My Writing Area (all cleaned up)

One of the features of Letters & Journals website will be a photo gallery of people's writing areas. I would expect there to be at least three categories:

1. Famous Desks & Writing Areas

2. Reader's submissions of their photos

3. Illustrations/photos of dream writing areas, desks, rooms to encourage the writing muse

Can you think of others?

I first wrote about this last Sept. in my post called 'Writing Areas' that has one my favorite desk photos and got some favorable responses to this exciting concept.

Have you noticed there are entire magazines devoted to people's work areas now? The two I'm thinking of are specifically related to crafting hobbies, but I think the essence is the same- a desk, a work station, a room with a view.

Where Women Create

Studios- by Cloth Paper Scissors

The photo in this post was taken after clearing off all of my files, folders, notebook, day planner, etc. on my desk. Maybe next time I will take the picture with the clutter still on the desk? I have posted additional photos on flickr, but most of them are the pretty much the same with different lighting and close ups. This room was originally a bedroom when we moved in 15 years ago, but as our children have grown and moved on, we turned this into an office/craft room.

Writing Areas

Do you enjoy seeing or hearing about the writing areas of other people? I know I do! Desks like the one in this picture can be calming, inspiring and charming.

Letters & Journals will have a department devoted to this topic. The magazine will feature pictures of writing areas as maintained in famous people's houses or museums, as well as those of readers who choose to send in photos of their writing areas.

The Guardian ran a series of articles listing descriptions and photos of places where writers create. They include such writers as Roald Dahl, Jane Austin, Charlotte Bronte, Charles Darwin, Rudyard Kipling and many others.

I wish I could remember where I found this picture- possibilities include a scan from a magazine or note card. Possibly it was from some miscellaneous surfing on the Internet. Possibly it is an image from the writing room of Vita Sackville-West.