Elizabeth Winthrop's Blog - Posts Tagged "writing"
Where I Work
This morning, when I arrive at my “office”, which is a particular desk facing the windows in my favorite public library,
http://milnelibrary.org/
someone else is sitting in my chair. (I sound like the baby bear in Goldilocks.) He’s wearing spotted jeans, grey sneakers and glasses. I try not to glare. He looks furtive, defiant, even though he has no idea that he’s taken my favorite spot. I am forced to settle with my back to the view of my favorite tree, find a longer cord to plug in my computer, put my backpack on the left of my chair instead of the right. Silly, but until the book takes over, these things matter. Once I’m deep into the work, I could be sitting in a tent in the middle of the Gobi desert. Well, not quite, but you get the idea.
Later, the book has me in its grip. I stand up to stretch and discover that the usurper has left. I never heard him go. To move to my usual spot would disturb the spell. I sit down, sink back into the words.
http://milnelibrary.org/
someone else is sitting in my chair. (I sound like the baby bear in Goldilocks.) He’s wearing spotted jeans, grey sneakers and glasses. I try not to glare. He looks furtive, defiant, even though he has no idea that he’s taken my favorite spot. I am forced to settle with my back to the view of my favorite tree, find a longer cord to plug in my computer, put my backpack on the left of my chair instead of the right. Silly, but until the book takes over, these things matter. Once I’m deep into the work, I could be sitting in a tent in the middle of the Gobi desert. Well, not quite, but you get the idea.
Later, the book has me in its grip. I stand up to stretch and discover that the usurper has left. I never heard him go. To move to my usual spot would disturb the spell. I sit down, sink back into the words.
A WONDERFUL INTERVIEW
I love it when interviewers ask me fun and silly and serious questions. Brittney Breakey has made herself a name on the web with her author interviews at http://authorturf.com/?p=4369.
Here are some highlights:
What is your worst personality characteristic?
Impatience.
How did you learn to ride a bicycle?
With two of my five brothers running along next to me.
Can you share your journey from writing to author?
To put it crudely, ass to chair.
If someone rented a billboard for you, what would you put on it?
She never paid for a review on Amazon.
Go to http://authorturf.com/?p=4369 to check out the rest.
Here are some highlights:
What is your worst personality characteristic?
Impatience.
How did you learn to ride a bicycle?
With two of my five brothers running along next to me.
Can you share your journey from writing to author?
To put it crudely, ass to chair.
If someone rented a billboard for you, what would you put on it?
She never paid for a review on Amazon.
Go to http://authorturf.com/?p=4369 to check out the rest.
