Nigel lets you easily create static blog posts for Pelican.
Example usage:
$ echo $NIGEL_DIRECTORY
$ nigel --title "A new post" -t blog -t beginning
Title: A new post
Date: 2018-05-24 16:55
Slug: a-new-post
Tags: blog, beginning
$ nigel --title "A new post" -t blog -t beginning | vim -
[ begin a vim session with the base content ]