The Rejectionist's Writing Room! Also, Yours!
Friday, July 2, 2010
The Rejectionist and Support Team were fortunate enough to locate a "spacious" and "affordable" (these words take on ENTIRELY NEW MEANINGS in New York, let us tell you) apartment upon their arrival in New York (see also: "3,456 miles from the nearest useful train;" "bathroom is so tiny one is obliged to sit sideways upon the commode;" "landlady (a.k.a. Baba Yaga) lives on first floor and spends the bulk of her time boiling cabbages, observing our activities, and occasionally locking our friends out of the building if she takes a dislike to them"). Despite its minor shortcomings, it really is a splendid abode, and the Rejectionist is blessed with HER VERY OWN SPECIAL ROOM ALL TO HERSELF in which to peruse innumerable fashion blogs compose The Next Great American Novel. Et voila, little ones! we present to you a pictorial tour of this magical chamber!
Here is the panoramic view:

We like to keep important reminders posted prominently:

Here is our Nazi-battling grand-mère , who lives near the computer for inspiration:

Lola Pants, acting in her accustomed supervisory capacity (that pot used to have basil and catnip in it, but Lola Pants ate all the catnip):

No office is complete without one's own Edward Scissorhands stencil made by a dear friend:

Here is our precious MacBook NO THAT IS NOT A FASHION BLOG IT'S A NOVEL SHUT UP. JUST SHUT UP:

Our Support Team drew us an albatross,* because it is our favorite bird:

