Welcome to another installment of TNBBC's Where Writers Write!
Where Writers Write is a weekly series that will feature a different author every Wednesday as they showcase their writing spaces using short form essay, photos, and/or video. As a lover of books and all of the hard work that goes into creating them, I thought it would be fun to see where the authors roll up their sleeves and make the magic happen.
This is Caitlin
Hamilton Summie.
She earned
an MFA with Distinction from Colorado State University, and her short stories
have been published in Beloit Fiction Journal, Wisconsin Review, Puerto
del Sol, Mud Season Review, Hypertext Magazine, South85
Journal, The Belmont Story Review and Long Story, Short.
Her first book, a short story collection called TO LAY TO REST OUR GHOSTS,
was published in August by Fomite and has earned excellent reviews, including a
starred Foreword. Most recently her poetry was published in The
Literary Nest. She spent many years in Massachusetts, Minnesota, and
Colorado before settling with her family in Knoxville, Tennessee. She co-owns
the book marketing firm, Caitlin Hamilton Marketing & Publicity, founded in
2003. Find her online at caitlinhamiltonsummie.com.
Where Caitlin Hamilton Summie Writes
I write in a room that is meant to be the living room of our
house. My computer sits on a melamine board laid over two white filing cases.
I’ve had the melamine board since at least 1992. The filing cases are recent replacements
of my much-moved and dented ones and were supplied by my parents when they downsized.
I write surrounded by books, photos, mail supplies, and (many)
work files.
In the corner: a blue overstuffed chair that has perfectly
placed armrests for my height.
Ahead: a window with a view of a glorious maple tree.
To my left: a smaller window that gives me a peek of a teeny
dogwood tree on the corner of our lot.
And everywhere, hanging on the walls all around me, the
vibrant, bright colors of my children’s artwork from age 2 on…
Looks like my desk
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