If you’re writing a novel, you may want to know if the task is turning out well.
How do you know when your writing is going well? Here are five sure-fire signs:
You can write for hours and hours and totally ignore the mounting pile of dirty dishes and the looming pile of laundry.
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Photo: A Guy’s Moleskine Notebook
Call it going cold turkey. Earlier this summer, I knew I had to seize — and slightly alter — E.M. Forster’s famous command, “Only connect…” So off I went to a cabin in the woods of Maine with no Internet or cell phone service in [...]
Once a Twitter critic, Chris Vognar joins the growing number of writers who use it as a venue for short writing.
Twitter, the social media site founded in 2006, still has its share of haters. But more and more serious writers have embraced it as a viable forum for short writing. We’re not talking about links, [...]
Ordinary lives turn extraordinary as an exhibition puts them on center stage.
Image by Alexa Chung
A 16-year-old girl in wartime London sits down to write about her terribly fragmented life in her diary: Everything is well at school, but awful at home. Sometimes, during the day, she hears her mother going upstairs with [...]
Even though David Miller, of the Traveler’s Notebook, has had several journals, he keeps coming back to this particular composition book, which he had since 2008.
I DON’T KNOW how much of an audience there is for this, but if I could I’d just publish excerpts and pages from people’s travel notebooks here every [...]
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Losing weight is like climbing a steep, rugged mountain: You begin the ascent with your head full of images of a sexier you. Unfortunately, as you keep on, exhaustion, hunger, and that nagging feeling that you can’t finish what you started (among a bunch of other things) begins setting in.
The wonderful images [...]
An ex-sports writer turned published novelist and TV writer writes about her Moleskine love.
To hold a Moleskine in your hand is to understand the love. They have a perfect weight, are sturdy and practical (the ribbon bookmark and elastic band are genius) and yes, they inspire thoughts of mid-20th century Paris and New York, Spain [...]
The Knights of Moleskine, Spirit & Ale (KMSA), an esteemed group of men and women who Think, Drink, and are Merry, celebrate the “birthday of sorts for journal writers.”
On this day in 1884, the first portion, or fascicle, of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), considered the most comprehensive and accurate dictionary of the English language, [...]
Have you been wanting a gadget that combines new and old technology. Then you might want to check out this out.
The Livescribe Pulse Smartpen is an electronic pen that captures what you write as you write it for later upload to a computer. While this is nothing new, the Pulse Smartpen takes this to a [...]
A thirty-something Pakeha journalist living and writing in heartland Aotearoa New Zealand, Anne Marie talks about her love for the legendary notebook.
Would you take a look at this beautiful notebook?
Some of you might recognise it as a Moleskine [pronounced MOL-ah-SKEEN-ah ... not “moleskin”!]. Moleskine notebooks are famous and much-loved throughout the world but they are [...]
A 21-year-old zombie killer/shutterbug tells her notebook story.
Ever since I can remember, I’ve loved the limitless possibilities an empty sketchbook, notebook, or ream of paper held and promised to me. A promise of hours of self-entertainment, worlds and realities of my own creation, and blissful escape from the sometimes mundane workings of life.
I still remember [...]
James Cosgrove is a well known Scottish artist whose paintings are not only exhibited in Scotland, but also in private and public collections worldwide.
Jimmy, as he is more popularly known, gives Moleskiners a look into his creative process in which his “paintings and drawings often develop and grow from the experience of building the [...]
Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson), stars of The Twilight Saga: New Moon. (Photograph: Kimberley French)
Varsity’s Charlotte Runcie takes her moleskine to see Twilight: New Moon, and ends up paraphrasing as she “couldn’t take detailed notes in the screening, as a Moleskine at a festival of fantasy lust is terribly gauche.”
I confess: I went [...]
From Thompson Brand Partners:
One of our travelling moleskines has arrived back in the office.
This one’s theme is ‘Food for thought’ and was started by celebrity chef James Martin. Its latest contributor is illustrator Mark Frudd (great contribution by the way).
It’s heading back out on its travels shortly, so if you’d like to be on the [...]
FunGadgets4FitChicks.com suggests some gifts and stuffers for holiday stockings. And as ever, the Moleskine makes it to the list.
Moleskine Journal - $9.60-$19.95
– A lot of you out there, including me most of the time, track your workouts electronically. But I still love the old paper and pen method. Moleskine journals are my favorite for journaling [...]
The Associated Press has some ideas on what you should splurge on this holiday season for a traveler.
