{"id":2177,"date":"2017-08-14T11:29:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T09:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgiahill.co.uk\/?p=2177"},"modified":"2017-08-15T09:53:16","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T07:53:16","slug":"evonne-warehams-train-of-thought-writing-caves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.georgiahill.co.uk\/?p=2177","title":{"rendered":"Evonne Wareham’s Train of Thought: writing cave\/s"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Please welcome the wonderful, award-winning\u00a0Evonne onto the blog. She’s here to talk about her writing cave. Or rather, her writing caves as she has more than one. As I’m typing this sitting downstairs instead of in my study as usual (poorly dog) I understand. I’ve decided I’d like to move in with Evonne, as her house looks GORGEOUS!<\/em><\/p>\n

A big thank- you to Georgia for inviting me onto the blog to talk about my writing cave. It\u2019s sort of a follow-on from Heidi Swain\u2019s invisible cave, because I actually have three caves and a mobile one. Not so much a cave, more like an assembly line.<\/p>\n

It all stems from the fact that I write my first draft of a book in longhand. I think that may come from years of academic note taking, and then in my job, which was taking notes at meetings. Most other writers work on a computer, but a pen and paper is what works for me. A bit of a problem when I can\u2019t read my own writing, but otherwise it\u2019s fine, and it also means that I can write anywhere. My favourite place in the house for the first draft is the sofa in the front room.<\/p>\n

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I have to move all the pretty cushions, as there isn\u2019t room for me and them, and I also have to be careful about pens rolling around and leaving ink marks on the upholstery, but otherwise it\u2019s very comfortable. My other favourite place for writing is on a train \u2013 any train.<\/p>\n

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While I was still working and commuting, that was sometimes the only place and time I got to write. Now I love long journeys, if I have a manuscript in progress, as it is just me and my characters. A lot of words have been committed to paper while on GWR, on the way to Romantic Novelists\u2019 Association parties in London.<\/p>\n

I get that completely Evonne, I love writing on a train!<\/em><\/p>\n

Once the story is finished it then has to be typed, which is where cave two comes in \u2013 that\u2019s the smallest bedroom in the house, which just has room for my desk alongside the bed. I\u2019m not a very fast typist, so I have a (very badly trained) Dragon speech recognition system, which comes up with some very interesting versions of what it thought I said, on occasion. The computer is very old \u2013 still working on XP, and has never been connected to the internet, so it is really a posh electric typewriter. The plant on the window sill is an aspidistra and I\u2019m either the third or the forth owner. My grandmother had one and also inherited her sister\u2019s, my great aunt, then my mother inherited both of them and now I have them. I don\u2019t know which is which, but I think they are both probably at least 80 years old. The hand written pages on the desk in the photo are the draft of what I hope will be the next book, a Christmas romantic suspense novella.<\/p>\n

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Once the book is typed it goes onto the laptop, which is connected to the internet and is downstairs, in the dining room. From there it goes to my publisher and all the editing and so on takes place. As you can see there are French doors connecting to the garden, so I get to watch the flowers grow, and the slugs eating them, the birds and the bees, and the occasional curious furry face, if next door\u2019s cat decides to come to see what I am up to. A lot of the time I watch the rain and try not to be diverted by Twitter and Facebook. It\u2019s off the kitchen, so near the kettle and the fridge, for more displacement activity.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m far more efficient when on a train \u2013 not so many opportunities for procrastination.<\/p>\n

Here’s some information about our guest, should you want to find out more:<\/em><\/p>\n

Evonne lives in South Wales, near the beach, and writes award winning romantic suspense. Her latest book, Summer in San Remo<\/em> is something new, a romantic comedy with a light dusting of crime.\u00a0 Re-united lovers, stolen money and a mysterious stranger, set on the Italian Riviera.<\/p>\n

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For more details on Summer in San Remo<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/www.choc-lit.com\/?post_type=dd-product&s=summer+in+san+remo<\/a><\/p>\n

Blog\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/www.evonneonwednesday.blogspot.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Facebook\u00a0\u00a0 https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/evonnewarehamauthor\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Twitter @evonnewareham<\/p>\n

Thank you so much for coming on and sharing your writing cave secrets! I love the sound of your latest book and must investigate! <\/em><\/p>\n

Love <\/em><\/p>\n

Georgia x<\/em><\/p>\n

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