(If you follow my Facebook page, you got a teaser of mine last Friday.)
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But before we get into that, there’s something you should probably know about me. A few years ago… I sold my bed.
Seriously.
I wanted an office more than a bedroom, so I sold my bed. (Hey, I’m single; I can get by with things like that.) Sure, I have to sleep on a pull-out that pokes springs into my back every night, but my workspace rocks! For me, at least. :)
I present to you...
*Grins* Okay, so I’m weird, but that’s how I stay motivated. What does your workspace look like? ♥
P.S. And don't you dare brag about yours, Jennifer Hillier. We're already jealous! ;)
P.S. And don't you dare brag about yours, Jennifer Hillier. We're already jealous! ;)
"What does your workspace look like?"
ReplyDeleteA mess.
I thought the picture of your workspace was taken from the soundboard looking towards the stage at a concert! Do you write in the dark?
A mess, huh? I think that's a trait most of us share.
DeleteYes, I often write in the dark. (I'm sure it's horrible on my eyes.) I'm nocturnal, so it works out for me. :)
P.S. Hah! Writing backstage at a concert would be awesome. Difficult, but awesome...
You are so awesome LOL! I don't have a workspace really. Currently, it's my dining room table!
ReplyDeleteSame here. Though my computer has a permanent place on it.
Delete*Grins* Thanks, Kyra! Hey, there's nothing wrong with the dining room table. That's what I used when I had a laptop. :)
DeleteNo bed? You're dedicated.
ReplyDeleteMy space is cluttered but neat. Mostly.
Why thank you, Mr. Cavanaugh!
DeleteSounds like organized chaos. :)
I don't really have a writing space. I keep saying I am going to make one, but I haven't yet. There is a really small desk in the corner of my room, but I rarely use it. For the most part, I sit on the couch to write with my computer in my lap.
ReplyDeleteThere's no time like the present. Go stake a claim on that desk!
Delete...Unless the couch is really comfy. :)
That's awesome, thanks for sharing :) I don't really have a workspace, I pretty much write where ever because I have a tiny laptop I can carry around. Currently my workspace is my couch LOL.
ReplyDeleteI love the fact that you sold your bed, now that is dedication to our writing.
Thanks, Laura! :) Oo, that sounds comfy. You should see how I try to relax in this desk chair. It's ridiculous! LOL
Deleteha! oh to be single & free of convention!
ReplyDeletelove it!
Exactly! *Grins* Thanks, Tara!
DeleteCarrie! That is so hilarious. Pokey springs???? I have no works space at all unfortunately. When we moved into our new house I thought I would write on our balcony with an amazing view of the Las Vegas Valley. But I forgot that Vegas is hellishly hot about 6 months out of the year. And hellishly cold for another 3. So the rest of the year I am at the Starbucks up the street where the kids can't come track me down! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat? That's a bummer! I'd love to see the view from your balcony. I'm jealous in a want-to-visit-but-wouldn't-want-to-melt-there kind of way. ;) What? I'm Ohioan. I wouldn't survive!
DeleteThank goodness for Starbucks. :D
Hard core, Carrie.
ReplyDeleteI'm fortunate enough to have a cozy home office. I have my characters and settings (stock photos) taped to my walls. I usually keep the lights off, as well. I've been using a lamp, but after seeing your work space lights, I'm reconsidering my options.
Thanks, Natasha! :) Oo, your office sounds like a wonderful place for inspiration.
