Steven Harper

I find myself reading a lot of mysteries and non-fiction these days, though I still pick up a new fantasy or SF novel. And graphic novels, too!

I just moved, and when we got our new house, my husband and I decided to invest in new office furniture that actually matched. Our previous office was populated with a mishmash of material we'd each owned before we got married. We tossed it all and went with a nice office set that uses white as its theme. The office is set up like a mirror. My L-shaped desk, set up for someone who is left-handed, is in one corner, and my husband's matching right-handed desk is in the other. Our wood-and-white bookshelves face each other. The printer is on a stand between the desks. Our chairs (still white) are the same, and we have the same desk lamps.

My ideal office is one with a completely empty desk. Nothing on it but a computer and a set of speakers. In reality, it doesn't work that way. I do keep a neat desk, but it does have a holder for pens and scissors and my BB-8 robot toy and a few papers. My husband's desk, on the other hand, looks like the results of an explosion in a paper factory. I try not to look at it--it makes me itch!