My Writing Space

I am so excited about this fun collaboration with Bridget Messi [click for her author bio <3]

We have been cooking this up for a while and the day is finally here! I have met so many amazing authors since releasing my debut novel The Blood Society and Bridget is one of them! She is super positive and fun to talk to. She is also always willing to help out with questions and I enjoy our chats immensely.

After talking a bunch, we decided on sharing our writing spaces! What’s the same about them? What’s different?

When I sat down to blog about my writing space I had to consider…where do I write? When that list became too long, I considered instead, where do I NOT write?

Being a mom, time is beyond valuable to me and I find that I have to steal moments everywhere to follow my passion. This is not an inclusive list of my writing spaces, but I think it paints a great picture of how chaotic it can be!

My Desk:

I love this space, but in all honesty, I rarely use it. I hoped to spend more time here, but since COVID I have also been working from home at my day job full time and it has kind of put a damper on the space. Now I view it more as my office space for work, rather than for writing. I do hope that changes soon though! This was a 9/10 but now its kinda a 7/10.

The Couch:

This is where the majority of my writing takes place! I gravitate here for comfort and to be close to my family. Sometimes it messy like in this picture and sometimes it’s just me and my laptop, but either way its one of my favorite spots to write! This gets a 10/10.

My Room:

Let’s just pretend for the next two I inserted amazing pictures of a put together space. It is near impossible to keep tidy as my sweet daughter like to reorganize constantly.

AH, those late nights. You have that awful kink in your neck from sitting cross-legged on the couch, hunched over trying to get those last few words out, and suddenly inspiration sparks. These are the days I look up and it is past 1 am and I know I need to get my butt to bed, but I also can’t disengage so I take my laptop upstairs and get comfy while I pound out those last few scenes. I give this space a 6/10.

The Closet:
I can already tell you this gets an 8/10 for quietness and creativity. I don’t find myself in here often but there are days when its all I can do to get out a sentence between my toddler, husband, and furbabies. Just like moms hide in the pantry for their snacks, I steal 10 or 15 minutes in the closet to not be overstimulated and finish an important scene.

Places not pictured: The kitchen, car (when I’m not driving of course), on vacation, on airplanes, and pretty much anywhere I get a burst of inspiration lol

I had such a blast putting this together! Be sure to check out Briget Messi’s blog post to see her writing space as well!

Here is also a link to her debut novel Red Siren which is available now! Don’t sleep on this one–am I using this phrase right?

As always, thanks so much for stopping by and check back regularly for more writing updates and advice!

B.B. Palomo