I live on a patch of wild--2 acres in Connecticut. My home office looks out on a wilderness with Wild Turkey and Deer. It's odd to see 30 lbs. of turkey take flight.
The best is that I'm so far away from other houses that I can see none from most of my property. I write from this office when at home, although most of my production is during my long, daily commute to and from my NYC.
I write at home and in coffee shops. Though today I had trouble writing in my favorite cafe because the music was too loud. I even asked them if they wouldn't mind turning down the volume. They did, but they were probably thinking, this isn't a library. I think I'll head over to my local branch tomorrow. If only they served coffee!
I am a librarian, and I assure you, libraries are not the quiet places you imagine - not unless you come early in the morning. The computers and printers and copy machines make noise all the time; let's not even discuss their users! Children and adults no longer have "inside voices" as they once did.
When I want to write, I go to Barnes & Noble, get a big cup of tea and a cinnamon scone, and just zone out with my pen and paper!
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Barbara DeMarco-Barrett is author of the bestselling and award-winning Pen on Fire: A Busy Woman's Guide to Igniting the Writer Within (Harcourt, 2004), which is now in its 8th printing. She has a short story, "Crazy for You," in Orange County Noir, published by Akashic Books (2010) and an essay, "Knitting, My Urban Escape," in Knitting Through It (Voyageur, 2008). She hosts and produces Writers on Writing, which airs Weds. at 9 a.m. Pacific on KUCI-FM 88.9 in Orange Co., Ca, and streams live at www.kuci.org
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BJK
Oddly enough I am able to write anywhere. I'm fortunate in that respect.
I live on a patch of wild--2 acres in Connecticut. My home office looks out on a wilderness with Wild Turkey and Deer. It's odd to see 30 lbs. of turkey take flight.
The best is that I'm so far away from other houses that I can see none from most of my property. I write from this office when at home, although most of my production is during my long, daily commute to and from my NYC.
Nick
I write at home and in coffee shops. Though today I had trouble writing in my favorite cafe because the music was too loud. I even asked them if they wouldn't mind turning down the volume. They did, but they were probably thinking, this isn't a library. I think I'll head over to my local branch tomorrow. If only they served coffee!
I am a librarian, and I assure you, libraries are not the quiet places you imagine - not unless you come early in the morning. The computers and printers and copy machines make noise all the time; let's not even discuss their users! Children and adults no longer have "inside voices" as they once did.
When I want to write, I go to Barnes & Noble, get a big cup of tea and a cinnamon scone, and just zone out with my pen and paper!
teabird / Ravelry
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