New Desk for Writing Suspense/Thrillers

I got a new desk top.

It sounds like a big ‘whoop’ as I’m writing this but I’m pretty excited about getting a new desk top.

It is so cool. I have had a few desks, one that I really liked but left behind when we moved 1500 kilometers a few years ago. So when we arrived on Vancouver Island, I just wanted a desk and hadn’t really cared too much what it was like. So I bought a secondhand one. It was solid wood, really nice but the desk top was cheap. It had malmac covering it, which was ugly from the get-go and with time it was starting to fall apart. I had always wanted to replace the top but it was kind of one of those things you leave for one day. Only one day took a long time coming.

Originally, I had wanted to get a slice of a tree. My intent was to then stain and varnish it and screw it to the existing base of the desk. The more I thought about it, though, and with seeing all the forest, including some old forest that is being cut down or is burning down, I decided I didn’t want to add to that destruction. If I had found someone who already had a flat slab of a tree, I might have tried to buy it. But truly, I didn’t try too hard.

Something a bit different

All I knew was that I wanted something a bit different. After all, I wouldn’t really be looking at it as it would soon be buried under all the things I seem to think I need on my desk. But I wanted it to be something that made me feel good to sit down at and write.

I found a coffee table that was the same size as my desk. The coffee table had an extra top screwed to it. I don’t know why but I can tell you the top was ugly. I should have taken a before and after picture but I didn’t. Take my word for it, it was ugly but had potential. I just had to figure out what.

Why not paint it?

Recently I had my daughter paint some TV trays and a stool for me. I loved how they turned out, so I asked her if she’d paint my desk. I thought this would be a good project for her. Thankfully, she said yes. I don’t have her artistic talent. My painting is restricted to painting walls, trim, and ceilings.

Here are a couple of her first pieces that she did for me – TV tray and stool top.

I was pretty vague about what I wanted

You know when you want something different but just aren’t sure what that is? Well that was me. I know I wanted different but not what, so I left it to mu daughter as to what to do with the top of my desk. I wanted the five words – Live, Love, Laugh, Dream and Believe – on it but left the rest to her.

I love how it turned out. It’s one of those things that just makes me feel good everytime I look at it.

Do you have something like this that just makes you smile or feel good?

Clean or Messy?

Time to get writing

So now, I guess it is back to work. Time to get writing. Procrastination week is over.

Actually, I am really excited about the new series I am writing – The Twisted Deception Series. Book One, Fostered Identity is already published. Book 2, Shadowed Footsteps is with my ARC team now and will be published Sept. 21, 2021. Book 3 – Exploited Innocence is about 80% written but still needs some work. You can learn more about them here.

“Read for the adventure…”