Comments on: Esstentials for the writer’s office http://catauniversity.com/articles/organization/esstentials-for-the-writers-office/ Write better... Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:17:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Gail Barrett http://catauniversity.com/articles/organization/esstentials-for-the-writers-office/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Gail Barrett Tue, 20 May 2008 12:40:50 +0000 http://catauniversity.com/?p=99#comment-456 Yes, I'm very lucky. My office is also at the front of the house, but I have double French doors that close it off from view! And I also have a lot of plants in the room which also help hide the dust. :laugh Thank goodness!!!! The only problem with having nice windows is that they are distracting. Right now I have birds nesting in a bush just beyond one window, and I see them fluttering around out of the corner of my eye as I work. It's very tempting to get up and peek at their progress when the writing isn't going well. Yes, I’m very lucky. My office is also at the front of the house, but I have double French doors that close it off from view! And I also have a lot of plants in the room which also help hide the dust. :laugh Thank goodness!!!!
The only problem with having nice windows is that they are distracting. Right now I have birds nesting in a bush just beyond one window, and I see them fluttering around out of the corner of my eye as I work. It’s very tempting to get up and peek at their progress when the writing isn’t going well.

]]> By: Nicola Marsh http://catauniversity.com/articles/organization/esstentials-for-the-writers-office/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Nicola Marsh Tue, 20 May 2008 11:48:03 +0000 http://catauniversity.com/?p=99#comment-449 Ah Isabel...a woman after my own heart :hug Now Gail's dusting method sounds great...only one problem, I don't have a window in my office. And it's open, without a door. At the front of the house. So everyone who enters can see my mess. But hey, I figure they come to see me, not the dust bunnies, right? ;) Like my positive self talk? :) Ah Isabel…a woman after my own heart :hug

Now Gail’s dusting method sounds great…only one problem, I don’t have a window in my office.
And it’s open, without a door.
At the front of the house.
So everyone who enters can see my mess.

But hey, I figure they come to see me, not the dust bunnies, right? ;)
Like my positive self talk? :)

]]> By: Gail Barrett http://catauniversity.com/articles/organization/esstentials-for-the-writers-office/comment-page-1/#comment-427 Gail Barrett Mon, 19 May 2008 10:38:23 +0000 http://catauniversity.com/?p=99#comment-427 I only officially dust after I've finished a book (which means not too often). Usually I just open up the windows and hope the breeze will blow the dust away. I only officially dust after I’ve finished a book (which means not too often). Usually I just open up the windows and hope the breeze will blow the dust away.

]]> By: kathy http://catauniversity.com/articles/organization/esstentials-for-the-writers-office/comment-page-1/#comment-425 kathy Mon, 19 May 2008 04:42:19 +0000 http://catauniversity.com/?p=99#comment-425 :wall :wall :wall <<<<<<<me and organization I have my own tax biz and after 8 years still not organized I survive year after year muddling along I get the clients done, get them their copies in nice neat folders, might even get some early on in folders to be filed, then poof I get two or three in back to back before work and I hand them their copies and pile up the signature copies they signed. Some are stuck infolders inthe filing cabinet just need alphabetizing and labels attached :lol Now I have stuff from helping my niece in Germany with her English and her Algebra added to the stack lol my desk is so covered I lost my bluetooth headset to the floor earlier :aww :cry But I just am not one to organize I have the wip I am working on stored as The Storm Portal in MS Office and open up the document when I go to write on it. Funny the comment on writing crap up there I went in and erased some stuff I thought was crap lol on what I worte the other night. Now back to the writing board so to speak lol. One more day off and then back to o/t this week. :lol total words so far 10,763 :D :wall :wall :wall <<<<<<<me and organization I have my own tax biz and after 8 years still not organized I survive year after year muddling along I get the clients done, get them their copies in nice neat folders, might even get some early on in folders to be filed, then poof I get two or three in back to back before work and I hand them their copies and pile up the signature copies they signed. Some are stuck infolders inthe filing cabinet just need alphabetizing and labels attached :lol Now I have stuff from helping my niece in Germany with her English and her Algebra added to the stack lol my desk is so covered I lost my bluetooth headset to the floor earlier :aww :cry But I just am not one to organize I have the wip I am working on stored as The Storm Portal in MS Office and open up the document when I go to write on it. Funny the comment on writing crap up there I went in and erased some stuff I thought was crap lol on what I worte the other night. Now back to the writing board so to speak lol. One more day off and then back to o/t this week. :lol total words so far 10,763 :D

