Slow Blogging

Interesting article about “Slow Blogging” by Sharon Otterman at The New York Times.

Excerpt: A Slow Blog Manifesto, written in 2006 by Todd Sieling, a technology consultant from Vancouver, British Columbia, laid out the movement’s tenets. “Slow Blogging is a rejection of immediacy,” he wrote. ‘It is an affirmation that not all things worth reading are written quickly.” (Nor, because of a lack of traffic, is Mr. Sieling writing this blog at all these days.) Ms. Ganley, who recently left her job as a writing instructor at Middlebury College, compares slow blogging to meditation. It’s “being quiet for a moment before you write,” she said, “and not having what you write be the first thing that comes out of your head.”

Important handwritten book now on the Internet

Now on the Internet–an example of an important handwritten book, Codex Sinaiticus, written over 1600 years ago. The manuscript contains the Christian Bible in Greek, including the oldest complete copy of the New Testament. “Its heavily corrected text is of outstanding importance for the history of the Bible and the manuscript – the oldest substantial book to survive Antiquity – is of supreme importance for the history of the book.” See it here.

The Slow Spin on Paper

The Lettered Set
For those who still enjoy putting beautiful pen to beautiful paper, read The Lettered Set at the NY Times
By PENELOPE GREEN
Published: July 1, 2009
“SOME people spin on their high heels,” Jill Kargman was saying the other day. “I spin on my paper.”

Beautiful and on my list of hope-to-haves

This True Writer pen from Levenger is absolutely gorgeous and perfect for writing slowly.

Handmade Journals from Vintage Books

These one-of-a-kind journals will be the perfect place for all your slow writing. Take a look at ex libris anonymous and start your collection now. Then start writing…slowly.

And if you already have a large collection of teenage angsty journal writing,
you now have another outlet for it…as they say at Get Mortified…share the shame.

A slow pen

This looks like a good pen to slow you down in your writing because you’ll want to make each word beautiful. Actually Jet Pens is a wonderful Web site to shop for all kinds of pens.

Slow writing a movement?

Been doing a little googling this evening and discovered that I’m not alone in my thoughts about slow writing as demonstrated in this lovely blog essay by T. Scott

Quiet Parties

Artist Paul Rebhan and singer/songwriter Tony Noe invented the Quiet Party concept. They decided that every city needed a place for quiet conversation for singles and then took it a step beyond. At these parties, guests take a vow of silence and take pen to paper. Soon (after a few cocktails) the room is filled with a flurry of flying flirtatious notes. Now that’s a good use of pen and paper.

Exposed and Exposing

Blog Post Confidential by Emily Gould in the New York Times Magazine

It may be a case for slow writing in a journal that isn’t read until your great-great grandchildren unearth it.

43 Folders Wiki: Pens

The right pen is critical for slow writing. While in pursuit of the perfect pen I came across the pen section of the Wiki for 43 Folders (if you’re interested in productivity check it out, however we’re not talking about productivity, but slooow writing here).

A good article at Slate about the best cheap pens.