February 17, 2010 | Life in General,Road Trip Wednesday,The 4-1-1 on Me,Writer Moment
Road Trip Wednesday is a “Blog Carnival”, where YA Highway‘s contributors post a weekly writing or reading-related question and answer it in on our own blogs. You can hop from destination to destination and get everybody’s unique take on the topic.
You’re more than welcome to participate! Just answer the question on your own blog, and leave a link to it in their comments.
Topic #17: Where’s your favorite place to read and/or write?
My favorite place to read is under the covers in bed. Even when it’s over 100 degrees outside, we keep the house cool enough to where I can still get under the covers. I’m sure Mr. Maul hates it when I disappear in there. He thinks I’m being antisocial or something. Nope. I just love to read and that’s where I’m most comfortable. It’s like a Linus blanket. I love lying on my side, holding that book in my hand and getting lost in some love story. The whole lying-in-bed-thing is actually a carry-over habit when I was living at home. I had everything I needed in my room and since my parents did their own thing up front, it was a very nice comfort zone. I just got used to reading in bed. Even more so after my sister moved out.
And, as much as I’d love to write in bed, that rarely happens unless I’m trying to make deadline. I have a little lap desk with a cup holder and bendy light-thing attached. I have a laptop but have never set it on my lap. LOL. Go figure. I handwrite my novels first and then go back and type them up. I need a flat surface to do that, so I do all that in my office. I handwrite first because I do the majority of my writing at work. I get two 15 min breaks and an hr lunch. My laptop takes a few minutes to boot up, so by the time I open my document and try to get into the story, my break is nearly over; a notebook is quicker. I can just take it outside, flip it open and Bam! I’m in and I can get started right away. When you’re short on time, notebooks are the best way to go.
So, what about you? Where’s your favorite place to read and/or write?
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