Okay, dearlets! Enough about us! Now it's YOUR turn! Have at it!
*We know it is sort of customary to apply hyperbole to one's beloved, but our Support Team really IS the most ludicrously talented person we have ever met in our life.
**A few people posted their Writing Areas LAST WEEK; if you are one of those persons who did not read the directions, ahem, we adore you anyway, but please repost in the comments here so everyone can see your writing corners!**
My writing place doesn't boast an albatross, but it does feature multiple distractions and the occasional bubble wrap dance.
So, does the building get up and walk around on big chicken legs once in while?
And just so you know... your entry was right next to The Satorialist on my blogger reader this morning. :)
That is one exquisite albatross! Very cool space. I posted my writing space earlier this spring, and here it is.
Ahem. I beg your pardon. I claim noob.
My space!
I love the albatross! and I just wandered over here from Style Rookie, so...yeah.
1. SUPPORT TEAM has mad skills.
2. Your albatross and grandmother are both wicked awesome, but not necissarily in that order.
3. I read the rules last week. That's why I posted. That's humor. BEHOLD MY GENIUS!
4. Hereis my post again. I wonder if there are others that write in public. (Apologies for the poor formatting. It's still the busy time of year for me.)
5. Aww shucks, we love you too.
Oh, Le R.! Je vous adore. This opportunity for interaction has drawn me out of my long-maintained lurkdom. I'm wildly envious of your special room with its piles of delicious books. My apartment is too small for my own writing space, so I use coffee shops, which you may read about here!
Thanks for the inspiration, dear Rejectionist.
Here is my space. I realize any protestations that I would not become a crazy cat lady without intervention are probably now useless.
I have stopped lurking to say wow... you have that much writing space in the city? I had to go to the Bronx just to get a bedroom with enough space for a wall mounted desk.
Also, that is one sharp stencil.
My Tim Burton paraphernalia lives in the living room, but the writing happens here.
Also, it the Support Team also secretly a scientific illustrator? I know pros who couldn't turn out an albatross like that.
We are in envy of all the space you have to spread out Le R!
My nook is pitiful when compared to yours.
I don't really understand why, but my URL has changed from my blog to yours. That is very strange. Very very strange. Here is the link. If that doesn't work, here is the link without being linked: http://bccreations.livejournal.com/107013.html
...how very odd. Perhaps some glitch posting from my phone. Perhaps I forgot a close quote or something.
My writing space just wouldn't be complete without an authentic, fluffy, inner-editor-killing Wampa, who anchors my desk. Come see!!
(deep breath...first time commenting) I LOVE your space and I LOVE your Lola Pants. My writing space also boasts a beloved feline diva and a Mac (27" iMac, though): My Corner. (Sarah W, I see we like the same blog template!)
Oh, books, books and more lovely books. And fierce grandmothers and regal albatrossi. What an authentic and lovely fashion, er writing, space you have!
With the exception of the two cats draped across the desk, my inside space is fairly mundane, thank you for asking. The outside views from my desk, though, are most drool-worthy for the nature-lovers among us, as can be seen here and here.
And wow, look at all of us de-lurking just for you!
Oh, and I forgot to mention that WOW. You got GOOD light. Nothing better than a cheery space all awash with sunlight :D
Here is my writing area! It is a tiny little space - but then I am a tiny little person. But I did write a poem in its honor!
http://yousayweird.blogspot.com/2010/07/ode-to-writing-area.html
Greetings to Lola Pants, from Sasquatch and Jagular.
Every writing room needs at least one cat.
Okay I am a fail. here's actual hyperlink codey-stuff. I hope
Ode to a Writing Area
Love the albatross almost as much as I love my Mr.Crownell. Kudos to those of you who understand how to insert a hyperlink!
Here is mine:
http://cleverbirdy.blogspot.com/2010/07/my-writing-space.html
LOOK HOW DELIGHTFUL ALL OF YOU ARE THE REJECTIONIST ADORES THE AUTHOR-FRIENDS AND THEIR MANY KITTIES!!!! MORE MORE MORE!!!
Do you think your friend would make an Edward Scissorhands stencil in pink? My space
Your writing space is so cool!
Here is mine: Ode To My Writing Area
Beautiful books galore! Your writing space is amazing!
I also posted about my writing space, but after seeing these pictures, it's getting a serious inferiority complex
http://whosayscriticsarebad.blogspot.com/2010/06/ode-to-my-writing-area-topic-courtesy.html
I work in the nadir of a U-shaped valley of paper, junk mail, notebooks, and crumpled post-its.
And I would photograph it for you, but the camera is lost in there somewhere.
Because I don't have a general-purpose blog yet, my writing space post had to include a writing merit badge to make it stay on theme. So scroll down.
And if my place seems like a joke I assure you it is not. I had to hike there for the picture and now I'm covered in bug bites. THE BUGS ARE THERE TO KEEP YOU FROM WANTING TO STAY FOREVER.
Le R and Author Friends--
Here is the link to my blog at RedRoom. (Sorry I don't know how to do a hyperlink!)
Click on the photo for a better view.
http://www.redroom.com/blog/rosemaryd/a-desk-ones-own
I was going to suggest you have a similar thread about cats, but it seems everyone else writes with their cats there. So here is my submission on the cat front.
They appear to be part jawa.
I love hobbit holes, I mean, writing holes. So cozy and full of words.
I have no albatross in mine, but I do have a troll and I do have Sancho Panza. You cannot go (very) wrong with Sancho Panza guiding you.
I don't know where my cat is. Probably hiding. She is afeared of monsters (aka children). She's already eyeing the Vampire Infant askance...
HAHAHAHAHA JAWA CATS
It IS sort of funny how many cats everyone has. WHERE ARE THE DOGGIES OF LITERATURE
Your cat is adorable! And you have a lovely writing space indeed.
My writing space: http://teaandbiscuits42.blogspot.com/2010/07/writing-space.html
Also my own adorable cat.
Seeing all these very different spaces makes me wonder: what would happen if we all swapped for a day?
My guess is that it would be a complete disaster, especially for whoever got my space.
omg LOVE LOVE LOVE all these spaces! so amazing.
also i love your albatross. DO YOU RENT OUT SUPPORT TEAM??
ALSO HERE IS MINE!!
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Your Support Team has talent! Love the NO MERCY sign as well. And the desk, and the photos of your grandmother, and the cat, and all of it!
Here is my writing space, featuring less space, but a similar amount of cat:
Ode to My Writing Space*
I'm off to see all the writing areas now, and all the cats.
* Actual poem included!
I'm a little late and a lot kitty-less, but here is my writing space.
Writing Space
We played this game a while ago on our blog:
Creative Spaces
The cat's not in the picture, but she's in the house. Hell, it's her house; we just live in it.
Here is my post, in which I proclaim to the world - apparently - that I degenerate cat lady. Thanks, Le R. I've been forced to a.) come to terms with my malady and b.) let my freak flag fly in public.
http://fanfreakingtastic.com/?p=544
Why am I not smart enough to make that a link?
Sigh.
FIRST THE CAT LADY THING, NOW I HAVE TO FACE MY LOW I.Q.
THE GLORY IS MINE, HYPERLINK!!!!
HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!! I WON! I WON!
Phew. Now that THAT'S over, I wanted to say - the albatross and the Nazi fighter are beyond compare. So beautiful.
An Ode to the Smooshed Green Chaise
Thanks, Rejectionist! I enjoyed this prompt and seeing your fab spot.
My space, here. Yours is more stylish, I must admit.
Le R, I love your writing room. It's looks quite warm and comfy. And so neat! Goodness. That's the sign of an orderly mind.
I have failed you completely. I did not take a photo of where I write. Instead, I shall add a dog of writing to the comment thread. Here's a pic of Daisy, which I snapped yesterday on our regular walk:
http://keithpopely.blogspot.com/
Sad realization: the first thing my eye goes to every single time is the computer equipment: Mac/Windows, laptop/desktop, old/new.
I guess I see the world through nerd-colored glasses.
OMG KEITH POPELY'S DOGGY
OMG HYPERLINK SUCCESS FOR THE AUTHOR-FRIENDS
I really did plan on participating. Sorry. We had camera issues. :(
A day late, but I love this idea. My writing space used to be my entire one bedroom apartment, but it has condensed since I started co-habitating with my significant other.http://kmackaybridges.blogspot.com/2010/07/writing-space.html
I'm late...but I did this hoping that it would actually inspire me to use my writing space.
http://towanderwithoutbeinglost.blogspot.com/2010/07/ode-to-theoretical-writing-space.html
Oooo, love the idea of having books stacked on your desk! Writing spaces are fascinating; thanks for sharing yours!
I recently redid my writing space. It got a completely new face lift. Which I am incredibly pleased about. Will be hiding out in the basement today and enjoying it.
http://piscesmuse.wordpress.com/2010/06/24/thursday-writing-update-smothered-in-pictures/
Sorry to be so late to the party. I wasn't going to play until I noticed the shocking lack of dog-loving author friends.
Keith Popely, I'll see you your water-loving Lab and raise you a water-loathing Water Dog!
http://jettyjournal.blogspot.com/
I'm late! I'm late! But my post is here!
http://farseeingfairytales.blogspot.com/2009/11/nano-preparedness.html
My writing space looked so scandalously messy that I cleaned it up as soon as Jenn posted the "Peek." Alas, two months later, it's a mess again, and since I sprained my foot at the American Library Association conference, I'm in too much pain to clean it up. http://writerjenn.blogspot.com/2010/05/peek-at-creative-space-of-lyn-miller.html
Congratulations on your new space. May you have many happy and productive hours there.
love your blog, nice edward scissorhands stencil, did you make that with a single layer?
CARLA
Beautiful. An in NY? Amazing.
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