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the Page... What's On Your Writer's Shelf Finally giving in to my complaints that in our new home I had no place to put all my lovely books, my husband designed and built a floor-to-ceiling bookcase for my home writer's office that included a fireplace, two deep cupboards and a spot for a television and stereo. Elated, I quickly unpacked all my books that had been sitting in boxes since the move last year. The shelves filled up quickly and still I had more books to unpack. But when I sat back, I didn't like what I saw. With the shelves all filled, my office now seemed more hectic and cluttered than ever. How could I ever write in such a place? Edit the extras
Elicit a response For convenience' sake, I keep one shelf packed with those handbooks I use everyday, such as market guides, trade books and manuals of style. The well-worn books on these shelves are slaughtered by highlighter marks and notes in the margins, so I call it my writer's reference section. E-mail your source What do you keep close by your writing center that inspires you not just to write, but to write more and better than ever before? When the muse takes a vacation and your fingers can't dance, what stirs your writer's heart to action? Please take a moment to share your writer's shelf with me by e-mailing tama@tamawestman.com. It will be fun to see how varied your responses might be. And to bring inspiration to us all, I'll include some of your responses in next month's column. Write on! Tama Westman writes the Off the Page column for Write From Home. An award-winning journalist, she teaches creative writing and poetry with the AHEAD program (Achieving Higher Education and Dreams) at Metropolitan State University, mentors high school journalism students, and speaks at writers conferences throughout the country. Married twenty-four years, and mother of two grown children, she lives in Minnesota. She loves to hear from other writers. Feel free to contact her at tama@tamawestman.com. For more, please visit http://www.tamawestman.com
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