go to ones are my mechanical pencils and a coloured highlighter. When I get given a project the first thing I do is highlight and annotate ideas around words or sentences that I think have good strong imagery. For… Continue reading Interview with Poonam Mistry
When I was growing up, I had three favourite sections in W H Smiths – the book section, where I could only look because I couldn’t afford to buy books, the stationery section and the racks of pens and pencils. There were so many choices. We had to write with ink pens at school, and… Continue reading Interview with Savita Kalhan
