Ken Can't Write
@kencantwrite.bsky.social
A would-be writer, playing with his writer's blocks. #fiction #folklore #folkrealism #magicalrealism #amwriting #writingcommunity
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Happy birthday to me!
(But also to a great organization who is doing some really important work in Portland, Oregon!)
www.facebook.com/donate/11616...
(But also to a great organization who is doing some really important work in Portland, Oregon!)
www.facebook.com/donate/11616...
Happy birthday to me!
(But also to a great organization who is doing some really important work in Portland, Oregon!)
www.facebook.com/donate/11616...
(But also to a great organization who is doing some really important work in Portland, Oregon!)
www.facebook.com/donate/11616...
November 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Happy birthday to me!
(But also to a great organization who is doing some really important work in Portland, Oregon!)
www.facebook.com/donate/11616...
(But also to a great organization who is doing some really important work in Portland, Oregon!)
www.facebook.com/donate/11616...
Beautiful, powerful day out at the Oregon coast. I don't remember the last time I felt the wind blowing that hard. #oregon #oregoncoast #haystackrock
October 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Beautiful, powerful day out at the Oregon coast. I don't remember the last time I felt the wind blowing that hard. #oregon #oregoncoast #haystackrock
Ordered a sort of Halloween palette of fountain pen ink. Not entirely on purpose, but I'm delighted with the result.
Birmingham inks are really excellent, BTW. Highly recommended.
www.birminghampens.com/collections/...
Birmingham inks are really excellent, BTW. Highly recommended.
www.birminghampens.com/collections/...
September 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Ordered a sort of Halloween palette of fountain pen ink. Not entirely on purpose, but I'm delighted with the result.
Birmingham inks are really excellent, BTW. Highly recommended.
www.birminghampens.com/collections/...
Birmingham inks are really excellent, BTW. Highly recommended.
www.birminghampens.com/collections/...
"Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams."
The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky
August 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
"Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams."
The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky
One of my abs favorite inks. Intense and strangely difficult to pin down with regard to hue, and a bright, metallic gold sheen to top it off.
This color is part of Sailor's "Ink Studio" series, where each ink is given a number instead of a name. That said, I think of this one as "Disco Era Pink".
This color is part of Sailor's "Ink Studio" series, where each ink is given a number instead of a name. That said, I think of this one as "Disco Era Pink".
May 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
One of my abs favorite inks. Intense and strangely difficult to pin down with regard to hue, and a bright, metallic gold sheen to top it off.
This color is part of Sailor's "Ink Studio" series, where each ink is given a number instead of a name. That said, I think of this one as "Disco Era Pink".
This color is part of Sailor's "Ink Studio" series, where each ink is given a number instead of a name. That said, I think of this one as "Disco Era Pink".
Reposted by Ken Can't Write
At least the pen & ink aren't crashing.
Wearingeul "Shoot the Moon" in a Kakimori dip pen on Cosmo Air Snow.
(Solved. Hint: Delete your font cache.)
#photoshop #photoshopsucks #TomChalky #fonts #type
Wearingeul "Shoot the Moon" in a Kakimori dip pen on Cosmo Air Snow.
(Solved. Hint: Delete your font cache.)
#photoshop #photoshopsucks #TomChalky #fonts #type
April 20, 2025 at 11:03 AM
At least the pen & ink aren't crashing.
Wearingeul "Shoot the Moon" in a Kakimori dip pen on Cosmo Air Snow.
(Solved. Hint: Delete your font cache.)
#photoshop #photoshopsucks #TomChalky #fonts #type
Wearingeul "Shoot the Moon" in a Kakimori dip pen on Cosmo Air Snow.
(Solved. Hint: Delete your font cache.)
#photoshop #photoshopsucks #TomChalky #fonts #type
Spent some time at Kinokuniya in downtown pdx this evening.
March 29, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Spent some time at Kinokuniya in downtown pdx this evening.
Is it just me or are writers some of the neediest people you'll ever meet?
(And I mean "Is it just me" in multiple senses of the phrase.)
(And I mean "Is it just me" in multiple senses of the phrase.)
March 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Is it just me or are writers some of the neediest people you'll ever meet?
(And I mean "Is it just me" in multiple senses of the phrase.)
(And I mean "Is it just me" in multiple senses of the phrase.)
Oh good GRIEF!
TikTok, take a freakin' chill pill!
TikTok, take a freakin' chill pill!
February 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Oh good GRIEF!
TikTok, take a freakin' chill pill!
TikTok, take a freakin' chill pill!
Thank you for thrilling and mystifying us in the best way imaginable. Rest in peace.
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78
Director David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like 'Blue Velvet,' has died. He was 78.
variety.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Thank you for thrilling and mystifying us in the best way imaginable. Rest in peace.
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
One of my favorite songs to write to for some 35+ years now.
open.spotify.com/track/7aKZzF...
What are you using for inspiration right now?
#amwriting
open.spotify.com/track/7aKZzF...
What are you using for inspiration right now?
#amwriting
Ivy And Neet - Remastered
This Mortal Coil · Filigree & Shadow (Remastered) · Song · 1986
open.spotify.com
December 8, 2024 at 10:10 AM
One of my favorite songs to write to for some 35+ years now.
open.spotify.com/track/7aKZzF...
What are you using for inspiration right now?
#amwriting
open.spotify.com/track/7aKZzF...
What are you using for inspiration right now?
#amwriting
I like weird things to happen in my stories. Twists & turns that don't happen in "real life".
But also, I don't enjoy fantasy. Magic systems & the like. I don't like it when characters are surprised to learn there are elves or monsters in a world just beyond their closet.
#writingcommunity
But also, I don't enjoy fantasy. Magic systems & the like. I don't like it when characters are surprised to learn there are elves or monsters in a world just beyond their closet.
