Writing Romance (Anything) in Public

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Where We Write VS What We Write, and What’s the Right Way?

So at home, I turned my dining room into my writing room. Before you get all jealous that I have a lovely writing room, it’s a cubicle against a wall. I live in a condo, and my dining room isn’t a room but an area off the kitchen and living room. I hate open-space layouts! But that’s another topic for another day.

My cubicle is tiny, like so small I only have enough room to twist my chair from side to side, not actually move the rollers. But my chair is pretty comfy. I scored a gamer chair at Costco for a decent price. I also have a monitor, not super big, but way bigger than my iPad I write on out in the wild. Plus, with my laptop as a second screen, I can see multiple things simultaneously, making my life so much easier when writing.

But I hardly ever get to write at home anymore, which is why my production has gone way down.

Between taking my husband to the hospital three days a week for outpatient therapy, we have numerous other doctor appointments. So I use my iPad and keyboard to try and get work done.

I’ve come to spend my time at the hospital in my car instead of sitting in the…