A Writer's View: Emelle Gamble

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Emelle Gamble…Inside My Writing Space

So I have a Room of My Own. It has a door that shuts. A lock that locks. A window that looks out onto the world, or a least the tiny glint of world that exists in my neighborhood in a suburban swath just outside of Metropolitan Washington D.C.

I rarely shut the door. Never lock the lock. I look out my window to check the weather, see if the creaky, squeaky sounds I hear are in fact the postal truck, or when the window is cracked and I hear my somewhat insane neighbors arguing with one another, which they used to do rather dramatically (swearing, throwing things at one another, including one time a hammer!) but they’ve have calmed down considerably, thanks to time and tide and what I’m sure may be some anger management drugs.

Most early mornings, evenings and on and off all weekend unless I’m not physically at home, I sit in my most comfortable, tilty and wheeled black- leather chair dearest husband, Phil-the-fist, bought me a year ago to gentle my sometimes ten hour days of creative toiling.

My desk is a standard out of the box Office Depot kind of thing, nice big flat surface, kick out keyboard tray, tower for a printer, drawers for hiding away things I can’t bear to look at but must keep close at hand (old rejection letters, files of new ideas printed out or handwritten, old contracts, lots of stationary).

The nice big flat surface is cluttered with monitor, speakers, Ling Chang stand-up calendar, pen tray, pictures, pen barrel, organizing-black-metal- thing that doesn’t organize as much as corral various pads and books and flyers I’m trying to keep track of.

I try very hard to keep this Room of My Own only about writing. My big cork board holds pictures and tidbits about works in progress, as well as mementos about conferences or critiques or my support group of writer friends, The Lifesavers. And photos of my family, of my beautiful daughter, Olivia, who smiles down at me so I can hear her say, “You can do it, mom” on those days when I’m sure I can not do it at all.

It’s a good room to write in. My cats, Lucy and Bella, hilarious and different as two sister cats can be, hang out here with me. They sometimes sleep on their window perch. Mostly they sit on the floor and meow complainingly at me. Often they jump in my lap and demand a hug and a cuddle, which I give them, and then they dance a little tango line down the desk and soon go away to another room.

On the walls is some art I adore, a lithograph “Young Spanish Peasant” by Picasso, a silkscreen by floral artist Brian Davis, a hilarious picture of a cat wearing a topcoat and scarf that has significant meaning for a work in progress. And my favorite thing, a little plaque given to me a million years ago when I said I was going to be a writer by my best friend, Nancy.

It says, “A friend is a rare book of which but one copy is made”.

Books written by other people are stacked everywhere, a poster of Secret Sister is propped-up behind me, reminding me an idea does indeed become a published novel if you stick to it. There are good luck totems everywhere, little gifts that mean something only to me, that encourage and make me smile.

By design, there is no guest chair.

Thanks for visiting Inside My Writing Space. Now get out because I have work to do. HA! Just kidding, but only a little.

About the Author:

Emelle Gamble was a writer at an early age, bursting with the requisite childhood stories of introspection which evolved into bad teen poetry and took her first stab at full length fiction in an adult education writing class when her kids were in bed. As M.L. Gamble, she published several romantic suspense novels with Harlequin. She has contracted with Soul Mate Publishing for Secret Sister, summer of 2013, and Dating Cary Grant, an early 2014 release.

Always intrigued by the words ‘what if’, Emelle’s books feature an ordinary woman confronted with an extraordinary situation. She most enjoys reading stories that surprise and amaze her, and hopes her readers will enjoy the challenging and exciting journeys her characters take.

Emelle lives in suburban Washington D.C. with her husband, Phil, her hero of thirty years, and two orange cats, Lucy and Bella. These girls, like all good villains, have their reasons for misbehaving. Her daughter, Olivia, and son, Allen, are happily launched on their own and contributing great things to society, their mother’s fondest wish.

Email: emellegamble@aol.com

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