As promised, here are pics of my new writing cave. It is *literally* a closet. Almost a perfect square in the floorplan. I have multiple shelves and two desks. I’d bought one for writing and the other one (the corner one you’ll see in a moment) my husband had bought for himself without realizing it had been built for people of curvy fae proportions (SHORT PEOPLE, OKAY???). So we, on a whim decided to see if we could put both desks in here without me feeling claustrophobic. The answer. Yes. Also we have a bookshelf beside the corner desk so I can put all my “to do” notices there. Overall, I think it looks fantastic and most of all, it’s functional!

Tell me what you think.

The Cave Before and After

Here’s a couple of shots around the room. Do you see my beautiful ASUS eee? Isn’t it lovely? If you’ll look at the books on the shelf above (yes, one of those is indeed titled the Pirate Dictionary LOL), you’ll notice that the ASUS is about the size of a trade paperback. I love my writing computer. And yes, that is a chocobo penny bank sitting next to a fairy. WHAT? Notice the corner desk I was commenting on earlier. The notebook you see on the desk is a 5×8 inch spiral. Does that give you an idea of the actual size of the thing?

To the right of the ASUS is my calendar and reminder area. Remember, this IS in a closet. 57inches by 63 inches. If you’ll look in the upper right hand corner of the picture (the left hand side of the dry erase board) you’ll see a very familiar Dark Elf from Jet Mykles. *sigh* I lurve her artwork.

If I turn around we’ll find the business end of my writing. The compaq laptop, my dry erase board and all my office stuff stashed away in lovely drawers. I’m still unpacking so I don’t have all my books up but the ones on the left hand side of that shelf are books that have, in some way, shape, or form influenced my writing career to date. I’m currently missing my Evermore by Lynn Viehl, Guilty Pleasures by LKH, and a few others. On the shelves above I have all of my signed books I’ve collected through the years and paperbacks written by my crit partners. I don’t have pics of them yet b/c I also have my home tool kit open and strewn all over the place. *WEG*

So that’s it. That’s my cave. Not much to write home about, I know, but it’s MINE.

Tags: Organization, The Cave

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