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Dear Reader,
I've started working on my second book, so I've moved into my bedroom closet. It's a roomy little number; plenty of space for a wooden card table, laptop, my petite red swivel chair, and my Bose music docking station. I listen to music when I write--very loud music--except when I'm doing rewrites.
Writing in my walk-in closet, it's not the strangest place where I've found inspiration. Sometimes I write in the bathroom. I live in a historical home and my bathroom is quite nice: a claw-footed bathtub, a wedding dress, a curious toilet that first-timers have a difficult time figuring out how to flush, an antique wash basin, and a big inviting white tile floor with a fluffy white throw rug to sit on. The bathroom is where you'll find me writing when I'm having trouble getting in the groove. "You can do it, Suzanne!" (Isn't that everyone's bathroom cheer at one time or another?) But when I got serious about starting another book, my walk-in closet seemed to be "calling," promising inspiration, and so I moved in.
My closet hasn't let me down, but I did have to do a little housekeeping on the second day of writing, because I couldn't concentrate. The skirts and dresses displayed on antique racks, it felt like they were surrounding me with a big, warm and fuzzy hug. But the fifty-two pairs of shoes displayed in racks on my wall, they were causing the stink--well, two pair to be exact. My favorites, the ones I reach for almost every day.
The saying goes, you never really know someone until you've walked in their shoes. I guess you never really know your shoes until you've shared a closet with them.
Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@DearReader.com
www.muffinsandmayhem.com
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HARD WHISPERS by Pamela Martin & Carl Henegan
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