Year: 2021
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Using a Blackwing Two-Step Long Point Sharpener for the First Time
I sharpened a Blackwing 602 pencil with a Blackwing Two-Step Long Point Sharpener. It tripped me up a bit but I got it in the end. Next, I write.
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A pencil chillin’
Testing out an idea for a cartoon pencil. Below is a time lapse created by Procreate of the drawing process.
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RIP Riel
Riel was put to rest on December 20, 2021, at 16:13.
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A pencil cartoon?
I thought it might be fun to make a cartoon with a pencil as the main character. I’m not sure if it’d be an animation or a comic strip or something else. There’s potential in the idea, I just have to find it and then make something of it.
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A Brown PU Leather Desk Pad
I finally got myself a desk pad. I don’t know why I didn’t get one sooner. The desk is better for it. More refined. I’m going to let it completely unfurl over night.
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I bought a Blackwing pencil today
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Improve Your Writing by Changing How You Write and Your Perspective
How you write impacts your perspective. Slowing down and taking a different approach can help improve your writing.
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10 000 Views!
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I like the idea of being a content creator
I’m inclined to think that I’ve written about this before, this “dream” of mine to be a successful content creator. This certainly isn’t the first time that the idea has crossed my mind. It hasn’t happened yet, however.
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214 Posts Short of 300
Truthfully, I didn’t think that I’d be able to write 300 blog posts this year. It was a lofty, unrealistic goal, sure, but not unattainable. There is no shortage of writing advice to help you write an article in 30 minutes or in an afternoon or enough for two weeks in advance in a single…
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NaNoWriMo — 46 011 Words to Go
I failed at my first attempt at NaNoWriMo. I failed miserably, in true Aly-fashion. An exciting idea was met with an initial burst of energy and followed by a tailwind of neglect. I ain’t mad about it.
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A couple of things I learned today…
I learned the word “perseverate”. It means to keep doing something long after whatever caused it has stopped. I also learned that emotions can be habitual. As in, we have feelings because we’ve developed a habit of feeling them. This one was a bit of a shocker to me. To think about it, it makes…