Comments on: A snowy writing weekend

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:21:04 +0000

My favorite writing weather is when it’s sunny and warm outside and I can be outside in it.

My two favorite writing places: sitting on the patio of the condo we occasionally rent in Santa Fe, in the morning with a good cup of coffee; and, in the Bahamas on Elbow Cay in Hopetown, sitting on the beach watching the waves roll in. If you’ve never been to Hopetown, you seriously need to go. It is just a great way to relax and get away. The beaches are usually empty, no one locks their doors and there are no cars on the island; people either walk or drive around on golf carts. Ahh – I’m relaxing just thinking about it.

For me, any kind of weather is good reading weather, but my favorite reading weather is when it’s cold and rainy or snowy outside and I’m sitting in front of the fireplace with a hot cup of tea and a good book.

By: Gabrielle Luthy

Gabrielle Luthy — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:54:28 +0000

Decided to stick around for a little while longer–turns out I love Paris! Especially the Christmas village down at Place des Abbesses with its mulled wine

By: amimone

amimone — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:26:33 +0000

I like writing while it rains outside. It makes me feel comfy to look through the window and enjoy the cloudy weather.

Sadly, I have yet to discover my writing place, as I write in wherever space I can.

Let me say your blog is a delight to be read and I’m glad I found it. Thank you!

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:11:00 +0000

Oh, Susan! Yes, yes, yes to Garden Spells. One of the best books of the decade. (I am very proud to have her quote on THE LOST RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS.)

Gabrielle, aren’t you supposed to be leaving your garret for the sunny shores of Oz? (Not that I will quarrel with having a friend in paris, you understand!)

I wrote a ton this weekend and again this morning. We had buckets and buckets of snow.

By: Gabrielle

Gabrielle — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:46:40 +0000

I love it right now, too–harvest-scented candles burning, caramel mocha coffee in the pot, Christmas lights strung along the balcony and, for just a few minutes, snow falling. I’ve been camping out on the bed, a cat either side, snug and happy. Right now I’m writing a Christmas-set story so it’s really helping.

But then there are summer nights when the night-scented tobacco opens and your body feels languid and you can just power through until 2am…

By: Susan Shorey

Susan Shorey — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:34:17 +0000

You asked what others were reading. One of my favorite new finds is Garden Spells, by Sarah Addison Allen. Southern magical realism, and a lovely way with words. I am recommeding it with reckless abandon.

By: Eva Gale

Eva Gale — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:47:20 +0000

What a perfect picture.

Writing weather? Right now. It’s sleeting and dark and the coffee is almost done. I have my big wool socks on and my laptop is waiting.