#writingcommunity
November 23, 2024 at 1:47 PM
I like weird things to happen in my stories. Twists & turns that don't happen in "real life".
But also, I don't enjoy fantasy. Magic systems & the like. I don't like it when characters are surprised to learn there are elves or monsters in a world just beyond their closet.
#writingcommunity
But also, I don't enjoy fantasy. Magic systems & the like. I don't like it when characters are surprised to learn there are elves or monsters in a world just beyond their closet.
#writingcommunity
I'm cultivating an approach in my writing that's counterintuitive in a lot of ways, but I'm still fully committed to it.
Here's the deal...
Here's the deal...
October 6, 2024 at 10:02 PM
I'm cultivating an approach in my writing that's counterintuitive in a lot of ways, but I'm still fully committed to it.
Here's the deal...
Here's the deal...
Sitting at a local coffee house with my wife and daughter, trying out a new bluetooth kb with my phone. #amwriting #wobkey75 #thok
September 15, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Sitting at a local coffee house with my wife and daughter, trying out a new bluetooth kb with my phone. #amwriting #wobkey75 #thok
Reposted by Ken Can't Write
We're delighted to announce a new future for Ursula's home in Portland, Oregon. The Le Guin family will donate the house to Literary Arts as a site for the Ursula K. Le Guin Writers Residency. apnews.com/article/ursu...
Ursula K. Le Guin's home will become a writers residency
The former home of the late Ursula K. Le Guin is being readied to become a base for contemporary authors.
apnews.com
June 10, 2024 at 3:42 PM
We're delighted to announce a new future for Ursula's home in Portland, Oregon. The Le Guin family will donate the house to Literary Arts as a site for the Ursula K. Le Guin Writers Residency. apnews.com/article/ursu...
Showing off some #sheen.
#fountainpen #ink #paper #stationery #journal #writing
Blue/purple ink:
Organic Studios NItrogen in a TWSBI Diamond 580ALR Fine nib
Pink/gold ink:
Sailor Ink Studio 731 in a LAMY Safari broad nib
Paper is Yamamoto Cosmo Air Snow in a journal made by Galen Leather.
#fountainpen #ink #paper #stationery #journal #writing
Blue/purple ink:
Organic Studios NItrogen in a TWSBI Diamond 580ALR Fine nib
Pink/gold ink:
Sailor Ink Studio 731 in a LAMY Safari broad nib
Paper is Yamamoto Cosmo Air Snow in a journal made by Galen Leather.
May 25, 2024 at 5:46 AM
Showing off some #sheen.
#fountainpen #ink #paper #stationery #journal #writing
Blue/purple ink:
Organic Studios NItrogen in a TWSBI Diamond 580ALR Fine nib
Pink/gold ink:
Sailor Ink Studio 731 in a LAMY Safari broad nib
Paper is Yamamoto Cosmo Air Snow in a journal made by Galen Leather.
#fountainpen #ink #paper #stationery #journal #writing
Blue/purple ink:
Organic Studios NItrogen in a TWSBI Diamond 580ALR Fine nib
Pink/gold ink:
Sailor Ink Studio 731 in a LAMY Safari broad nib
Paper is Yamamoto Cosmo Air Snow in a journal made by Galen Leather.
Work was rough today. Ended up going for a long drive with loud music.
On the way back, a song from my WIP playlist came on. I let it cue up the movies in my head. Different ending this time. Something that gathered up a lot of loose ends & tied them together.
Love it when that happens. #amwriting
On the way back, a song from my WIP playlist came on. I let it cue up the movies in my head. Different ending this time. Something that gathered up a lot of loose ends & tied them together.
Love it when that happens. #amwriting
May 21, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Work was rough today. Ended up going for a long drive with loud music.
On the way back, a song from my WIP playlist came on. I let it cue up the movies in my head. Different ending this time. Something that gathered up a lot of loose ends & tied them together.
Love it when that happens. #amwriting
On the way back, a song from my WIP playlist came on. I let it cue up the movies in my head. Different ending this time. Something that gathered up a lot of loose ends & tied them together.
Love it when that happens. #amwriting
I've been stuck on the same 5 or 6 chapters too long. Working out some methods that might help me move on.
Writing isn't just a sentence-by-sentence thing for me. Common advice hasn't helped. If it doesn't ring true on multiple levels, it's as if I haven't written anything at all.
#amwriting
Writing isn't just a sentence-by-sentence thing for me. Common advice hasn't helped. If it doesn't ring true on multiple levels, it's as if I haven't written anything at all.
#amwriting
May 20, 2024 at 11:13 AM
I've been stuck on the same 5 or 6 chapters too long. Working out some methods that might help me move on.
Writing isn't just a sentence-by-sentence thing for me. Common advice hasn't helped. If it doesn't ring true on multiple levels, it's as if I haven't written anything at all.
#amwriting
Writing isn't just a sentence-by-sentence thing for me. Common advice hasn't helped. If it doesn't ring true on multiple levels, it's as if I haven't written anything at all.
#amwriting
Finally, it is done.
www.reddit.com/r/guitarpeda...
(For now.)
I'll be posting a full write-up later.
#pedalboard #guitarpedals #guitareffects #diy
www.reddit.com/r/guitarpeda...
(For now.)
I'll be posting a full write-up later.
#pedalboard #guitarpedals #guitareffects #diy
April 27, 2024 at 4:27 AM
Finally, it is done.
www.reddit.com/r/guitarpeda...
(For now.)
I'll be posting a full write-up later.
#pedalboard #guitarpedals #guitareffects #diy
www.reddit.com/r/guitarpeda...
(For now.)
I'll be posting a full write-up later.
#pedalboard #guitarpedals #guitareffects #diy