What inspires you to get out of bed each day?
Most aspiring writers have a voice recorder on their phones. I sleep with a pen and yellow paper tablet on the nightstand I built myself. When an idea or memory slaps me in the face, I rise to write and go back to sleep. When I awaken in the morning I'm smiling, because I know exactly what it is that I'm going to write. It is a great fluid feeling that fills my day.
Describe your desk
My desk is huge now. Eight feet wide and old oak. An antique kitchen table filled with notebooks of different writings and a dozen different styled pens that I choose at random. It is honestly incredible for me to choose and feel a pen based on my emotion at that time I write. Coffee and coffee pot with my favorite cup are the only other items.
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