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One of our UK newspapers did a series on famous writers' desks recently that was fascinating. I thought it might be fun to see what everyone's workspace is like - we're all writers, but diverse characters.
So - where do you write in the home? Are you a clutter fan or a neat freak? Is your desk piled with all sorts of crap, or is it a pristine space with just the laptop or PC to decorate it? What else is in the room that contributes to your writing?
I write in my bedroom/study on a PC and my desk has the following adornments:
Happy Buddha - whose belly is rubbed every day for luck
An ornate old-fashioned quill pen in a silver ink-well
Speakers
Coaster for essential coffee or vodka and coke
Piles of printed articles that I just pull off the Internet for bits of research
Stephen King's On Writing
At the moment a copy of Robert Harris' Pompeii (although this is because I have forgotten to put it back on the shelf)
Various pens
Yellow post-its
On the wall behind the computer is my corkboard, on which I pin inspirational things:
A photo of Mary Renault and all the covers of her first editions
A big notice bearing the King rubric: 'The adverb is not your friend'
A photo of my favourite bust of the Emperor Augustus
A photo of a wonderful gentleman called John Graham who sets the best cryptic crosswords in the Guardian newspaper under the alias of Araucaria
A photo of a rather gorgeous adolescent on whom I've based a fictional character in my WIP
Portable TV - used only as a monitor for games
Various candles
A bookcase
Nicorette stop smoking chewing gum - sadly rarely used
A classical guitar in its case
Photos of my kids
On the floor are about 350 books stacked in crates, as I need a new bookcase, and I also have an ever-present Persian cat, who occupies my chair as soon as my backside leaves it for a minute.
So - what's your writing room like, folks?
One of our UK newspapers did a series on famous writers' desks recently that was fascinating. I thought it might be fun to see what everyone's workspace is like - we're all writers, but diverse characters.
So - where do you write in the home? Are you a clutter fan or a neat freak? Is your desk piled with all sorts of crap, or is it a pristine space with just the laptop or PC to decorate it? What else is in the room that contributes to your writing?
I write in my bedroom/study on a PC and my desk has the following adornments:
Happy Buddha - whose belly is rubbed every day for luck
An ornate old-fashioned quill pen in a silver ink-well
Speakers
Coaster for essential coffee or vodka and coke
Piles of printed articles that I just pull off the Internet for bits of research
Stephen King's On Writing
At the moment a copy of Robert Harris' Pompeii (although this is because I have forgotten to put it back on the shelf)
Various pens
Yellow post-its
On the wall behind the computer is my corkboard, on which I pin inspirational things:
A photo of Mary Renault and all the covers of her first editions
A big notice bearing the King rubric: 'The adverb is not your friend'
A photo of my favourite bust of the Emperor Augustus
A photo of a wonderful gentleman called John Graham who sets the best cryptic crosswords in the Guardian newspaper under the alias of Araucaria
A photo of a rather gorgeous adolescent on whom I've based a fictional character in my WIP
Portable TV - used only as a monitor for games
Various candles
A bookcase
Nicorette stop smoking chewing gum - sadly rarely used
A classical guitar in its case
Photos of my kids
On the floor are about 350 books stacked in crates, as I need a new bookcase, and I also have an ever-present Persian cat, who occupies my chair as soon as my backside leaves it for a minute.
So - what's your writing room like, folks?
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