Terry Shames's Blog: 7 Criminal Minds, page 138

Sanctum Sanctorum by James W. Ziskin

Show us where you work! Please share a photo of your work/writing space, and tell us why it looks the way it does!

From Jim

My dear friend Hallie Ephron told me that brown furniture is out these days. I must have missed that memo. I love old things, as youll see in these photos of my workspace, which I call Jims Landing.

This is where I write.





This is where I used to write.





To the right of my desk is a bookcase. Its larger twin was too big to make it up the stairs when we moved. Its in the...

Sanctum Sanctorum

Show us where you work! Please share a photo of your work/writing space, and tell us why it looks the way it does!

From Jim

My dear friend Hallie Ephron told me that brown furniture is out these days. I must have missed that memo. I love old things, as youll see in these photos of my workspace, which I call Jims Landing.

This is where I write.





This is where I used to write.





To the right of my desk is a bookcase. Its larger twin was too big to make it up the stairs when we moved. Its in the...

The space between the words

Show us where you work! Please share a photo of your work/writing space, and tell us why it looks the way it does!
by Dietrich
Show us where you work. Okay, heres a shot I took out the window during one of our rare Vancouver snowstorms this past January. The window faces southwest which is ideal since I work mainly during the early part of the day. So, facing that direction allows in the light without getting all the glare.
My writing space is my getaway spot. The rooms separate from the rest of...

A Cluttered Desk is a Sign of...

Terry here: Were showing our readers our workplaces and telling why it looks the way it does!Heres the way Id like my desk to look: It's a jigsaw puzzle!


And heres the way it really looks: At least it's how it looked a couple of weeks ago.


Every few weeks I tidy up my workspace. It feels wonderful. For a short time. Two hours later its exactly the way it was before I cleaned it. It appears that I am more comfortable with clutter:

A Cluttered Desk is a Sign of GeniusA Cluttered Desk is a Sign of...

A Room of My Own by Brenda Chapman

Show us where you work! Please share a photo of your work/writing space, and tell us why it looks the way it does!

I began writing in the living room of our storey and a half,with the television often on and my daughters, who were quite young at the time, playing in the same room. We debated moving to a larger house or putting on an addition. None of us wanted to leave our  neighbourhood so we opted for the addition. My husband Ted said that it would include an office just for me so that...

You Say Clutter, I Say Curated Collection

Show us where you work! Please share a photo of your work/writing space, and tell us why it looks the way it does!

by Paul D. Marks

Not a current pic, but pretty close to what it is today. (The main changes
are that neither animal, Curley/cat, Pepper/dog, are with us anymore.)Ill show you mine if youll show me yours. And I have to admit I do like looking at other writers offices. Some are neat, some not so much. Some are big, some small. But whatever theyre like its always interesting to see...

The sensible workspace of a serious author, by Catriona

I caught a break here.

My blog duties flew out of my head what with one thing an another and Cathy "not in charge" Ace just jogged my memory.

Ordinarily it would be a big ask to pull a post together in minutes, but this week . . . pictorial blog! Of something that's right here!

So.  Here is a snapshot of my workspace today.


Lots and lots (and lots) of crime fiction, some awards (coughs modestly), and just a glimpse of 1970s Mabel Lucie Atwell prints.

Because this is the angle where the kitsch...

Murder is served... by Cathy Ace

See below for what the numbers mean!
As requested, here I am in my workspace. Yes, I realize this looks very much like a dinner table, and that's because it is. I've written my last three books at this table, rather than in my office. Why? Well, I've written them between autumn and spring, and the view's much better at that time of year from the dinner table than from my office window. But, come May, the angle of the sun means I'm better off being in my office, until about October. 

That...

Can't Explain It, But....

Show us where you work! Please share a photo of your work/writing space, and tell us why it looks the way it does! 

-From Frank

Ah, I just can't.

I'm not trying to be a party pooper (did you read that in your best Arnold-ese as paw-tee poop-uh? Cause that's how I wrote it). Really, I'm not. And it doesn't have anything to do with my study being a cluttered mess, either. Well, okay, it's about ten percent that. But it's ninety percent this weird privacy thing that I don't know I can entirely...

Cluttered Office, Cluttered Mind? Say It Isn't So.

Q: Show us where you work! Please share a photo of your work/writing space, and tell us why it looks the way it does!
-from Susan
I have two options. I can stand in the doorway and show you the good side. It might although it shouldnt impress you. Bookshelves on three walls, floor to ceiling, reading chair, desk, lateral file cabinets. Dedicated to writing, thinking, research. Heres that:


The other option strips away the façade. Piles of crap (mostly work related) on every surface, papers...