Anonymous asked: Thinking back to your freelance days, if there was a a quiet, affordable place you could go, like the writers room in NYC, would you have used it?
I often did: quiet and so affordable it was free. I wrote most of my book in a public library! A fancy one, admittedly, with big tables, an amazing cafe, few patrons, and free wifi.
There are quite a lot of other shared creative spaces in London, too. For six months I rented a desk in an excellent shared office, but I had to give it up when I found I was doing in-house casual shifts almost as often as I was working…’from home’. It was a great atmosphere (if a little cold, as it was a converted warehouse) but didn’t make financial sense.
Now I do most of my freelance work from my actual home — a benefit of living alone is that I can leave my work strewn across the kitchen table without troubling anyone. And the table is perfectly situated for me to look out the window and people-watch when I need a break. Lovely.
