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Perhaps it takes a fountain pen. At least a good gel pen or even a high quality pencil. The first for me is the weapon of choice though I admit a definite practicality of a keyboard. Hence my adoption of this blog as an exercise in creative writing. When updated via my iPad it gets worse with the onscreen keyboard I am reduced to a slow tapping of the keys with a finger or at most two.

Fountain pens demand attention. Left too long without use dries them out and makes them temperamental. I have too many to make this work. Some are destined to too little use. Writing more this way won’t help them.