Finding a Third Place

Writing fiction in a post-covid world and finding the space to do so

Lately I’ve been thinking about where I write and how my space affects creativity.

There was a time not too recently when we were not allowed to leave our houses. We talk about COVID as being the thing that happened in 2020, nearly five years ago. But here in Melbourne, Australia, our lockdowns were on and off for two years.

We spent 262 days in various…