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Aysha's avatar

Hello,

I was so excited to see this because last week's post on my newsletter, The Tea was about my writing space (https://malabartearoom.substack.com/p/desk-tour). I wasn't sure anyone would be interested in it, but I love seeing where other creatives work, and thought maybe other people do too. I loved reading this post.

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Tom Gentry's avatar

I have rearranged the furniture in the room my wife and I call my study eight or 10 times in the past two years. I tell myself I need the place where I sit and write to “feel comfortable.” This is an enigmatic and moving target.

For a couple years, it meant sitting in a wingback chair with a fountain pen, a B5 notebook, and a lap desk. Currently, I alternate between a yellow legal pad and my laptop at an Ethan Allen desk that my mom used for most of her life.

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Hanna Kozlowska's avatar

I like to hear the enigmatic and moving target is not just a me thing, and you’re dispelling my notion that if I had a office things would be different! I do love the idea of a family desk though…

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Tom Gentry's avatar

My best writing gets done in spite of all this. A lot of times it’s the notes app on my phone, wherever I happen to be at the time.

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Hope Corrigan's avatar

I also alternate between couch, bed, chair and desk but I bought one of those clacky typewriter keyboards that I LOVE using at my desk to incentivize me to sit there more.

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Hanna Kozlowska's avatar

Send me link!!!

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Olivia Muenter's avatar

Loved this!

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Hanna Kozlowska's avatar

Ah thank you! Big fan of your newsletter, and book is on TBR!!

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Olivia Muenter's avatar

I appreciate that so much!

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