As we get ready to introduce our Fall 2014 Paperblanks® collection (seriously – check back on Tuesday for big news!), we thought today would be the ideal time to suggest some interesting journalling ideas to help inspire you to...
Writing Wednesday usually means helpful advice and words of wisdom from those who have dedicated their lives to writing. However, as we learned with this post on "How (Not) to Write Like a Famous Author," the act of being...
Name: Daniel Rolnik
Age: 25
City/Town: Los Angeles, CA
Country: USA
Places, Travelled & Lived: Every state in the USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, France, Poland, Japan, Australia and Israel
Loves: Art, underground culture, folktales and Los Angeles hamburgers
Teachers/Education: Ex’pression College for...
A need to express one's self, a desire to entertain, a call to expose a certain truth – these are all reasons why people take to pen and paper. Whether you believe, as Joseph Epstein opined in a 2002...
Can you only write after your second cup of coffee? Does your whole day seem off if you don't begin a brainstorming session in the dark? Well, you're not alone. Writers, like athletes, are known for their habits and...
Our Peek Inside… series takes a look inside people's journals to celebrate their imagination and inspire others. Pleas send us an email if you have a project that you would like to be featured!
This month, The Journal CEO shares...
A side effect of producing such beautiful journals is that we often hear Paperblanks® owners are nervous to "tarnish" the designs with their own notes. But our journals are meant to be loved and used just like any other...
When people think of writers they tend to see romanticised visions of Ernest Hemingway, William Shakespeare or even J.K. Rowling. But not all professional writers are world-renowned authors and though we are constantly reading in our daily lives, we...
The professional life of a writer can often feel ill-defined, especially when compared to friends and family working regular nine-to-five jobs. Not having a clear beginning and end to the day can make setting goals difficult, and if you're...
The second season of Orange is the New Black was recently released on Netflix, and the media storm surrounding the incredible, taken-from-real-life story began anew. One thing that sometimes gets lost in the media's coverage of Orange's Piper Chapman...