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Writers' Rooms

Today on AT:SF, Danielle posted about this fantastic Guardian article. The UK-based publication profiled the rooms of 37 writers. I always refer to our back room as the Office/Craft Room — never even considered calling it a Writer's Room. But I really like that designation, and it actually is true. This is where I do most of my writing:

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The desk was a $15 purchase from a dot-com going out of business. Ditto for the file cabinets. I think I'm going to replace the lamp (which used to be in our bedroom) with a real task lamp. The taped-up paper represents where we're thinking of hanging our diplomas. But I'm thinking I might want to go with ledges so that the diplomas aren't just up there by themselves. We'll see ...

Anyway! In the Guardian piece, this is Will Self's room — my favorite of the bunch because I love all of the Post-Its and the London map stapled to the blinds:

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