Where to write

Where do you like to write? My preference changes.  Sometimes I like to write at home. Make myself a cup of tea, prepare a hot toddy like buttered rum, or pour myself a glass of something red, then close the door of the spare room, and  leave it to whatever is up there in my brain and the energy of my fingers to fill up the screen.

Other times, I cannot sit still. Rather, my attention cannot be still.  I need the background noise of a cafe to draw me into myself and the story.  It feels a little like hiding.  You know, alone at a table.  No one to talk to.  It's much easier to drown the dialogue and thoughts in a story, focus attention there.

Today I find myself at the Pig & Whistle in Greenwood.  A hefeweizen with a lemon. Mmmm. I love hefeweizen.  It's noisy and I'm early to meet a friend for dinner.  There's free wi-fi. My laptop computer.  And positive energy yet from a writing session I just left. Perfect.  Just the kind of situation to spin off a paragraph or two.