Where do you write?
Someone asked me recently, "Where do you write?". When I said in a small, room that doubles as our junk/dump anything/ironing pile/file cabinet room she thought I was joking - I wasn't!
Her assumption that I'd be sitting at some grand desk looking out on a beautiful view with coffee to hand and peace and quiet. My computer on and ready to go was amusing because I'd considered that scenario for every best selling author!
I sit, facing my computer, with a small window on my left that looks out onto the houses opposite. If I stand up I can see Moel Fammau, to my left and the hillfort of Rhosesmor to my right. (Trees have grown since moving in 15 years ago!)
I have coffee to hand if I go downstairs, in fact, I have a whole kitchen to munch my way through - but I don't!
I hear birds twitting, dogs barking and cats as they howl and fight in the street if the noise of cars, DIY and people mowing their lawns or cutting bushes doesn't drown them out!
I have no beautiful scenery, I live in a village surrounded by people living their lives that impact on mine. Some days and there have been many lately where I type with headphones on bashing away to the sounds of Nickelback or calming Enya!
I dream of the scenario of lawns and fields and a nice room to work from - even having quiet gardens to work with a laptop, coffee on hand and nature buzzing around me - lovely, but I wondered just how realistic it actually is?
What do other authors do? Where do they write their own masterpieces? And how do they get around noise pollution? Anyone wish to let me know?
http://www.pjroscoe.co.uk
Freya's Child
Her assumption that I'd be sitting at some grand desk looking out on a beautiful view with coffee to hand and peace and quiet. My computer on and ready to go was amusing because I'd considered that scenario for every best selling author!
I sit, facing my computer, with a small window on my left that looks out onto the houses opposite. If I stand up I can see Moel Fammau, to my left and the hillfort of Rhosesmor to my right. (Trees have grown since moving in 15 years ago!)
I have coffee to hand if I go downstairs, in fact, I have a whole kitchen to munch my way through - but I don't!
I hear birds twitting, dogs barking and cats as they howl and fight in the street if the noise of cars, DIY and people mowing their lawns or cutting bushes doesn't drown them out!
I have no beautiful scenery, I live in a village surrounded by people living their lives that impact on mine. Some days and there have been many lately where I type with headphones on bashing away to the sounds of Nickelback or calming Enya!
I dream of the scenario of lawns and fields and a nice room to work from - even having quiet gardens to work with a laptop, coffee on hand and nature buzzing around me - lovely, but I wondered just how realistic it actually is?
What do other authors do? Where do they write their own masterpieces? And how do they get around noise pollution? Anyone wish to let me know?
http://www.pjroscoe.co.uk
Freya's Child
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