Hi Susan, welcome to the Snarkology!
Please tell us what your
writing space looks like?
I started
writing in the upstairs guest bedroom. I had a computer desk and a nice window
where I could stand whenever I hit a snag and watch the birds or squirrels. I
wrote three novels in that room and I still love it, but it is a guest room and sometime I did have
guests.
I now write in
the living room. A room seldom entered in the first thirty years I lived in
this house.
It’s a
beautiful room with tall windows and French doors. I can look out into the back
yard at any time and the room is filled with sunlight most days. My computer
sits on a desk I inherited from my mother and has family photos wherever I
look.
I’ve attached
a photo which fortunately doesn’t show the floor where I’ve hidden all the
books, papers, notes, pens, and extra glasses while I took this picture.
There’s one
other thing that is always near me when I write: my dog. She stays by my side
and reminds me that I need to get up and move around occasionally, and if I
want to give her a treat or let her out for a few minutes, that’s okay, too.
How long have
you been writing?
I’m starting
into my sixth year of serious writing. I’ve always been a prolific reader. A
man once told me in awe, “My wife probably reads a book a month.”
I looked him
in the eyes and said, “I generally read a book or two a week.” I think he was
too flabbergasted to answer.
I tried to
write my first book when I was eleven, but I had a new bike, and the sun was
shining, and that effort was doomed to failure. I didn’t start again until I
was in my sixties, proving it’s never too late to do what you love.
