Wanted: Your Studio/Office/Room Story
Where do you work? At home? In a separate office?
Is your office messy or clean?
I love this series of links to British authors and their studios or writing rooms. I haven’t seen a comparable resource for US writers or illustrators.
I find these writer’s rooms entirely too neat: Kate Mosse, Penelope Lively and Jacqueline Wilson. Love Julie Myerson’s cat, the Lizard. Hilary Mantel’s room is too blank for me. I love Michael Longley’s description of his office as “untidy as a raven’s nest,” but when you see the picture, he’s got it wrong. Instead, you need to see Russell Hoban’s office for an “Untidy Raven’s Nest.” Of course, I love that because my office is mostly messy. I hear teachers telling my kids that organization is a skill they need to succeed in life and then I look at my office and despair!
Please join me in creating a resource for teachers, writers and others interested in seeing where writers produce their work.
Here’s how it will work:
- Write a posting on your website or blog about your writing studio/office/room. As you can see from the article above, it’s really fun to see a photo of your studio in all its messy glory and to hear something of what the writer thinks of his/her studio.
- Send me a link to your posting. Please indicate exactly how you want your name listed. I won’t list any book titles here, at all, just names, please. That means you’ll probably want links on your posting to other sections of your website or blog.
When I get a dozen or so links to start, I’ll put up a permanent page linking to these and then let the Writer’s Studio List grow from there. I’ll publicize it to teachers and others as I see that it will be helpful.
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