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The Golden Pencil: The Freelance Writer’s Resource

June 19th, 2008

Installing The New Equipment in the Writer’s Office

So about 8:30 I come home with a brand new HP OfficeJet j5780 which I got from my nearby Staples. It’s cool; it’s small, it has a sheet feeder and a pretty small footprint… smaller than the one it replaced.
I’d forgotten the goat dance that goes on when you get new equipment.
First, there’s the unpacking. […]

By Anne Wayman -- 1 comment

May 15th, 2008

Where Do You Write?

Jennifer Hofmann, who blogs at MyOrganizedBiz.com, another b5media blog, posted recently an article called: Should your office be in the bedroom?
She makes a strong case that it should not, but I know I wrote in a studio where my bed turned into my desk turned into my bed (www.hiddenbed.com) for years. It was an economic […]

By Anne Wayman -- 7 comments

February 10th, 2008

Shutting The Door On My Writing Office

It’s been years since I’ve had a separate room for an office. That’s largely because I’ve chosen to live a fairly alternative lifestyle. For example, I spent 16 years aboard a wee houseboat in Sausalito in a community of artists and waterfront workers called Galilee Harbor. No office there, just a desk that looked out […]

By Anne Wayman -- 7 comments

March 27th, 2007

What’s On Your Desk?

Okay, I’m bragging… my desk is close to tidy. Someone suggested that while a cluttered desk may be a sign of a cluttered mind, a clean desk actually opened up space for your writing business to expand.
I have no idea if that’s true or not, but the idea of cleaning up my desk so my […]

By Anne Wayman -- 11 comments

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