Editing The Pen Addict 413/transcript (section)

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'''Ana Reinert:''' And so, if you think about what you would see in a normal card shop, that is the list of things I was not allowed to do. Right. So, that's partially why the coloring actually happened because it didn't fit into any of those categories. Right. A book specifically made to test fountain pen ink didn't fit into any of those categories. So, it was, like, without anybody in the pen community realizing, I managed to skirt all of the rules. So, and the same thing with, like, the rubber stamps that we were doing. Like, that also skirted all of the rules that were in place. So, it was, like, I was having to kind of play some, do a little dance.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, that's great. I always love your stamps, too. Like, the little good mail stamps. I'm giving away the new ink bottle stamps this week on the blog. So, all that stuff.

'''Ana Reinert:''' And we have more of those right now on the shop. We are sold out of them again. We've sold out of them twice already.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Nice.

'''Ana Reinert:''' But they should be back in either today or probably first thing tomorrow. So, if anybody wants to buy some, we'll have them in.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, tell us a little bit about what you have going on on the site this week to celebrate your 10 years of the well-appointed desk. You have a lot of things planned.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Okay. This has been the most ridiculous amount of planning and, like, strategery I forgot to do. But it's actually two weeks. It is 10 days for 10 years. It's 10 days. I know. It's nuts. But so, for the next two weeks, there is a giveaway every day.

'''Ana Reinert:''' And there are 10 top 10 lists. One every day. I know. Did I tell you? This is nuts. I don't know what I was thinking. I've lost my mind. So, every day I've done a top 10 list. And when I say top 10, it's like a 10 something. So, it could be 10 favorite, 10 best, 10, like, I don't want to say top 10 because I know I'm going to get so many comments.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Mm-hmm.

'''Ana Reinert:''' People saying, like, that's not actually.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Yeah. So, hold your comments. I posted yesterday was top 10 notebooks. Mm-hmm. And I posted it in the paper thread on the Slack group. And I was like, agree or disagree, go ahead. So, there were a lot of comments. But it was, like, genuinely my efforts of, like, these are the 10, like, best options. Like, I know there are more. But if you had to narrow it down to 10 to recommend to people. And these are the 10 that, like, I would most often recommend to people who are either just getting into notebooks. Or, like, here's where you start. Here's where you finish. Like, on the list.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep.

'''Ana Reinert:''' So, it's like, if you had to tell people these are the 10 notebooks you need to know about in the stationary community. Here's your list. Kind of thing.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So. And it was a good list. I've got no comment. I read it yesterday. I thought, hey, that's a great list. Perfect.