DeleteYou should! I'm using LED Christmas lights. They use less energy and don't get very hot. :)
Love the lights. My work space looks like my couch. Or my car. Or the line in the post office. Or the doctor's waiting room. I write on the fly! One day when my kid is older and wants nothing to do with me, I'll make the hubs transform some area of our house into a home office for me. BTW, selling your bed is HARD CORE! I love it!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lisa! I was hoping no one would be like, "You sold your BED? I'll never read your book, crazy woman!" LOL
DeleteYou have my respect for being able to write on the fly! :) I don't think I could do that. Too easily distracted...
my work place anywhere my laptop can fit.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are so versatile! I love it. :)
DeleteI am so excited for our move in a few weeks--since we are moving to a much cheaper area, we are going from a one-bedroom apartment with one main room and tiny kitchen to a three-bedroom apartment with tons of living space! I'm claiming one of the bedrooms as an office/sewing room/craft room, and I'm hoping to get a treadmill desk in there so I can work on writing AND getting in shape at the same time. I will surely be posting about my office after it starts to take shape. For now, my space looks like the Container Store threw up; we're in hardcore packing mode.
ReplyDeleteYes! Claim the extra bedroom ASAP. You need that writing/sewing/crafting/running space! :D I can't wait to read about your office once you've settled in. Good luck with the move!
DeleteHaha! Absolutely wonderful and dedicated. My space looks like a hot mess. I need an office. Perhaps one day, lol
ReplyDeleteWhy thank you, Victoria!
DeleteHey, my space is messy, too. That's why it's dark. *Grins*
I'm freaking because your blog didn't roll over in my blogroll. The last post I have for you is July 19th! What is that about!!!
ReplyDeleteAnyhoo, I'll subscribe and then I won't miss anymore.
My space... I'm in front of the window overlooking Cluculz Lake. I know, tough view. Haha. But guess what? When I'm deep into a story, I forget where I am.
Duh, just realized I have your other blog listed and not this one too. Not sure how that happened, but it's fixed now.
DeleteWeird! Sounds like some kind of Blogger-related conspiracy to keep us Butlers apart. Sneaky, sneaky...
DeleteThanks for re-subscribing! I think I speak for everyone when I say:
1. I'm incredibly jealous.
2. When can I come to Canada? ;)
Try for the end of September and we can go to the Northern Writers Retreat in Smithers!
DeleteWoohoo! If I start walking now, maybe I can make it. :D
DeleteOk, so now I really have to get you on my Wednesday Writer's Workspace series. I'm so curious about your workspace!
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Oo, sounds like fun! :) Thanks, Nutschell!
DeleteOh wow, no bed, that's real dedication. I love your work space, it looks really inspiring.
ReplyDeleteMine is just a regular computer desk in my sitting room. I'm lucky enough to have an armchair instead of a desk chair too. My bookcase is right next to it, and on top of my bookcase is where my doll collection and Alduin statue lives.
Thanks, Clare! :) Your armchair sounds comfy. I'm actually sitting in a desk chair with duct tape on it right now. LOL
DeleteHey, my doll collection is on top of my bookcase too. Which is right next to my desk. 0-0
DeleteYou're workspace twins! :D
DeleteBecause I run a home-based interior design business out of my office, I have a very large L-shaped desk with all kinds of cubbies and drawers and raised platforms. But all this space allows me to clutter it up rather well. It's organized, but messy. It sits under a large window that looks out onto a huge wetland (which, in the Pacific Northwest, means woods) with tall trees, a pond, and lots of light, which is good 'cuz it rains here a lot, but that only lends well to the mood of my writing.
ReplyDeleteI'm feeling rather guilty now about my big comfy bed.
I'm so jealous! Can we see it? :D
Delete*Starts a crowd chant* Picture, picture, picture...
That's hilarious that you sold your bed! Now THAT'S dedication for you!
ReplyDeleteMine looks great in the dark!
Uh... In the light-- it has papers everywhere. And 90% of them are book-related. I swear, as soon as I finish this last round of edits, I'm coming up with a much better system! And possibly fun lights. I'm a little jealous of the lights.
Why thank you, Pegasus!
DeleteOh, I know how that goes. Believe me. You don't want to see this mess in the daylight. ;) You should get some! Fun lights make everything better.
I LOVE the string of lights!
ReplyDeleteI don't have a workspace really. Right now, my laptop and story notes occupy 1/4 of what used to be the homeschool table (two plastic folding tables set up in our dining-room-turned-homeschool room). How I long for my own office...
