One Writer’s Hunt for the Perfect Pencil
by Harry Marks Hemingway used them. Steinbeck, too. I was as shocked as anyone to learn pencils are used for more than just filling in the bubbles of a Scantron...
Author: Harry Marks
I Wrote a Novel By Hand
by Harry Marks I’m a writer. I’m also an aspiring author. I say “aspiring” because I haven’t been published yet, but that will com...
Blackwing Slate Review — Woodclinched
Blackwing Slate Review Andy Welfle for Woodclinched: Man. I love, love this paper. It boasts a 100gsm paper, compared to the Palomino luxury notebook’s 90gsm an...
Visit to the Faber-Castell Factory
A Visit to the Faber-Castell Factory A visit to the pencil-making factory of Faber-Castell in Stein, Germany, one of the world’s largest makers of writing...
Shedworking
Shedworking Shedworking is a daily updated guide for people who work in garden offices and other shedlike atmospheres. Imagine writing every day in something li...
What’s Lost as Handwriting Fades
Why We Must Teach Handwriting to Our Children Maria Konnikova for The New York Times: Children not only learn to read more quickly when they first learn to writ...
A Look Inside Gramercy Typewriter Co.
I came across this interview with Paul Schweitzer, owner of Gramercy Typewriter Company, from 2012. Paul sold me my Smith-Corona last year. His shop is the size...
Typewriters in Movies
Typewriters in Movies If you’ve ever wondered what Geoffrey Rush was pecking at in The King’s Speech, or what Colin Firth was writing his novel on i...
My Journey to Better Penmanship
By Harry Marks Computers, texting, IM, Twitter, Facebook—all great technologies that have all but made the concept of “by hand” obsolete. Why write a letter whe...