The perfect space for reading and writing is an empty house. If the house can’t be empty then it has to be quiet. And if it cant be quiet then there should be cozy, coffee house, jazz music playing in the background with a crackly woodwick candle burning.

It includes a fuzzy, slightly weighted blanket – year round, with my FreeWrite type writer nearby for when inspiration hits.

For me, personally, I find it easier to write before the sun emerges. I feel less pressure to get on with the day. And now that my house has less people in it these days, creating that space is easier now.