I don't suppose hubby would let you sell the bed... *Grins* He might be into the lights, though!
DeleteI recently moved and gave up my large and private office. I now have an open living room, but that living room is completely sanctioned as Mom's office. The kids hang out it the family room.
ReplyDeleteIt works most of the time. Other times I pop in my headphones and block out the surround sound pumping in from the family room.
Bed?!?! That's a necessary playground. :) And a laptop free zone. I think my husband might be a little afraid of me putting him in one of my romance novels.
Oo, a living room office sounds even better. Plenty of room to think and breathe.
DeleteHah! I love that you called your bed a necessary playground. That's hilarious. Yeah, I can see why your husband would be a bit leery of you taking a laptop to bed. ;)
LOL you crack me up. That's dedication, selling your bed. Love your workspace. Mine? Well, at least I have one now since our recent house move. However, it's very much a man's space, seeing as that I inherited it from the previous house owner. It's all dark furniture and green curtains, about as far away from my style as you can imagine. However, it's doing something for me. I'm telling myself it's a manly space and helps me get into the head of my male lead. Maybe? There's always paint. And new curtains.... Great post, love it. XX
ReplyDeleteI love that you were able to find inspiration in your male-dominated workspace, Nicky. Way to find the positive in your situation!
DeleteOnce you make a few changes, I'm sure you'll feel right at home. :) Thank you!
I love how you had to label the "darkness". Haha.
ReplyDeleteHey, it's an important factor! *Grins*
DeleteHaha, as you probably know, I'm in the process of cleaning mine...
ReplyDeleteSeeing your "cheap xmas lights" makes me miss mine! Mine are always orange though. But they don't last more than a year. Sigh.
Aww, get some cheap LEDs. They last pretty long, and they're oh-so-inspiring. :D
DeleteGood luck with that cleaning!
I moved a month ago...so I've not unpacked, right now my work-space looks like a bunch of dissembled furniture, clothes on the floor, or in bags, or in boxes, or spread all over the place. Towers of books, and my laptop which is typically in my backpack, or open on my bed...yeah. I really need to unpack and organize.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it will happen someday.
If it makes you feel any better, it seems like a lot of you have moved recently. You're not alone in your box kingdom! ;)
DeleteGood luck with that organization, Sara!
A big desk! Has lots of shelves and cabinets. I don't use it much anymore though. :( All of my creativity is stored in there somewhere.
ReplyDeleteYou will be using it soon, though, right? By the way, I'm not carrying it. :P
DeleteOh my god carrie that's hilarious. your workspace looks kind of like a carnival:) Mine is a boring little writing nook overlooking my deck and garden. Sounds cool, but it's really dull LOL
ReplyDeleteI would love to work in a carnival! How cool would that be? LOL
DeleteAww, don't tell me that. That's where the magic happens! :D
It's probably the lighting, but your work space reminds me of a 1980s movie for some reason. The blue Christmas lights are sweet! I have an office, but for most of this year I've just been using my laptop on the dining room table. I put on noise-cancellation headphones and get to work after dinner most evenings.
ReplyDeleteAs someone who loved/loves '80s movies, I shall take that as a compliment. ;) Oo, noise-cancellation headphones sound like a lifesaver!
DeleteThis actually totally makes sense to me. I slept on a pull out coach all five years in college. Wasn't that bad :)
ReplyDeleteYou know why it makes sense to you, right? It's because we're pub siblings and we're sharing the same wavelength. ;)
DeleteI'm supposed to write in my office, which has a vaulted ceiling, wood floors and french doors that overlook the deck/backyard. But my kids use the desktop and PlayStation in there so I actually write on a laptop in our sitting room.
ReplyDeleteSigh.
Aww, man! That sounds like it would've been perfect, too...
DeleteDouble sigh.
Are you telling us that there's things people are doing other than writing? (like sleeping?)