]]> By: Cassandra Gold http://catauniversity.com/articles/organization/esstentials-for-the-writers-office/comment-page-1/#comment-424 Cassandra Gold Mon, 19 May 2008 02:52:50 +0000 http://catauniversity.com/?p=99#comment-424 Mine too, Emily. I recently added a TV tray to hold a drink, but I'm too lazy to set up a "real" office. Dusting? Organized? :think I don't recognize those concepts, unfortunately... Mine too, Emily. I recently added a TV tray to hold a drink, but I’m too lazy to set up a “real” office.

Dusting? Organized? :think

I don’t recognize those concepts, unfortunately…

]]> By: Emily Veinglory http://catauniversity.com/articles/organization/esstentials-for-the-writers-office/comment-page-1/#comment-423 Emily Veinglory Mon, 19 May 2008 01:49:00 +0000 http://catauniversity.com/?p=99#comment-423 Well it sure stops the mess. There's no where to put anything else but me and a cup of coffee. Well it sure stops the mess. There’s no where to put anything else but me and a cup of coffee.

]]> By: Isabel Sharpe http://catauniversity.com/articles/organization/esstentials-for-the-writers-office/comment-page-1/#comment-422 Isabel Sharpe Mon, 19 May 2008 01:48:09 +0000 http://catauniversity.com/?p=99#comment-422 Emily, a sofa and laptop are all you need! Isabel Emily, a sofa and laptop are all you need!

Isabel

]]> By: Isabel Sharpe http://catauniversity.com/articles/organization/esstentials-for-the-writers-office/comment-page-1/#comment-421 Isabel Sharpe Mon, 19 May 2008 01:47:39 +0000 http://catauniversity.com/?p=99#comment-421 Nicola---what is this thing called "dusting?" ;-) Isabel Nicola—what is this thing called “dusting?” ;-)

Isabel

]]> By: Isabel Sharpe http://catauniversity.com/articles/organization/esstentials-for-the-writers-office/comment-page-1/#comment-420 Isabel Sharpe Mon, 19 May 2008 01:47:14 +0000 http://catauniversity.com/?p=99#comment-420 My office is a corner of my bedroom and I get really overhwhelmed by clutter, so it's usually neat. Sometimes things pile up on the desk, but even that starts bugging me. I can take mess for a day or two (longer when I'm close to deadline) but that's it. Funny, because I was a complete slob growing up. Since my divorce I've been much neater and I think it's a need for control since I have so much responsibility as a single mom. Neatness keeps me from feeling overwhelmed. Isabel My office is a corner of my bedroom and I get really overhwhelmed by clutter, so it’s usually neat. Sometimes things pile up on the desk, but even that starts bugging me. I can take mess for a day or two (longer when I’m close to deadline) but that’s it.

Funny, because I was a complete slob growing up. Since my divorce I’ve been much neater and I think it’s a need for control since I have so much responsibility as a single mom. Neatness keeps me from feeling overwhelmed.

Isabel

]]> By: Nicola Marsh http://catauniversity.com/articles/organization/esstentials-for-the-writers-office/comment-page-1/#comment-418 Nicola Marsh Mon, 19 May 2008 00:32:06 +0000 http://catauniversity.com/?p=99#comment-418 Gail, I know exactly what you mean! That sounds like me too. I find I have to clean after I finish a book, in order to be 'decluttered' for the next. But it's amazing how fast the papers/magazines/pictures pile up again... Now the dusting...that, I'm not so good at ;) Gail, I know exactly what you mean!

That sounds like me too.

I find I have to clean after I finish a book, in order to be ‘decluttered’ for the next.

But it’s amazing how fast the papers/magazines/pictures pile up again…

Now the dusting…that, I’m not so good at ;)

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