The March 2017 SCRIBED Unbox…underneath, from left, the Kukuyo Notebooks and the Smock Workbook. Writing instruments, from left: the Tombow Mono Drawing Pencil, the Kokuyo Beetle Highlighter, the Sailor G-Free Ballpoint Pen, and the Tombow 8900 Drawing pencil.

SCRIBEdelivery is a monthly box of themed goodies especially for writers or lovers of notebooks, pens, and the like. Each “box” is carefully curated by people who love the stuff just like we do. I’ll let Chris and Holly tell their story in their own words…you can find out more, and get your subscription, here: http://www.scribedelivery.com/.

That said, here’s the March Unbox…the theme of which is “Favorite Things” — which means, they explain in their insert, it’s packed with items they’ve been “trying to secure for months.”

I really wanted to continue this box — this three-month mini-subscription was a gift from a co-worker — but I’m diverting funds this year to some other things (and they sent me so much great stuff I haven’t even touched half of it yet!), among them, a launch party for the trio of novellas Three on a Match, which will contain my story “Splendid Chyna.” Between that and Disney, it’s a pricey year. I look forward to getting on SCRIBED again in the future, though, and if you like what you’ve seen here, then do it–it’s absolutely worth every dime!

This Smock Workbook not only features ultra-smooth paper, the left side of the page is blank for just about whatever you’d like (drawing, free writing, pasting photos); the right side is lined. The cover is bamboo paper. It’s made in upstate New York.

I don’t think I’ve ever touched smoother paper in my life. The only thing I don’t like about these Kukuyo Notebooks is that they’re too awesome to use!

This month’s writing instruments, from top: the Tombow Mono 100 Drawing Pencil, the Sailor G-Free Ballpoint Pen, the Tombow 8900 Drawing Pencil, and the Kokuyo Beetle Highlighter. I’ve actually used this last thing and find it weird — the tip has a shape that allows for double lining, thick lining, and thin lining, depending upon which way you turn it. I find it hard to get used to.