I had to clean up and reorganize the desk today, so I took a picture of its pristine state while it lasts.
The artwork on the wall: John Picacio cover for one of my Tor.com Wild Cards stories, Michael Komarck cover for LOW CHICAGO featuring my character Khan, and (above the pulse rifle prop from ALIENS) the cover of the Polish edition of TERMS OF ENLISTMENT, kindly gifted to me by Fabryka Słów. The framed art on the left next to the corkboard is a pencil drawing of my home city in Germany.
The corkboard has various motivational trinkets and some of my reference index cards on it, and the whiteboard is mostly blank right now except for the motto of the month.
I’m currently using an Alienware M17R5 AMD with a 25″ Dell UltraSharp display and a Keychron V1 keyboard and M3 mouse, for those of you interested in the hardware. Still writing in Scrivener, with final polishing and editing in Word before submission because Word is the industry standard. (I’ve gone back to longhand for the first draft, so the stuff that ends up in Scrivener and then Word was written with actual ink on actual paper first.)
AND THAT CONCLUDES THE OFFICE TOUR. Make sure you hit the gift shop on the way out!
Just curious, but have you ever considered using speech recognition software, like:
https://shop.nuance.com/store/nuanceus/en_US/Content/pbPage.home-gateway.
The software is really accurate and converts speech to text directly in Word. I used it it speed up my writing process (technical), which originally resembled yours.
What does your monthly motto translate to in English? Nice office tour… enjoy the clean desk while it lasts….Marla
It’s Dutch. Literal translation is “It must, thus it can.”
Gotta ask, what scale is the model of the pulse rifle, and who sells it?
It’s a 1:1 airsoft replica from Snow Wolf that I bought back in 2014. The digital counter is functional but I turn it off so it won’t drain the 9V battery for the display.
Cool for cats. Nice.
Love Calvin and Hobbes!
So this is where the magic happens!
The John Picacio cover is interesting. It reminds me of scenes from the 1985 Starcrossed movie, with James Spader and Belinda Bauer. Ms. Bauer plays an alien woman with telekinetic powers, can juggle a room full of billiard balls with her mind and travels through space using light. Rotten Tomatoes rated the movie a dismal 32%, but I loved it. Only ever saw it once, when it came out, but it was memorable and fun.
Thanks for the tour, Marko!
P.S. Got curious, so went out to Amazon and found your short story “How to Move Spheres and Influence People: A Tor.com Original (Wild Cards) “. Looking forward to reading it tonight.
It’s one of my favorite things I’ve ever written. Hope you like it!
I work full time, but still managed to read the Frontlines Series books 1-8 and The Palladium Wars books 1-3 within 3 weeks. Your writing style, the storylines and futuristic technology are captivating. Also, kudos to your science advisor!!
Waiting for some more …
Nice!