This week I am pleased to allow you to snoop through author
Mahalia Levey’s desk! (And what a great one it is, too!)
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My Typical Day
by Mahalia Levey
Good morning! I begin my day with getting the DH and teens off for the day and rouse myself with a cup of froo froo coffee. I enjoy half sweet cream such as hazelnut or caramel mocha and then hop in the shower to really wake up. Once I’m done with that, I put on a pair of fresh lounge pants and a band tee-Avenged Sevenfold is my favorite however I’m loving my new Sidewise tee!
Now that I have myself dolled up enough to get to business, I refill up the coffee and snag a bagel or some fruit and cheese and attack my email with ravenous intent to answer and delete. By then I’m frazzled as all get out. Next I put on the calming effects of my MP4 player. Songs in order are:
Seize the Day: Avenged Sevenfold
Kariachi Disco: Sidewise
F’ing Perfect: Pink
Break: Three Days Grace
The Bleeding: Five Finger Punch Death
According To You: Orianthi
Okay now for some more calm music
Don’t Think I Can’t Love You: Jake Owen
Broken Hearted Girl: Beyonce
Russian roulette: Rhianna
Cowboy Casanova: Carrie Underwood
My desk has all kinds of goodies on it! My friends local band sidewise image is on the back part of it to give me inspiration as well as Avenged Sevenfold. I’ve been following both bands for about six years or so. I have swag from friends, and swag yet to give away. One Coca Cola paddleball set, some odds and ends, candy. A few of my fav books are on the top shelf. My cover glossy signed by Jimmy Thomas for me personally, An adult coloring book I don’t know what to do with-laugh out loud A binder full of print outs from character building sheets, to bdsm, male pov, self-edit sections, crash revisions…and other courses I’ve jumped into. There’s a thesaurus up there somewhere, a pez dispenser, my teens laptop and a netbook. Swag from other authors and some things given to me as gifts. I love my Danica Covey Mask and My water bottle signed by Sandy Sullivan. The pulsating heart usb from Sam Cheever my teens keep trying to steal! That’s about it.
Once a month I rotate the list from all two thousand songs. Seize the Day is a permanent number one song. The rest alternate on the shuffle board. Once I’ve played all ten songs, I get to writing or editing. Depending on what’s coming up on my plate. I write slowly some mornings and faster others. I break at mid-day erm…around noon to go run on my treadmill in the basement. A lot of times running helps me think as I get a feel for the next section! If it’s great outside though— I’ll walk out in the fresh air for about a half hour or so with my pedometer on. I’m a panster at heart. Sometimes I’ll either have the television on for sound or color, either muting it or listening depending. Um that’s pretty much it for me. My teens get out of school around two-thirty and after sports get home around three forty-five or so, so the silence is gone. Once they’re home it’s onto making dinner and playing Yatzee and or Scrabble. Where I write ranges on the weather. If it’s nice outside I’ll forgo my messy desk and sit at the patio table on my deck. If I want to listen to CSI as I work on something I’ll sit in the recliner in the living room and use my lappy stand.
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