A CUBICLE FOR YOU AND YOUR MUSE

There are places cropping up as uniquely writers' spaces. Check out this NY Times article. Oh man, that looks sweet. Quiet, focused, inspirational, what a great space. If one opened up nearby I'm there. Maybe I should add opening one up onto my "Life (To Do) List." I'm always on the lookout for spaces/places to write. My home office is sometimes too distracting, unless late at night when the house is quiet or I'm lost in music through my headphones. Starbucks is cool-energy, soy chai, WiFi-but sometimes too noisy to concentrate. The library is too sterile, doesn't inspire me and you can't bring snacks/(smart) water in. All my bookstores in the area have a serious electrical outlet deficiency, none in the in-store cafes. My Mac PowerBook can go about 3 hours on one (battery) charge so either a spare battery or plug in is needed. The hidden outlets I've found are labeled 'Store Use Only." Cheapos. They're losing a bevy of aspiring writers, authors, screenwriters, playwrights (and bloggers!)

Article excerpt: Hominess is part of the appeal at Paragraph; writers, after all, notoriously crave nurturing. But those who use this space have a practical reason to show up as well: to overcome the temptation to procrastinate, and to get down to the hard work of writing.
"When you write at home, there's a lot of distraction," Ms. Parisi said. "You want to go clean out the fridge, or tweeze your eyebrows. But when you go to a space to write, that's what you do."

Paragraph and the Writers Junction are part of a growing number of members-only centers springing up in writerly metropolises like New York, Boston and Los Angeles. For $100 a month, on average, members secure the right to a desk, a lamp and a power strip in a shared space where they can ply their trade day and night.
Ms. Parisi compares writers' rooms to gyms. In both, a large group of people share the same equipment. And, paying for membership helps writers take their commitment to writing seriously, she said, and gets them "off of the couch" and onto the literary StairMaster.