Write Place, Write Time

If you look at anything long enough, say just that wall in front of you -- it will come out of that wall.
- Anton Chekhov

Tom Sniegoski

       

So, this is where the magic happens … it’s where something happens, that’s for sure.  I used to work out of a tiny office space in another part of our eighty year old home in Stoughton, MA, but was quickly out growing it.  I wanted to move, to get a bigger place, but my wife had another idea.  You see, there was this old sun porch that ran along side the back of our house.  It was pretty nasty, and used only to store old bikes, and pieces of furniture that we had every intention of throwing out some century.  My wife suggested that we do something with that old porch—or, have it torn down and something new and spiffy built. 

Which is exactly what we did. 

The first picture is from the doorway looking into the office that now runs the length of our house.  As you can see, I have alot of stuff, but I love my stuff … it’s what helps me to work.  If you look closely, you can see many of my reference books … they’re there, look more closely … behind the toys … see, told’ya they were there. 

At the end of the office is my spiffy new desk, which replaced an old butcher block style desk that used to give me splinters.   

           

Picture two is the other side of the space, with more reference books, toys and statues, an autographed Jaws movie poster (I love that movie) … and my Green Lantern Power Battery … can’t keep Stoughton safe without my Green Lantern Power Battery. There’s my Tyrannosaurus Rex head coming out of the wall, and a glass case filled with Hellboy toys.  If you look closely you can see Hellboy’s Right Hand of Doom on top of the case.  Awesome.  That’s my French Bulldog, Kirby’s bed on the floor … he likes to keep an eye on me while I’m working.

       

The next shot is from behind the desk, looking to the back of the space. That’s pretty much where I store all the comp copies of my books that the publishers’ send me. 

So that’s it, the place where I spend a huge majority of my time … abandon hope all ye who enter! 

 Thomas E. Sniegoski is a New York Times best-selling author who had written for children, young adults and adults, who has also worked in the comic book industry.  As a comic book scripter, Tom has worked for nearly every major company in the comic book market place and has written such characters as Batman, The Punisher, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Hellboy. 

      He is the only writer ever invited to work on Jeff Smith’s international hit series Bone, working with Smith on Bone: Tall Tales, and is currently writing an original Bone trilogy, Quest for the Spark, for Scholastic Books.

      Tom is the author of the ground breaking teen series The Fallen, which was transformed into three 2-hour movies for ABC Family Channel in 2007, earning stellar ratings for the cable network. A brand new The Fallen novel, The Fallen: End of Days, has just been released.

      Sniegoski is also the author of the popular adult urban fantasy series featuring angel-turned-private eye Remy Chandler, beginning with A Kiss Before the Apocalypse.  The fifth book in the series, In the House of the Wicked, will be released in 2012.

      Tom was born and raised in the Boston area, where he still lives with his wife LeeAnne and their French Bulldog puppy, Kirby.  Please visit him at www.sniegoski.com.

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