Archive for category Where I write
The Question of Where
Posted by emilia fuentes grant in Emilia, Where I write on May 24, 2012
I rarely think about where I write. The question is usually when, or how, or if I will—”where” is an afterthought. When I consider “where”, I find it’s a loaded word. “Where” denotes locations tangible and intangible. Is it my plastic Ikea desk or the solitary confines of my mind? Even if we limit “where” […]
An Environment Ripe for Writing
Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, Where I write on May 16, 2012
I have a home office. Like the rest of my house, it’s decorated in contemporary clutter. Looking in from the door, you’d see a direct path to my chair lined on either side by stuff. My computer sits on a roll top desk among the ever-changing collection of coupons, bills, scraps of paper with scribbled […]
Redefining spaces
Posted by jarviswrites in Jennie, Where I write on May 10, 2012
When I was living in Los Angeles, I was spoiled. I had an office space on the top floor of my three story condo that consisted of just enough room for my Ikea desk, a chair for my dog and a couple of bookshelves. The wall across from my desk was open, overlooking the living […]
A Room of My Own
Posted by virgowriter in Brad, Where I write on May 6, 2012
A Room of My Own Although I love to write, it takes very little to divert my attention from my work. There are days when I curse the makers of Bejeweled Blitz and Monopoly for existing within easy reach of my mouse. But the ability to be so easily distracted comes from being out of […]
Where do I write?
Posted by priceswrite in Linda, Where I write on May 2, 2012
Where don’t I write? is an easier question. I am blessed with not needing a special place or absolute silence or my special chair or what have you. I spent 20 years in advertising. Writing in agencies where getting hit with a nerf dart or being on the wrong side of an Uzi water gun […]