This post was originally published at Novelicious.com and is now at WritingTipsOasis.com. WritingTipsOasis.com acquired Novelicious.com in June 2022.
Today we're having a gander at the writing room of Anne O'Brien. Anne's next book is The Forbidden Queen and it will be released in March of this year.
My Writing Room by Anne O'Brien
This is my writing room, the smallest bedroom now set up as my
office/study/library. It is not ideal
because it has the sloping ceilings of a cottage – so space for bookshelves is
limited – but it is full of light with two windows, and very compact so I can (usually)
find what I am looking for. It is also
too small for a comfortable chair as well as computer, desk and bookshelves. If I am there, it is to work, not to read for
pleasure – which is always tempting. My
computer, where I do most of my work, faces the smallest window so that I can
see the oak trees just beyond my hedge but nothing else – no distractions! The piles of books tend to grow higher as I
become involved in the Work in Progress.
The notice board is mostly for illustrations to give me inspiration. The little wooden bookstand is a prize
possession, picked up in a local antique shop.
It is constructed from the oak supports of the historic English Bridge
in Shrewsbury that were replaced in 1926.