Describe your desk
Receipts. Lots and lots of receipts. I'm not sure why I can't just take the few extra steps and toss them. They all end up on my desk, like they're trying to remind me of the money I no longer have. Scattered on top of the receipts are little notes I write on whatever piece of paper is nearby. Napkins, stickies, pages from my journal, envelopes and other reciepts which have now turned into more notes. There are usually some pens and every once in a while a set of colored pencils will appear.
I'm pretty sure there's also a Mario hat.
What inspires you to get out of bed each day?
Coffee.
Well, actually, it’s the few minutes when I’m waiting for it to brew because I think about my book. About what I wrote yesterday. About what I’ll be writing today. About plot lines and plot holes and bits of dialogue that I’m still going over. And I know that in the next hour or two, I’ll get me time. With coffee in hand, I’ll be able to sit down, forget the world and immerse myself in the story I think about at least once an hour. It’s my favorite part of the day because I get to do my favorite thing before the rest of world invades.
There’s this great quote by Ray Bradbury (actually, there are several) where he says, “You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
Simply put, I get out of bed each and every day to get drunk.
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