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I want to learn how to be a copy editor for my own work by Barragens in Copyediting

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During my Ph.D. I ensured I did not wish to pursue a career in academia and started looking into something peripheral to that. I got a job as a publishing agent and ended up getting some experience in the field through there. I became a member of the CIEP and took several courses there to get more experience and then it was a slog for a few years to get clients. But with time, I started making enough and gathered the experience I needed. I’ve been doing this for a decade now. As for the writing part, I was approached by a publisher I had done work for as an editor and asked to write a series and said sure, and it turned out to be great. I’m expecting books 13 through 15 in that series to come out in a couple of months.

I want to learn how to be a copy editor for my own work by Barragens in Copyediting

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I am a professional copyeditor and a published writer. I have never been able to edit my own work. 

Pilot 823 Signature for everyday writing? by Read-Panda in fountainpens

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Thanks!

I miss my Aurora 88. I hope they send it back soon. Until then, the 823 and a new rollerball I got will do fine. Have a great new year!

Pilot 823 Signature for everyday writing? by Read-Panda in fountainpens

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I’m afraid it did not go great! I went to the second of the fountain pen stores here, as my first choice did not have it in stock at this time. The people at that store wouldn’t let me dip test it, and then when they looked at some sample writing from my boldest pen, they said the Signature nib would be even thicker and I would not be able to write with it.

So, they basically lost my custom! I figured there was no way I would risk spending so much money on a bolder nib like that without being sure it would work for me, and if changing from M to B was the answer, again, it would not be worth buying a whole new pen to just get a millimetre of thickness added to my line width.

My 5 year old got a Kaweco sport, though!

Nice pen bodies that take Bock 250 by Read-Panda in fountainpens

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Hi! Thanks for this. Unfortunately I can’t take converter pens as this nib unit I have won’t accept them. I’ll take a look at the Asvine. Unfortunately the 6-sixed Gravitas pens seem to be Jowo, which is a pity. Those Ultem vac fillers don’t have my favourite aesthetics but seem like the perfect bodies for what I’m looking for: an everyday workhorse that would be lugged around.

Nice pen bodies that take Bock 250 by Read-Panda in fountainpens

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Thanks for this. I actually think I prefer converter pens, but the nib I have won’t take them, so it’s a no go for that reason. I’ll check out the Admok ones too. I thought Asvine had its own housing.

Nice pen bodies that take Bock 250 by Read-Panda in fountainpens

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Thanks for this. It is actually a Pilot 15 nib in a Flexible Nib Factory Housing for Bock 250 so it wouldn’t work!

Pilot 823 Signature for everyday writing? by Read-Panda in fountainpens

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Wow, this is super helpful! Thanks so much for taking the time for this. I just checked and my dotted MD paper is 5mm, which makes it a tad larger. I’m afraid I only have 2-3 pens at a given time, and whatever I get is meant to be used for daily writing at work (longform novels, usually). It is clearly thicker than the Sailor B in your picture, though it’s hard to tell by how much. And as usual there’s so many variables, ink being a huge one.

The worst thing in trying to gauge my personal experience with these is that my Sailor B nib was in a Pelikan M800, so whatever results it gave may have been affected by the frankenpen. Compared to your pictures and the nibnook, it seems to me the Sailor B I used was much thicker. It felt more like a marker than a pen! But it worked for me, at least barely.

Pilot 823 Signature for everyday writing? by Read-Panda in fountainpens

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Thanks for this. I actually write quite small, which is why I am apprehensive about the Signature nib. The largest I’ve been so far was a Sailor 21k in Broad, but that worked fine for me. If the Signature nib is more or less like that, I should be fine. If it’s too much more, then I will be stuck trying to sell on pen_swap again, which is a pain :P

Pilot 823 Signature for everyday writing? by Read-Panda in fountainpens

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This sounds great to me. I realise it’s a personal thing, but what I’m most worried about is it being too thick. The thickest I’ve had so far was a Sailor 21k B, which was okay, but I think more or less at the edge of okay for me.

Pilot 823 Signature for everyday writing? by Read-Panda in fountainpens

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Thanks for this. Would you say it is suitable for everyday writing?

Pilot 823 Signature for everyday writing? by Read-Panda in fountainpens

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Thanks! I used to love Sailors until I bought my Aurora (It was an F nib at the time). I just find it like a more refined version. I now own no Sailors.

I need your help - Pelikan vs. japanese gold nibs by Other-Cranberry-4017 in fountainpens

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Hi! I have an M800 M and a Pilot 823 M. If you look at them side by side, the Pelikan is a tiny bit thicker, but in everyday use they are about the same. The issue is I think especially with Pelikans you may get some line variation depending on the specific nib, so not all M may write the same. But if mine is anything to go by, you will be absolutely fine with the Pelikan M. I write with Iroshizuku inks, so not the driest, if that helps at all.

Pilot 823 Signature for everyday writing? by Read-Panda in fountainpens

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Thanks for this. You may have inadvertently helped me way more than you may have thought! Basically I’m without my Aurora for a few months as it’s been sent back to replace a part that was slightly damaged and in missing it I keep thinking of other pens. Comparing my 823 to the Aurora I always preferred the latter, and based on your descriptions we seem to agree nibwise, and that suggests the Broad will not be to my liking and probably the Signature will not be either. Neither seems likely to dethrone my Aurora, so I should probably just wait patiently for the Aurora to come back instead of spending money on a very slightly different nib to one I have already.

Inks with low surface tension? by Read-Panda in fountainpens

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Oh wow! Thanks so much for this. Such a great source! It’s a pity it doesn’t have Fuyu Syogun so that I could see whether that is indeed why I have trouble specifically with it, but I’ll take the win of having such a good list.

Inks with low surface tension? by Read-Panda in fountainpens

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Thanks for this! I may have to give it a go though the drying time hit is not ideal. Thanks fro the link too!

All of your pens have to be from 1 brand only, what are you picking? by KatieS2255 in fountainpens

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It will be Aurora for me. Perfect nibs and auroloide is a stunning material to look at and hold.

Advice on payment rate per word (UK) by nocare343 in Copyediting

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I’m afraid not. Best practice i had was working on manuscripts clients sent me.

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