Virginia Woolf famously said in a “Room of One’s Own” that “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.”
I think the part she left out is “and preferably a couch or chair that doesn’t have an ass dent in it.”
Because let me tell you, ass dents in furniture can wear you down after a while. (And the couches too, but that’s a whole other story.)
Anyway, I don’t have a room of my own. My office is the former formal dining room in my house since – big surprise – I DON’T DINE FORMALLY IN MY OWN HOUSE. That also means there is no separation between my office and the rest of the house where the heathens who live with me often roam.
But a girl gets tired of just tap, tap, tapping away while sitting at a desk. So she moves to the couch for those long stretches with the 72,000 words or so it takes to make a manuscript. And over time, the couch shows its warts. (See couch warts above.)
But now, I have a WRITING CHAIR!!!
What? You thought I was getting a writing cottage like Laurie Halse Anderson? Ha. You gotta earn a writing cottage. And if I can sell as many books as Laurie over time, I’m getting one! But for now, I’ve earned a writing chair, and a writing corner too.
And I love them.
Daisy endeavors to make an ass dent in this chair soon too, but not too soon.
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You’re not the only one who has a couch with an ass dent. I think it’s like a requirement or something.
So if the writing policy ever come to my house to validate I’m a writer and not an imposter, I can show them my ass dented couch and be good to go!
I might have to invest in one of those writing chairs, though!
PS – Nice wall colors. I’m a big fan of neutrals. You should see my house!
OMG that’s a SWEET looking chair! My writing chair was first my dad’s old recliner, then when that actually fell apart it was my grandfather’s old recliner (what can I say? I’m a daddy’s/grandaddy’s girl) but now that chair too has failed me by complete collapse. So at the moment I’m… on the couch! I will sit at the kitchen table for stretches, and I have an awesome old desk (handmade by a friend’s great granddad, and the friend just turned 76) but no chair to fit it yet.
But that’s the good thing about notebooks and longhand, I can lay in the road and write if I want! ;D
Ooh. Is that a massage chair too? It looks positively decadent. And you look totally incognito with your hat brim pulled down. Like Secret Agent Daisy.
Awesome! I write on a macbook on my recliner late at night, I too don’t have a space! That’s a great looking chair. I hope to have a separate area someday
) Congrats on yours!
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