Making a Mark on the World

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I’ve told you many times before that these blog articles are chiefly driven by research for the novels I’m writing. In my latest book Plans for Emma, I have her grabbing a pencil at one point. While it may seems a strange thing to research, I heard someone talking about quill pens and ink wells and then I wondered just when did we have ready access to pencils.

Usually when I have a question like this, a quick internet search reveals...