{"id":717,"date":"2014-11-14T16:31:39","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T14:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgiahill.co.uk\/?p=717"},"modified":"2014-11-14T16:33:54","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T14:33:54","slug":"guest-blog-wendy-lou-jones-on-doing-her-homework-with-a-view-of-richard-armitage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.georgiahill.co.uk\/?p=717","title":{"rendered":"Guest blog: Wendy Lou Jones on doing her homework with a view of Richard Armitage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Autumn2014<\/a>http:\/\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendyLouWriter<\/a><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/wendyloujones.weebly.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Hi everyone,<\/span><\/p>\n

This is the first in an occasional series of Where I Write<\/b><\/span>, where writers tell us all about their writing space.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m delighted to have fellow Harper Impulse author, Wendy Lou Jones as my guest today.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what she has to say about herself:<\/span><\/p>\n

My name is Wendy Lou Jones. I was born and raised in West Sussex, England and moved to Birmingham to study Medicine at University, where I was lucky enough to meet my husband. We now live in a little village in Herefordshire with our two grubby boys. I discovered a love of writing not long after my youngest son started school. And if you were to ask me what it was that made me make the switch, I\u2019d tell you quite simply, that it started with a dream.<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

I love that last sentence – that Wendy began writing something which came to her in a dream. This<\/span> is where Wendy chooses to write. It has a fantastic view – and not just of farmers and fields:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My writing life started on the computer upstairs, with the lovely, back-friendly kneeling chair, but it was cold \u2013 there\u2019s no heating up there in the daytime, and unsociable – my husband is downstairs in the evenings, when I do a lot of my writing, so I moved downstairs on to a lap tray on the settee. A couple of years later, my back had had enough and so I moved out to the kitchen table, and here I remain.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Here is my space. I have angled my laptop towards you, so you can see the Richard Armitage picture that welcomes me every time I switch on. Aaaaah!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Sadly, my eyes aren\u2019t what they once were, so I also have a pair of reading glasses standing by, along with my current notebook, which houses the latest books\u2019 notes, pictures, timelines and changes \u2013 my bible! Underneath that is my timeline I\u2019ve just been working on for a series of books that I\u2019m writing. I\u2019m just starting book 3 and so I had to work out what had happened through 1 and 2 to get the ages right and to know who did what to whom at what time. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

On the spare chair to my side you can see all my useful notebooks for older stories and my grammar book. There\u2019s also my passwords list, some writing magazines, my laptop case for storing overnight and a little book about what plants are flowering when. I have hung my own chair cushion over the back of this chair, as using it put me at the wrong height for typing.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

You might also spot the needs of a mother with boys<\/span> \u2013 the packs of wipes for chocolate spread covered mouths in the morning and a large A4 jotter pad for helping with their homework, which they have taken to doing at the kitchen table with me, rather than in their bedrooms. Sweet.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

My craft box, filled with lovely beads, a recent delight of mine is on the floor beside me, so that if I get stuck, or the words just aren\u2019t flowing, I can just pick that up and make something pretty.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

And last but not least is my view – not Richard Armitage, although that is<\/span> quite nice – the view out of my window. All around me is countryside. The farmer ploughs right up to our fence, barring the drainage ditch just the other side, and all I can see is sky and green, for miles and miles. <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not a plush fancy writing room \u2013 maybe one day when I\u2019ve sold more books, but first I\u2019d better write them, so I\u2019d best leave you now and buckle down to work and- <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Ooo, look: Facebook!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>I love the idea of Wendy sitting down and doing her \u2018homework\u2019, along with her boys. And I completely approve of the Richard Armitage screensaver!<\/span><\/p>\n

If you want to find out more about Wendy, you can follow the links at the top of the post.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many thanks Wendy, for coming on and sharing your writing space!<\/span><\/p>\n

Love<\/p>\n

Georgia x<\/p>\n

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