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I've Shown You Mine, Now Show Me Yours, Part IX.

The call to 'Show Me Your Writing Desk' has so far given us a voyeuristic peek at the private writing rooms of a number of prolific authors. Our series continues in Part IX with the writing desks of Angela Meyer, Natalie Walton and Melinda Hutchings...

Left: The desk of Angela Meyer, Melbourne-based 'Gen Y writer', reviewer, editor and blog-mistress of ‘Literary Minded’. (I call her 'The Lit-Hunter’). Her desk is tall, and features a number of CDs, multiple stacks of books, a large overflowing pen holder, a rolled Pink Floyd poster (at right), and two Marilyn Monroes, including the screen siren's disembodied head. On Angela's desk is a DVD of the 2008 movie Hunger, (Not The Hunger, 1983, my fav vampire film) written and directed by Steve McQueen. (No, not that Steve McQueen.)

Middle: The desk of writer Natalie Walton, deputy editor of Real Living magazine and blogger at Daily Imprint & Babyccino Kids. Natalie’s rather beautiful desk is the first to feature actual color coded book/desk organization, but despite the visual beauty she says it is ‘very much a work in progress. Note the wobbly leg, which I'm ashamed to say has been like that for years!’ Check out her blog for more inspired desk gorgeousness.

Right: The desk of Melinda Hutchings, author, motivational speaker and campaigner for eating disorder and body image issues. Her tall desk is decorated with multiple framed photographs of her friends and family. Her laptop screen is open to her Twitter account, and on her desk there are a number of books, journals, a camera, a phone, and empty coffee container. Melinda’s third book Why Can’t I Look the Way I Want? was published last year. (The Book Post covered the launch). Her fourth book Everything’s Gonna Be Okay will be published in July, and she is working madly on her fifth novel at this very desk.

Quid pro quo. We've shown you ours, now show us yours in the comments below, and I'll continue to post the best on The Book Post....

Happy reading,