What makes a good holiday gift for a traveler?
If you have big bucks, splurge on an e-reader or a netbook.
But if you’re on a budget, go for clever stocking-stuffers, like a laminated cardboard wine wheel to help wine-challenged [...]
Theresa Ryan, a freelance illustrator, lists down items she thinks artists will most appreciate.
‘Tis that time of year again, when our thoughts turn towards the ones we love and what they love. It can be difficult to choose presents at the best of times, but what if your intended recipient is obsessed with different types [...]
Steve Loya is in the creative business of translating concept to form. As an artist, he enjoys emotional accomplishments, not merely from the end result of his artistic endeavor, but in “the act of making art” itself. While many people will find pleasure solely from fulfilling their artistic desires, Steve stretches his skills out further [...]
For our latest Feature Friday, we catch up with graphic design student Melanie Richards who was recently in Miami on a graphic design trip. In an interview with Moleskiners, the future editorial designer — whose bestsellers are drawings and collages — reveals a more personal side to her.
Please tell us a bit about yourself, [...]
Hi, I am Maree Clarkson, and I’m passionate about sketching and painting, Moleskine note books, nature, the beach, crystals, useless information, technology, blogging, networking, my MAC, my Landrover, gardening and discovering anything new in life.
“Jacko” pencil sketch and watercolour in Moleskine Watercolour Notebook
I live on an 8.5ha smallholding in Tarlton, Gauteng, together with my husband, [...]
This tutorial by Roytheartist shows how to correct watercolor mistakes using sponging out, applying gouache and taking advantage of “happy accidents.”
Two weeks ago the Book Passage Travel Writers and Photographers Conference – that annual four-day summer camp for travel creators – magically unfolded in Marin County’s Corte Madera once again. The conference is always one of the highlights of the year for me, and it proved so this year as well. [...]
This article gives some pointers that are basic in writing for profit. If setting out as a writer for the first time, the article gives some principles that can be taken as starting points and for those already in the field the principles can be considered as refreshers. After all, information [...]
Students must learn how to take notes as this will help them “reprocess information in their own conceptual framework.”
In 1999, the National Research Council published a major study: How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School. The results confirmed what most forward-looking educators already understood: In order to learn, students must reprocess information in their [...]
Antique diamond ring - perfect for anniversaries or engagements
Some women like to watch when talking about antique jewelry, if you are like to buy antique jewelry style, you can still enjoy the wealth and not spend her preferences. Although you can spend in this truly antique style ring a lot of money, you can move [...]
Antique diamond engagement ring
Typically, an engagement ring is platinum or economic conditions or the buyer’s tastes may be. Engagement ring, it has two types, with antiques and industrial circles.
Circle design on the property 50 years ago. It is the word itself from the real estate, housing ring. Present the common design as Edward, Victoria, and [...]
Erik Deckers of Professional Blog Service shares the techniques professional bloggers use.
Anyone can write a basic blog. It’s not that hard. And I’ve talked for hours, whether at seminars or at a one-on-one “brain picking” session about basic blog writing. But I rarely get the chance to talk about advanced blogging, the secrets that I [...]
Affordable jewelry, to keep the moment
For centuries, is considered part of the bond symbol of two things. It may be between a man and nature, a group of friends, family and brothers, or a bond a man and a woman bond debt. Many of these bonds commitment of two or more people each forgery, that [...]
Guys, all you are good at is scolding a cop,
Yes, some of your statements have meaning, indeed,
But words with no reasons won’t get you on top,
You’re giving your fellows a casual feed
Of rhyming curse words that you cast out loud,
So over-inflated and false-emphasized,
You try to be brusque, and you merge with the crowd,
Your ego is [...]
The poet’s block. This is where you put a little [...]
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A Moleskine is the perfect object: A blend of form, [...]
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Happily sharing what’s contained in our moleskin notebooks (particularly those [...]
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It’s an inverse proportion when it comes to vices and playing World of Warcraft. 
My favorite authors usually find this [...]
When you combine poetry with music, the lyrics are always spellbinding. Congratulations on the collaboration– didn’t realize you were already [...]
Minimalism (whether in architecture, web design, etc.) seems to eventually happen to any topic, and people eventually forget as well. [...]
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It’s an inverse proportion when it comes to vices and playing World of Warcraft.
My favorite authors usually find this [...]
When you combine poetry with music, the lyrics are always spellbinding. Congratulations on the collaboration– didn’t realize you were already [...]
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