ReplyDeleteMy workspace used to be on the coach coming home from work, but these days it's a settee in the living room turned so that I can't see the tv, and with my ipod on.
This way I appear to be being sociable by being in the room, but in reality I'm in my writing world :o)
(I'm now wondering if I can get away with cheap christmas lights around my settee)
Yeah, I've heard about that sleep thing. I'm not terribly familiar with it, though...
Delete(She says at 2:11 AM.)
The appearance of hanging out while secretly getting work done? Brilliant!
Quick! Put the lights up while everyone's distracted by the Olympics!
OK, so the fun part of getting here late is seeing how many of us are dysfunctional, but we are family, so that's OK.
ReplyDeleteI'm with the dining room table gang, 'cos... I used to have a space and then we moved...
I had a smaller space... and then we moved...
Now, I have a corner of the dining room table...
I'm scared to move again.
Aren't the comments around here the best? I love our dysfunctional blogging family, too. :)
Delete...Quick! Glue your laptop to the table!
I saw that picture on Facebook the other day and immediately wanted the lights!! My writing space is a corner in the living room (so I can keep an eye on the kids during the day when I do my blog writing and blog hopping). I actually just cleaned it off yesterday and rearranged everything on it. There's a picture of it floating around either on Facebook or Twitter somewhere (don't remember where). My desk and chair were a Mother's Day gift from Hubs=)
ReplyDeletePS- OMG, I WANT Jennifer Hillier's office soooo badly!!
Yes! Aren't the lights fun? Sometimes I just sit and stare at them...
DeleteWhat were we talking about? Oh, right. Workspaces.
A picture? Oo, I must hunt this down! I want to see. :D
P.S. I know, right? Road trip to Canada!
Air mattress! You can get one of those single depth ones and a plug in blower upper thingy and put it on that awful mattress.
ReplyDeleteJust a thought. Work space is so important!
That's a great idea, Donna! I hadn't even thought about that. :D Thank you!
DeleteI WANT a space like that but I don't think my hubby would be upset if I sold the bed.
ReplyDeleteAww. Come on, Jenny's hubby! Stop being such a killjoy. *Grins*
DeleteI have one end of the dining room, lots of windows and light. Love the blue lights :)
ReplyDeleteSounds wonderful. I love windows! :) Thank you, Carol!
DeleteInteresting space you got there. Hey a computer that works is a great thing. No matter how long you've had it.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good point, Sheena-kay! I'm grateful it has held up this long. :) Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteI am totally diggin' your writing space. The lights add a special touch. :)
ReplyDeleteWhy thank you, Empress King! :D
DeleteDigging the Christmas lights! (*is a sucker for all things shiny and glow-in-the-dark*)
ReplyDeleteMy writing space is... Wherever there is a plug-in XD I just move all over with my trusty laptop, find a comfortable spot and, in between wasting hours and hours on the internet, momentarily use the spot as the writing space.
One day I shall have my own sacred writing cave (with no internet access) and I shall produce great word counts frequently!
...But today is not that day :)
Thanks, Sally! I'm a sucker for all things shiny and glow-in-the-dark, too.
DeleteHey, whatever works. :)
Your writing cave isn't going to have Internet access? Wow. You have more willpower than I do!
Au contraire... If I had any willpower, I wouldn't need to restrict my access! ;)
DeleteHah! Good point. ;)
DeleteIt's beee-utiful! It's enchanted and lovely!
ReplyDeleteOo, enchanted is a great word for it! :D Thank you, Lydia!
DeleteI can't believe you sold your bed! Now that's hardcore. Lovely writing cave - it's worth it!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've ever been called hardcore so much in my life. I'm loving this week! LOL
DeleteThank you, Talli! :)
It's all about ambiance! You've created it.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lee! :D
DeleteI just haul my lap top around the house and write anywhere I feel inspired. But I love the idea of a cool space. Maybe in front of a window :)
ReplyDeleteI wish I could do that somedays! I don't think my desktop computer would cooperate, though. ;) Thanks for stopping by, Angela!
