Comments on: Refilling the Well

By: Mistina

Mistina — Wed, 12 May 2010 20:01:26 +0000

Glen, how can you say that reading doesn’t make you a better writer?

By: Mistina

Mistina — Wed, 12 May 2010 20:00:15 +0000

Ooh… Thanks so much for the tip. I loooove desks. They’re right up there with fountain pens and cool paper. Please share once you set up your personal writing nook!

By: skye

skye — Wed, 12 May 2010 10:52:52 +0000

Mistina, thought you may be interested in reading a blog I just heard about through a publisher I know. It's called Through the Keyhole, and she's currently doing a series of posts featuring writers' desks. She posts pictures of their writing area and adds a little write up about what it says about them. So far, I'm finding it a very interesting read, and it's making me want to set aside a specific writing nook in my own place.

By: Glen

Glen — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:04:14 +0000

I usually read blogs like this one, or Skye’s for inspiration.
It doesn’t help make me a better writer but it’s nice to see how really good writer’s suffer..

By: skye

skye — Tue, 11 May 2010 11:30:49 +0000

I’ve checked out two of the three coffee shops in my newish town, and I don’t feel the same coziness that you do, so they wouldn’t do for a review. I’ll let you know if the third one is the charm, or if the one I just spotted in the next town is a winner

By: mistina

mistina — Mon, 10 May 2010 22:32:06 +0000

That’s gorgeous! Very inspiring… That’s one thing that saddens me about living here in the Northeast. Many of the houses here are pretty darn ugly. I had never seen the “salt box” style while living in the South (for good reason).

My favorite place to write is a quaint coffee shop in my hometown, Mara’s. They have the best cupcakes, and they’re great about letting you sit and sip and write. (But it’s family friendly, so you have the occasional screaming child or adult patron who still hasn’t quite learned the concept of an “inside voice.”)

Next up, I’m planning to add reviews of writer-friendly locales. If you’d like to share one, I’d love to include it. (Hint, hint! )

By: skye

skye — Mon, 10 May 2010 22:17:34 +0000

It's been awhile since I purposely went out somewhere to write, but my favorite places were this one particular coffee shop a couple towns away, and then an historic site that has a mansion with a lovely porch, where I would sit and write with my back pressed up against one of the posts and my feet dangling over the side. Here's a picture of it, though, not a very good one.

By: mistina

mistina — Mon, 10 May 2010 12:52:35 +0000

I find myself stuck in the quandary of squeezing in time for everything that goes with the writing, in addition to the writing itself. Something has to give when you’re juggling a full-time job and family and exercise and life and writing… And I know I should stop whining. J.K. Rowling managed it. So did Stephen King and countless others. Grisham wrote his first novel on the train.

Where are your favorite places to write? And do you still head out on field trips to help get the creative juices flowing?

By: skye

skye — Mon, 10 May 2010 04:23:45 +0000

I completely forgot about Writer’s Digest, but back when I was more serious about my writing, I would read it from cover to cover, and I remember how much I used to get out of it. I bet with the online community now, it’s probably even more useful.

In answer to your question, though, I would have to say just getting out and doing other things besides writing. They give me inspiration for my writing. Also, just changing the locale of where I write helps too.