THE CHAIR
Well. I sent the first draft of the YA off and am working on Weasel Boy this morning. I got the beginning for the second in the YA trilogy and have to tear myself away from writing it because the Sooper-Sekrit Projekt (soon, my dears, you will be able to Know All) will be taking up my afternoon–AFTER the new chair is delivered.
You see, for five or six years now I’ve been writing while sitting cross-legged in a papasan chair, with the laptop balanced on a footstool in front of it. (Well, a footstool and this little thing, which is from Levenger, referred to in our house as “that company that sells crack to writers.” I could spend HOURS on one of their catalogs…) The only drawback to this is a certain amount of pain, both lumbar and thoracic, because there’s no back support at all. Still, I’ve held off getting anything else because a. I can’t afford it and b. a certain amount of my creative process is the sitting cross-legged and I couldn’t find a chair that I could sit in that way and write.
Enter, oh my dear God, Ikea.
The Selkie loves Ikea. The colors, the regimented order, the options. She has since infected me with the adoration, and this past weekend I initiated C.H. (our friend Make_me) into the fold. Which was my second trip to Ikea last week, because earlier in the week I was able to get out while the Teen was watching the kids and pop out there…and while I was there last week I found THE CHAIR.
THE CHAIR is low, but it’s wide enough for me to sit cross-legged. It has back support, and out of all the chairs I tested at Ikea it was clearly the winner. Now, there were a couple problems–it only comes in a sort of pale beige microfiber unless I wanted it in leather, which I most emphatically did NOT. (Too sticky.) But I can drape a bedsheet over it to keep it from getting smudged (that is a losing battle, but I could try) or I could Scotch-Gard it like it’s going out of style and hope that works.
And today THE CHAIR will be delivered. Which means I’ll be saying goodbye to my poor papasan.
I am ridiculously excited.
Anyway, since you’re probably bored with my obsessive love for THE CHAIR and all things desk-related, I’ll give a couple linkies and sign off.
* CE Murphy talks about making time to write, and
* OMG! A biography of Max Schreck! How awesome is that? I could almost forget that I promised not to buy any more books so I can afford THE CHAIR.
Oh, oops. I’m back on THE CHAIR again. Jeez, obsess much, Lili?
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