Are all Writers Strange?

I blame the fact that I’m a writer for my stationery addiction.

Pens, pencils notebook, paperclips. There really are no restrictions to what I like, and one of my favourite times of year is when the stores get their Back to School range in. A trip to the supermarket doubles in time.

I have drawers full to bursting with supplies that well probably dry up before I ever get to use them, because even though, I’m constantly replenishing my stock of pens, I have this thing, a quirk if you’d like, where I use one writing utensil at a time.

If I’m working on one writing project, then I have one pen or pencil that I use through the whole piece of work until I finish either the book or the pen/pencil runs out. I also prefer to stick to two notebooks. One large for at home, one small for on the go.

It got me to wondering about quirks. How many writers have superstitions or habits that you follow when you’re writing? Are we all odd, or is it just me? Am I alone out here in my weirdness?

Stationery Motivation

I don’t know what it is about the start of 2019 but my motivation has abandoned me. It ran away, leaving me a shell of a romance writer, whose stories are waiting to be told.

Luckily River’s Heart is written, so all that’s left is the release, but my shifter story is stalled right at the start. Oops. Fear not, my new series will be coming, I just have to find my writing mojo first. Coffee helps, but my birthday has been even more productive because my brilliant family did the one thing that gets me writing.

They bought me stationery!!!

Notebooks, pencils, and pens, oh my. I love brand new stationery, and there’s nothing more likely to get me scribbling than a new notebook, with blank pages to write all over. It’s the opposite effect I have to staring at the white page on my computer. That one has the power to empty my brain of all imagination.

In fact you might call me a stationery hoarder. I have drawers full of pens and pencils, post it notes, highlighters. I love going to functions where you get free pens, and I have a bad habit of pilfering them from my family members. I blame it on being a writer. I’m sure we’re all like this.

Don’t leave me hanging, if you’re a weirdo stationery lover then tell me. And feel free to tell me your favourite stockists too.