Editing The Pen Addict 123/transcript (section)

== Lynda.com ==


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'''Brad Dowdy:''' Awesome. Thank you, Lynda. Now, I've got a pen blog of the week, Myke, but I'm going to have to admit something up front. I totally cheated on this.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, interesting.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So last week we mentioned one of my favorite bloggers, Jenny from The Finer Point. And I said, I think she's been a pen blog of the week before. And the official tracker of the pen blogs of the week, Kanuni Rineshin, said, nope, I checked the list. She has not been a pen blog of the week.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So we have to give her things to make lists about.