Where I Write
For those who don’t know - or haven’t figured it out from the waffling I do on this blog – I tend to keep a notebook with me all of the time. This is why I can be seen scribbling nonsensical rubbish while waiting in the pub, on the bus, sitting in the park, etc. (Of course it gets cleaned up and ordered before I post it here… yeah.)
At the moment I’m on the last few pages of a small black A6 size notebook. I look through it and it’s full of snippets of thoughts, opening lines, overheard conversations and tail-ends of dreams that I can vaguely remember. Some of those snippets will become entries here, some may form the basis for a short story or three and others won’t inspire anything at all.
My little notebook is the perfect size to throw in my handbag. It’s as the same length as a biro which means I can clip my pen inside without worrying about it leaking all over my bag, wallet or hands – the notebook will soak up all the drips (I always manage to lose the lids.) But as I mentioned I’m on the last few pages of my current one, which means that I’ll soon be using my new notebook. The Gin Lady and the Gurrier picked it up somewhere in Sweden (or maybe Norway) for me and it’s got a pretty funky cover and this cool marker that has a couple of magnets inside and clips on whatever page I’ve finished up on. The notebook has lots of lovely clean pages. I have a bit of a thing about stationery, I can spend hours wandering around looking for the perfect pen, or the perfect notebook. I’m not as bad as C-Bear though who has a positive fetish about such things, but I do have the ability to while away some time in the basement of Easons.
Ok, I realise the marker is probably of more use as a bookmark, but for the moment it’ll do for use in my fab new notebook.
An enjoyable piece of writing. Thank you.
Comment by Anouilh — September 11, 2006 @ 2:47 pm
A really interesting piece of writing. Notebooks are almost little works of art.
Comment by Anouilh — September 12, 2006 @ 8:51 am
Glad you liked it. I think we picked it up in Stockholm.
I have many notebooks all half full. I always intend to fill one from start to finish but then the call of a fresh notebook for a new project comes and I crack a new one. Then I end up writing most of it on the PC, bah.
Comment by Donal — September 12, 2006 @ 9:57 am
I’ve always wished I carried a notebook. Obviously it has to be small enough to fit in a back pocket for me. And every time I’ve tried, I’ve only wound up losing the notebook.
Comment by Chris — September 12, 2006 @ 9:31 pm