Hello, September! Even though we’ve had a very mild summer in the San Francisco Bay Area (we were stuck in the mid-60’s for weeks), it’s always joyous to welcome September and the promise of a real autumn.
This month the PLW bloggers are lined up to share some pretty intimate thoughts and images. That’s right, we’re sharing the sweet deets about our bookshelves!
I’ve got three big bookshelves in my writing room and each one is filled with books of all kinds, my historical research, family photographs and memorabilia, and my beloved collection of American art pottery.
The shelves I’m sharing with you today are from my white bookcase. We purchased this bookcase at the start of the pandemic when it was clear that all of my planned in-person writer events were moving to Zoom. I’d already seen plenty of authors zooming from home and realized that white bookcases looked the best. Once I found the perfect pair on Wayfair, I also realized that I didn’t want a white background. And so my husband and I painted one wall of my writing room turquoise. Oddly enough (or maybe not) I used a similar color (Washington Blue) in both a grad school room and my first duplex in Mississippi. This must be my color!
The video tour of my white bookcase is too large for this page, so please follow this link to watch it. And after you enjoy my bookshelf tour, why not enjoy some of the other PLW shorts on YouTube? Or subscribe while you’re at it.
And just so we’ve got some image on this page, here’s what my white bookshelf and I looked like during a Pandemic Zoom. Very perceptive viewers will realize that the photo in the top right is of Elsie Clark and Nelson Story, the inspirations for my Viola Vermillion and Jimmy Harrigan characters.
Thanks for joining me today and come back next Tuesday for another PLW Bookshelf Tour!
Ana Brazil writes historical crime fiction celebrating bodacious American heroines. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, the Historical Novel Society, and a founding member of Paper Lantern Writers.
Ana's latest historical mystery is THE RED-HOT BLUES CHANTEUSE, which features murder, mayhem, and music in 1919 San Francisco. Her award-winning historical mystery FANNY NEWCOMB & THE IRISH CHANNEL RIPPER is set in Gilded Age New Orleans.
I should have cut and pasted my comment on the video! I love this. Great video and the whole blog. LOVELY!
thanks so much!
Thank you for the tour. Who doesn’t love a white bunny, although the ones that hop around my lawn are brown, but also cute.
I forgot to point out the white bunnies bookending my “written-by-me” books! And there are lots of bunnies in my other bookshelves.
I loved touring your bookshelf. Really a fun peek into your reading and writing life. I especially loved the photos of your mom. Thanks for sharing your “book-shelfie!”
yes! those photos of my mom are the best! Thanks for watching.