A Place to Write

Where do you do your writing?  It’s a question I get asked often.  I have a small office at my house that overlooks a deck and some leafy summertime trees.  When it’s winter, the window becomes glazed with frost in spectacular patterns.  I sit with my back to the view and with a bookshelf to the right of me.  It’s filled with books I mean to read and photographs of my family.  Opposite I have a painting that is dear to me; the desk if filled with CDs, pens and notes.  I think anyone wandering in (not that anyone’s allowed to wander in!) would find it a cosy place to write.  But I’m lucky to be able to write off a home office as a business expense.  Before I could do that, I always tried to make a little spot that was purely for writing – a small desk in the corner of my bedroom when I was a student or a comfy chair in the living room where I could cuddle up with a laptop (not such a good idea if you value your back.)  It’s worth a little thinking time.  A place that is dedicated to your writing is essential.  It shows you (and those around you) that writing is important.