I’m not fussy about where I write - although I tend to find sitting on the settee with the TV on works well (not good for the posture mind you!) but I’ve also scribbled into notebooks on trains, at the zoo even while on jury service (I didn’t get called onto a trial.)
I usually write longhand then copy my chapters onto my laptop.
Strangely I can’t ever recall doing any creative writing at a desk - perhaps I shun them because I’m at one all day long at work.
If you are in the market for a desk yourself - and are feeling charitable - you might fancy a bid on the desk and chair in the photo above.
It belonged to Mr Charles Dickens but now it could be yours for a mere £50k-£80k.
It was at this particular desk he penned some of his later novels including Great Expectations.
Margaret Ford, of Christie’s London said: “Charles Dickens is regarded as one of the finest authors of the English language, and we are thrilled to be offering the desk and chair at which he wrote many of his later works. It is particularly fitting that the proceeds from this sale should benefit Great Ormond Street Hospital which was dear to Dickens’s own heart, and which received his support and patronage in its early history.�
The desk is mahogany and dates to the mid 19th century and bears a bronze plaque which reads: This desk was the property of Charles Dickens and was in use by him at Gadshill when he died. The chair also dates to the mid-19th century and is made of walnut, with a plaque which is inscribed Charles Dickens, Gads Hill. 1870.
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