Guys, I need a little pick-me-up. This whole house-hunting/renovation decision is beginning to wear me out. So help me cheer up, please! Show me where you work, and help inspire me to think about possibly decorating a new office space for kt literary.
I was going to offer a copy of Sara Beitia‘s debut novel The Last Good Place of Lily Odilon as a prize for sharing pics of your work space, but I don’t think I ever even announced the winner of the last contest I ran! So, first, the winner of a galley of Ellen Booraem‘s Small Persons with Wings is…
Karen! Karen, send me an email at contests@ktliterary.com with your mailing address, and I’ll send Ellen’s galley off to you!
And with that done — no random numbers here! The most swoon-worthy work space will win a hot-off-the-presses copy of The Last Good Place of Lily Odilon as soon as they come in! You have all week to enter, so get to posting!
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Tags: contests, Ellen Booraem, office space, Sara Beitia, Small Persons With Wings, The Last Good Place of Lily Odilon
September 14th, 2010 at 9:53 am
My office looks like fried poop right now, so I'm not entering, but has there ever been a prettier, more cheerful office than Laini's?
http://growwings.blogspot.com/2010/09/acceptable-…
Good luck with the house decisions!
September 14th, 2010 at 9:54 am
This will take some creativity on my part, I should think…considering I usually just sit on my messy un-made bed to write…
September 14th, 2010 at 9:57 am
I know, I'm a bed-writer (not bed-wetter!), too, so you don't want to see it!!
Darn, I would really like to win that book. Want a picture of my bedroom? I'm not sure it's swoon-worthy, but….
Amy
September 14th, 2010 at 9:57 am
I don't even have an office to write in. I write in the dining room because once our second kid came along, there wasn't a spare room to be an office anymore. And my office at work was once used as a set for a 1950s mental hospital, so will not be making anyone swoon. Picture a narrow concrete bunker with no windows and you have it in a nutshell.
September 14th, 2010 at 10:13 am
Here's where I write:
http://elizabethbriggs.blogspot.com/2010/07/ode-t…
Renovations are so stressful, but so worth it in the end. Hang in there!
September 14th, 2010 at 10:28 am
This is what my writing space looks like right now:
http://www.atariage.com/development/screenshots/s…
We're in the middle of moving. It's not pretty around here.
Not that it's all that pretty when we're NOT moving, though- my writing space consists of the hand-me-down couch my father-in-law gave us, and my laptop, which sits on what should be a seat for my keyboard. Just TRY to stop yourself from swooning!
September 14th, 2010 at 10:59 am
Funny you should ask! I just did a post about my super-awesome writing desk:
http://nerd-alert-blog.blogspot.com/2010/09/super…
I'm really digging taking a peek at everyone else's writing digs!
September 14th, 2010 at 11:34 am
My home office:
http://rollid.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/new-desk/
September 14th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
…i'm not cool enough for an office. i work at a hotel. boooooooooooooooo
September 14th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
Hm… Guess my last entry didn't go through? Anyway, I've got pics of my productive paradise on my blog: http://abenningsbusynothings.blogspot.com/2010/09…
September 14th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Here's my working area at home:
http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/charlesravndal/46722…
It's just simple, nothing fancy.
September 14th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
Yay! I won! Awesome! I'll email right away. And trust me, you don't want to a picture of my office. You want to call the authorities on me if I exposed it. LOL.
September 14th, 2010 at 11:36 pm
A peek at my writing space (I don't have an office, per se)
http://community.livejournal.com/2011debuts/80428…
September 14th, 2010 at 11:39 pm
Good luck with the redecorating! I gave my home office a makeover a few months ago, but it took me about a year to collect everything.
My Office
September 14th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
When I'm at home, this is my writing space:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12036649@N03/sets/72…
I love seeing everyone else's spaces!
September 15th, 2010 at 8:56 am
What a fun contest! I will probably enter, but before I take a picture I need to tidy up my desk a little!
My writing space is pretty random – I call it my office, but it also has some bookshelves, and a couple dressers, since the bedroom isn't very big! Also, my cat sleeps in it all the time.
Good luck with the house-hunting/renovation decision!
September 15th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
When we moved two years ago after anguishing over the renovate versus move question, we finally had a space we could use as a home office. We opted for a big table for our workspace instead of a traditional desk and it has worked really well, since I share this space with three kids and my husband. The only drawback is trying to stay focused when my teen is having a chat session on oovoo across the table from me…
September 15th, 2010 at 11:25 pm
Here's a pic of our office space. We also wrangled with the renovate vs. move decision, and ultimately decided we needed more space. We opted for a big tabletop with workstations instead of a traditional desk, since I share the space with my three kids and husband. This space is in constant use, and is a setup that works really well for us (except when I am trying to work and my daughter is across the table on oovoo…).
September 17th, 2010 at 3:47 am
The container store has great ideas for office spaces even if you don't buy what they sell. If you stay and renovate I would try their design ideas for an office.
September 29th, 2010 at 10:35 am
[…] A few days ago (ok, it was longer than that, but I’m being generous with myself), I asked for a little help from my readers, in the form of your office/work spaces. I was looking for inspiration for the idea of possibly moving my own home office. And, well, it looks like my home office isn’t going anywhere soon (yay!), but I still loved seeing where you guys get your writing done. As promised, the owner of the most swoon-worthy office wins a fresh-off-the-presses copy of Sara Beitia’s debut novel The Last Good Place of Lily Odilon, out in October from Flux. […]