Scene of the Blog-- Anastasia of Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog

This week, it's time to take a look at where Anastasia of Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog creates her posts. Anastasia is an English major in her fourth year of college, and although she grew up in Maryland, she's now living in New Mexico. (Quite a change of scene there!)

Anastasia's blog focuses on fiction, especially Young Adult, fantasy, adventure and sci-fi, and she's been known to make the occasional foray into non-fiction. If you haven't visited, please take some time to do so. You'll be glad you did!

Anastasia and I have a few things in common, although one of them isn't age. (Woe is me!) We're both living in the Southwest, although I'm where I want to be and she wants to live in New York City. (You're a braver soul than I, Gunga Din.) I, too, was an English major. We both recently got netbooks. I like YA, adventure and sci-fi, and since Anastasia's taking part in the Seafaring Challenge, it looks as though we like the smell of salt in the air...and we both just might like to swash the unwary buckle from time to time.

The thing I enjoy the most about Anastasia's blog is her "voice". Not everyone can carry off a conversational tone well, but she certainly can. As I read her posts, I feel as though we're facing each other on a comfy couch having a fun conversation about the books we're reading.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know. Shut up, Cathy, and cut to the chase! Well this time, folks, you're going to see a very different blogging space than you've ever seen before here on Scene of the Blog. Don't forget that you can click on the photo to view it full size.


(I hope the photo's not too horrible; the light here is crap.)

I do all my work in my bedroom, on my bed. Technically I have a desk but it faces the wall and is a little too short for me, so I abandoned it (now I use it to hold my Pokemon collection). I also have an actual computer desk, but it's a little awkward to use with a laptop and so now I just use my bed.

There's my computer, my, er, pillow-with-arms (what are those things called?), various piles of books, and my iPod Touch. Also my box of tissues, which helps combat my horrible allergies. There's actually more books at the very end of the bed, but I couldn't fit them in the shot, sadly enough. And of course there's more books piled up to either side of my bed, and in my bookshelves on the other side of the room (one of which is tilting rather worryingly), and in my two closets, and in my brother's old room, etc. etc. It's cluttered, but I like it!


I can't tell you how tickled I am that someone was brave enough to show that she blogs in bed! Perhaps that will bring a few more of you out of the woodwork, hmmm?

Having had horrendous allergies in the past myself, I know how important that large economy size box of Kleenex is. I googled "reading in bed pillows" and found exactly what you have, Anastasia. It seems as though sellers call them whatever they want. Some places refer to them as "bedrest pillows" and other places call them "The Bed Lounge", which sounds rather fancy. Let me check something out here...just as I thought! If it's called "bedrest", it sells for anywhere from $16 to $60. If it's "The Bed Lounge" it retails for $130. Gotta love those retailers!

Anastasia's creative space may not be as fancy as some of the others we've seen in previous weeks, but it's comfortable and it works for her. That's what it's all about, isn't it? It's too bad that she couldn't fit some of her books in the shot as well. Nosy thing that I am, I wouldn't have minded taking a look at those, too.

Thanks so much for letting us take a look at your creative space, Anastasia. We really appreciate it!

See, folks? Scene of the Blog can take you anywhere-- from the library to the living room to the kitchen to the boudoir...all within the blink of an eye! Whose creative space will we see next Wednesday? Come back and see!