It’s July already and we are halfway through 2026. So, I thought it would be a good time to stop and evaluate my current journal/planner/notebook set-up in an official Techo Kaigi (stationery meeting). I started the year with a B6 Aura Estelle Daily (5053), a Mark’s EDiT B7 semi, a Creeping Moon B6 Tarot Journal,…
What’s your favorite size notebook? I dig A5 and if we’re being choosy I like dot grid the best. So when Ana returned from the Chicago Pen Show and handed me the Endless Recorder Notebooks – Stealth Special Edition A5 ($26), I was pretty psyched. The cover on this one is leatherette, and it’s got…
There are several that the community has been talking about recently like the Canopus and the new Teranishi notebooks but I dug deeper and found a few others worth considering. I went through the whole inventory on JetPens and purchased every A5 Japanese paper-filled notebook I could find. I found six notebooks that I had…
I wanted to capture some of my favorite products for 2026 (so far). I tried to choose one notebook, planner, pen, ink and tool but I broke my own rules before I even finished the post. What’s been your favorite products so far this year? No. 1 Notebook: Mark’s EDiT Notebooks I absolutely love the…
The irony of becoming a published writer means that I have less time to read them. I’m not counting the 20+ times I have to read my own work during the drafting, revising, and publishing process. Even though I take long breaks between reading books, I’ll never give up reading. I’m format agnostic when I…
I got so excited when I saw the Artik line of pocket notebooks ($16 for a pack of 3 notebooks). For starters, each notebook in their line-up features a cover made from recycled plant by-product material like coconut, hazelnut, olive and cherry. The interior paper in all the notebooks is 100% sugarcane paper that is…
In the last few weeks I took a spin through some of the new products at JetPens in an attempt to find some small purchases – a bit of fun to liven things up. One of the things I came across was Beverly Marumi Notebooks ($6.50-$9.50 at JetPens). They are perfect for spring and the…
