Writing in Hotels part 3

Wendall -- every other Thursday

As I am writing for a deadline, I will leave you this week with a few images of the place where I recently went to hide out.

Perfect noir writer's hideout

 

As most of you know, I work best in hotels and I returned to one of my favorites, in Carpinteria, California. As I’m working on a story about Hollywood, I experimented a bit with black and white and a filter or two.

 

I do a lot of my writing here on the balcony. Here are a few views from there.

Coffee required.

There's a reason why this is the room I always ask for.

If I go early enough for breakfast, I can even get the outer dining room to myself.

 

Here are a few photos from my "thinking" walks.

 

A few views from Linden and Carpinteria Avenues.

Of course, everything doesn't have to be black and white.

Working happy hour cocktail.

A bit of a filter looking down from the balcony.

And my attempts, usually futile to capture a full moon. It never looks as big in the photos as it does in the sky.

I was very lucky to be able to go away to write. The proof of whether the inspiration and focus worked or not, I guess, will be in the story.

--- Wendall