It only took a day to get my office back in shape (cleaning out all the drawers/shelves/piles of stuff). But my file room is the real monster, and you've heard me complain it took three days to clean that baby up. I try to do it every 6-8 months. But because I had to spend 2010 fixing the mess my exagent made of my career, I didn't have the time to clean out and organize my file room for over two years.
HORRORS!
Yeah, it was a freakin mess and totally beat my ass. My offices are upstairs, so I spent three days going up and down stairs, carrying boxes of stuff I don't need anymore to the street. I left five heavy boxes upstairs for Wes to carry down for me when he got home from his latest 4-day golfing trip to the beach. By the time he finished, he was sweating and panting. I said, "Just imagine doing that for three days." He replied, "Hell, I'm glad I was out of town." lmao!
Since everything is clean and sparkly again I thought you might enjoy seeing where the SexWitch creates her HAWT novels. I had a blast taking these, cause they're the first pics I've taken with the cool camera in my new iPhone. WOOT!
Anyway, now that everything is organized again, if a hunky Otherkin Fey guy should come along and make me an offer I can't refuse it'll be a piece of cake (kinda) to pack up my office and hit the road. ;)
1.) Main Office: My computer desk, laptop, and printer.
2.) Main Office: This drawing table is from my artist days. I paid $25.00 for it 35 years ago when I was a 19-year old art student working fulltime as a paste-up artist at a local printing company and going to college fulltime at night. I bought it used from an artist who had graduated from one of those ritzy art schools in Florida I'd always wanted to go to but could never afford. I had moved out of my abusive home and loved living by myself in my tiny apartment. But money was tight, so I went to Dalton Junior College in GA for two years. Then I transferred to the College of Charleston in SC to finish my degree in Fine Art (Painting). Now I use this drawing table as my desk. In fact you may recognize it from the Mirabella section of "The Witches of Dixie: Book One of the Witchery Series." Cool, huh? ;)
3.) Main Office: This is my Treasure Map, which now spans two bulletin boards and hangs over my drawing table. I recently reworked it to include my yummy book covers. Actually, Savannah makes one in "What Witches Want: Book Two of the Witchery Series." A treasure map is a magickal collage of your current goals arranged in a visual format. I've used treasure maps for decades to achieve all my personal and career goals. Yeah, they WORK!
4.) Main Office: My little portable altar sits next to my drawing table beside my rolodex and CD player (gotta have my Nickelback!).
5.) Main Office: Couldn't pass up a chance to snap a close-up of the 2011 "Cock" Calendar hanging in my office. Turns out the camera in my iPhone is EXCELLENT for shooting yummy tools. Who knew? *lick, lick*
6.) File Room: Okay, this is "the monster." Keep in mind what you see in the pics of this room is only HALF of what was in there. The rest landed on the street. Whew!
7.) File Room
8.) File Room
Looks really good, doesn't it? Yeah, this is where you'll find the SexWitch most of the time. Unless I'm flying through the spirit realms to meet my totally yummy Fey mate for wild monkey sex. Or I hit the streets of Columbia to terrorize my local friends and ogle hunky Southern men. Duh! *wicked wink*
Laura Stamps (c)
Pagan Paranormal Erotica Novelist
(HOT vampires, shapeshifters, witches)
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Your offices are great..i think. Pic #5 sorta distracted me.. lol
ReplyDeleteThanks, Vanessa! Both rooms cleaned up really well, and it's fab to have everything organized and neat again.
ReplyDeleteAlmost every piece of furniture has a history. Like the card tables in both rooms are from my old art show days when I traveled around and sold my paintings at art fairs, so they have paint splatters on them. The yellow chest of drawers are even older...like 40 years old. They came with a house my mom bought when I was in college. She gave them to me, and they stayed in my art studio for a decade so they have paint splatters on them too. ;)
Hey, you know me. I couldn't resist showing everyone my 2011 calendar. You can bet when it went up in January I spent a lot of time drooling over it. Such lovely tools!!! *wink*
Niiiiiiiiiiiiiice ^_~ Perhaps you should post pics of your calendar every time you have to flip to the next month! :-D Gives us one more thing to look forward to from you on a regular basis ^_~ ^_~
ReplyDeletePaganMommy, that is an EXCELLENT idea! Mr. August is totally DELISH....*swoon* I think I'll find a way to work him into one of my blog posts in August. Sound good? lmao!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's fab to see where all your creative genius happens hun! Love it! Also got raaather distracted at pic #5... *speechless* x x x
ReplyDeleteWow you were very busy. Thanks for sharing your special spaces with us! We read what you write and know we can visualize were you are when writing it. This helps your fans feel connected to you and closer to the story.
ReplyDeleteOk so I have to ask, um... how do you get any work done with pictures like that hanging around you? lol
Ok the calender is fab! But is it boring of me to say I really dig the handbag on top of the desk. LOL
ReplyDeleteThanks, Puppy Love! I thought it would be cool if my readers could see where it all happens every day with the SexWitch when she's writing sexy novels or talking with all of you at FB, Twitter, PS, or PP. ;)
ReplyDeleteYeah, that calendar was VERY distracting the first month I got it. *lick, lick*
Your right, Beach, I've been totally slammed after finishing the vamp novel, trying to catch up on all the stuff I put aside to finish it, like cleaning out my offices. My disaster of a garden is next on my cleanup list. But it's wonderful to have a clean organized office space to work in again. And so far I've only lost one thing. I'm sure one day I'll remember where I put it. lmao!
ReplyDeleteCandy, this is another reason why I love you so much !!! I wondered if anyone would notice my GORGEOUS violet D&B handbag on the top shelf of my computer desk. I'm a D&B addict and LOVE all the D&B stuff I have (2 handbags, wallet, checkbook cover). I bought that violet handbag last summer as a gift to myself for getting away from my exagent and the shitty publisher he signed me with and going into ebook (finally...yay!) with Kittyfeather Press. And I just love it! In fact you may remember I posted a pic of it on my FB page, and it's still there in my pics if you look through them.
ReplyDeleteThe fact D&B runs sales every month on their site just makes this Witchy chick swoon! *wink*
Okay... You need to send me a pix of Mr. August... It is my birthday month and all.... Oh, love how clean your office is...
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You are an organizational powerhouse and a pervert. I love you for both, chere.
ReplyDeleteKelly, that's an excellent idea! I think I'll try to find a way to slip Mr August's yummy tool into a blog post this summer. I mean, why wait til August to enjoy this hunky guy, right? *wink*
ReplyDeleteXavierrothechilde, I had no idea you were into organization too. Awesome!!! And thanks for the compliment. Love you too, good-lookin!! *wink*
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