When I first starting writing I had visions of swanning around in bijou cafes, looking creative and preoccupied, sipping cappuccinos while literary gems sprang forth from my laptop. In reality I sit hunched over my desk at home trying to ignore the ironing pile and the sighs of dogs doing their best to transmit the thought I WANT TO GO FOR A WALK into my brain. Every now and then I do go and work in a cafe in Cambridge just for a change of scene. One of my current favourites is the Cornwall Pasty Company on the Market Square - even though we are a very long way from Cornwall and their pasties smell a lot better than they taste. But the coffee is good, and the view from their upstairs room across the market is brilliant for people watching - I took this photo through the window. The Crusty Old Sea Dog on the balcony was enjoying the view too. Strangely enough the children's books I'm writing at the moment are set in Cornwall and there is an old fisherman just like this....hmmm, spooky!
I love this photo and your caption is so interesting. I guess things aren't always as they're romanticized in the movies, huh? You're still a "writer" though and that is so very cool!
HahaHA!! Your writing day sounds like mine--complete with dogs asking to go out every 15 minutes! Glamorous, isn't it? You forgot to add all the "acting out the scenes" to see if their feasible and talking to oneself, lol
How lovely to have a sense of your inspiration...a book I think I'd enjoy infinitely more than one about household tasks at the ready... I live the latter, and would rather be transported to a foreign land with a crusty old sea captain! It's a delight to be treated to your storyline!
I love Cornwall as a setting (my YA novel opens on a Cornish beach!) although I haven't been there since I was about 15. I really want to go back. I think Daphne du Maurier made me fall in love with this part of the world. What a great location for writing! I love Cambridge, too, and wish I lived there.
He be from Newlyn, wondered where he be to, don't he know there's fish to catch, proper job m'ansome! Rrrrrrrr! My friend and I txt each other in the character of salty sea dogs (because when we worked in the shop together we had to sell little fishermen ornaments!) So, it's always 'Ahoy there' etc, etc!!! If you need any help with the Cornish accent or phrases for the book I could lend a hand 'a'right m'bird!' (I don't have a Cornish accent though except when I'm pretending)