DeleteOOH! SO cool! I have nothing so awesome to share. I use my bed a lot! I love laying on the heating pad and writing away on the lap top! Although - we got a new desktop computer that I'm in love with. It's on a big long table with notes and papers and pin boards all around. It works and I love it! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Leigh! :) Oh my gosh. I don't blame you. Pin boards make everything better!
DeleteI love this!
ReplyDeleteMy place is small. It has no closet space and I've never seen a smaller bathroom. I almost trip over the toilet when I step into the shower. But I have the best little sun room in the front which looks out on a park. My desk sits right in there. It's perfect.
Thanks, Liz! :) Oo, I bet the sun room makes it worth it!
DeleteI just tidied up my writing "cave" this evening :-) It's been feeling more and more cluttered recently, so this being the first evening that I've had time, I cleared up.
ReplyDeleteMy "cave" desk is an L shape. I have a laptop and separate monitor so that I can use two screens when editing. I like it :-)
Don't you love that freshly organized feeling? :)
DeleteMy desk is an L shape, too, but I don't have a separate monitor. That sounds handy!
I love writing in the dark. I used to keep Christmas lights and a small Christmas tree up year round in the office, but wifey thought it was getting kinda weird so I took them down.
ReplyDeleteI want a laptop with blue lights lighting up the keyboard. I have a friend who says he can do this. This would look so cool writing in the dark.
I knew I wasn't alone! I'm bummed you had to take your lights down, Stephen. Maybe Christmas decorating should take place early this year. ;)
DeleteThat sounds so cool!!
AHHHHHHH, how do you DO THAT?
ReplyDeleteI mean, I'm all for writing in the dark and sacrificing a little bit of my permanent eye sight each time, but those lights! I'd be straight for about five minutes, then I'd get anxious... I'd throw on some Dub-step, and within twenty minutes, I'd be blowing on whistles, dancing to "Sandstorm" by Darude...
...and I would get NO writing done. Ever. Only dancing.
Best. Answer. Ever.
DeleteSeriously, I don't even know how to reply to this. It's just perfect. :D Welcome to the site, A.M.!
I've thought about hanging Christmas lights.
ReplyDeleteI bought a new desk months ago and the arrangement of shelves and the fact that it's bigger than the last helps keep me organized.
You should! They create the perfect ambience for writing. :) Of course, I'm a little biased...
DeleteThat's awesome!
My bed IS my workspace. The more comfy I feel, the better I write :) And if I don't write in bed, I write in hotel lobbies, bars and airports
ReplyDeleteI so envy you! I've never been able to write in bed or out in public. I either fall asleep or get distracted. ;)
DeleteHey Carrie,
ReplyDeleteJust over from the lovable Joylene's site and I thought it was about time I left you one of my um 'much loved', 'eagerly sought after', comments.
First of all, I note you do like I do and endeavour to comment back to each person who graced you with a comment. That takes some doing. Of course, I comment back to each person because it doubles my comment total :)
Now then, my 'workplace' has a snug blanket and some doggy treats. You have to know that I am but a secondary part on my shy, humble and oh so unassuming site. For the real star of my blog is Penny the Jack Russell dog and modest internet star. And thus the workplace mentioned is actually hers.
Happy writing to you.
Gary
I can see why your comments are eagerly sought after. Thank you for stopping by!
DeleteAh, yes. I do try to respond to everyone who comments here. It just seems like the right thing to do, you know? If someone takes the time to comment, I can take the time to thank them.
Hah! Well, that's a good reason, too. :)
It's kind of Penny the Jack Russell to share her space with you. I'm glad she hasn't let Internet stardom go to her head! :) You too!
Wait.
ReplyDeleteSeriously?
omg my bed is like the only thing I'll actually spend money on. (I have no problem using third and fourth-hand furniture, plastic drawers for my clothes, whatever...)
Yep! Maybe if Strength takes off, I can have a bed again.
Delete...Somewhere else. *Grins*