Tools of the Trade

Pens and pencils – are they completely defunct tools for a writer? I use a computer and netbook (although I've yet to get a multimedia phone) but I have to say, I'm still a little old school. Editing on the computer is almost impossible or me. I try to make the font and margins really small so I use less paper, but I NEED the paper.

I use a pencil to edit. One that needs sharpening. It just feels right in my hand, in a way that a mechanical pencil never does. Is that an echo of the...