The Writer's View: Christy Nicholas

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I’m afraid my workspace isn’t very inspiring to others, though I do gaze out my window when the rain starts, as I love watching the rain. I prefer my area to be mostly functional and relatively uncluttered, as I dislike not being able to find things I need on hand. My true workspace is in my head, and I try to keep that as ordered as possible, despite my muses’ best effort to create chaos.

I believe that my muses have ADD. There are four of them, actually – one for photography, one for writing, one for jewelry and one for digital painting. Often, they argue; however, sometimes they cooperate and three of them bugger off while the fourth pokes me until I pay attention to her. Once I’m done with my furious spurt of creative activity, usually a couple hours long for writing, she goes away and one of the others step up. While I CAN work on something else, it is not happily done.

I have always worked better in noisy chaos than in peaceful silence. When I was studying during college, the library was quiet – and every cough, every shuffle, every creak of a chair was a distraction to my mind. However, while in the crowded, noisy cafeteria, I could block out the wall of noise completely and concentrate, because it was a steady hum of white noise.

So now, I prefer to write while listening to music or while the television is on, so I can avoid unusual noise distractions. I work on my laptop while my husband is in the next chair, cheerfully on his iPad or painting his miniatures. We’ve become quite used to this routine!

About the Author:

My name is Christy Nicholas, also known as Green Dragon. I do many things, including digital art, beaded jewelry, writing and photography. In real life I'm a CPA, but having grown up with art and around me (my mother, grandmother and great-grandmother are/were all artists), it sort of infected me, as it were. I love to draw and to create things. It's more of an obsession than a hobby. I like looking up into the sky and seeing a beautiful sunset, or a fragrant blossom, a dramatic seaside. I then wish to take a picture or create a piece of jewelry to share this serenity, this joy, this beauty with others. Sometimes this sharing requires explanation – and thus I write. Combine this love of beauty with a bit of financial sense and you get an art business. I do local art and craft shows, as well as sending my art to various science fiction conventions throughout the country and abroad.

Find Christy here:
www.GreenDragonArtist.com
www.facebook.com/greendragon9
www.facebook.com/greendragonartist
www.facebook.com/greendragontravel
www.facebook.com/music-from-ireland-for-your-pleasure
www.facebook.com/musicfromscotland
www.twitter.com/greendragon9

Find Christy’s book here, and at other eBook stores, http://www.tirgearrpublishing.com/authors/Nicholas_Christy/ireland-guide.htm.