Happy Saturday, folks!
So this week we’re doing a theme here at Genreality so I’ll be pushing part two of my short story writing series out to next week.
Now, I did a write-up last October about my portable office before we knew we were doing these theme weeks. I highly recommend going back to read that post along with this one.
And today, in keeping with our theme, I’ll give you a quick tour of the Den of Ken…which is where my portable office resides when it is being less…portable.
There has been a Den of Ken in every place I’ve lived since around 1990. It’s changed certainly over time, but the basics have held true: lots of shelves for lots of books and a desk to sit at. The current Den of Ken is a converted formal living room, now tucked behind a “temporary” wall and a set of locking French doors.
It’s a cozy little room with lots and lots of books in it.
And I keep some of my treasures along the top of my bookshelves….
The Den has three places I can work from….
First, the bike. I haven’t tried writing fiction from the bike, but I can stay on top of email, chat with other writers, catch up on any online reading (or…gasp…pick up an actual BOOK out of the thousands that surround me!) I try to spend about 25 minutes per day on the bike. Off to the left is my SAD light which I’ve not needed so much lately. And the table you see is a standard adjustable hospital bed table.
When I’m settling in for the long-haul…and when my alien overlords haven’t taken it over, my preferred writing station in the Den of Ken is the gigantic Lazy Boy leather recliner that takes up about a third of the room when reclining. But if I’m not fully occupying it, my alien overlords enjoy taking it over so they can better supervise me.
Which of course, leaves my desk…which is so messy that I’d be too embarrassed to post any kind of picture. So instead, I’ll leave you to imagine it — a very simple desk heaped high with crap with just enough space carved out to rest my laptop.
These three stations, along with a closing (and locking) door and my headphones are where I typically get my work done when home. But I also like the portable nature of my office — I bring it with me to the dayjob so I can work on any lunch-breaks that I have free and I usually plan one or two outings per week where I sit in the corner of a bar or restaurant and get some words either over lunch or breakfast.
So there you have it. The Den of Ken.
Next week…I’ll jump into part two of my series on writing short stories.
Until then: Trailer Boy out!
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Not the Trailer I was expecting.
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Heh.