Happy Halloween, everyone! I was wondering what would be the scariest picture I could post today—maybe a spider or a blood-covered vampire or Miley Cyrus’ tongue (okay, I can’t help posting that one):
Yee-ikes. I’ve seen this thing more times lately than I’ve seen my own tongue, and yet it never fails to make me gag.
Anyway, here’s the actual scariest picture I could find:
Yep. That’s my office. That’s where I write, think, research, edit, blog, dream. And I think it’s why I’m having such trouble organizing my thoughts lately.
You think????
Can you say Professional Organizer? Life Coach? Get your shit together?
Just looking at this photo makes me want to weep. You too? Hey, try actually sitting here and working in this garbage heap. What kinds of spaces do real writers work in, I wondered. Hmm. Here’s a sampling.
Stephen King’s office:
E.B. White’s office:
(I guess when you have that view you don’t need much else?)
Virginia Woolf’s office:
None of these, though, exactly evoke the kind of space I have in mind. I’ve decided I need only about four things: a desk, a window, a chair, and some walls where I can tack up ideas and inspirational posters, like that cat hanging on a tree branch (Hang in There, Baby—Friday’s Coming!). No, not that one.
Here’s more what I have in mind:
Sweet, right? I feel this would be very do-able.
Tomorrow is November 1, which means we have only two months left of the Write Despite challenge. I am vowing to not only keep writing for the next two months, but to have an AFTER picture of my office by then too.
Where do you work? Describe, or post a pic for us! I’d love to know, and to get some ideas.
Write well, everyone!
—Cathy
Write Despite 