The Life of an Editor, as exemplified by the current state of my desk

On my desk right now:

  • two mugs

  • one glass

  • one bowl

  • notepad

  • random slips of paper with scrawled notes that make no sense to anyone but me

  • post-it on wall with half-finished to-do list

  • one laptop, open, that is going to get thrown across the room if it doesn't stop crashing Word already OH MY GOD

  • on said laptop, which has somehow miraculously remained on the desk and intact:

    • inbox slowly going out of control

    • multiple tabs open in Safari on how to format Kindle books, Facebook with seven notifications, blog

    • multiple tabs open in Chrome for fanfic stories I haven't started and/or finished reading yet

    • Post-it app with a long, long list of books on my TBR pile to gaze at longingly

    • multiple Word docs open with stories that are being edited or formatted for publication and their style sheets

    • Calibre to prepare mobi and epub files

  • iPad to check how the formatting looks on the mobi and epub files

  • not pictured: one exhausted editor crashed out on top of desk at 2 am