STEPHANIE VICTOIRE

During our Round the World trip of nine months, we knew we'd be writing on the go. Although there was plenty of time to explore and see the sights of Europe, Asia and North America, we needed to be disciplined with work. With a novel to work on and a short story to write for BBC Radio 4, I was always on the lookout for the ideal workspace wherever we were situated. In Slovenia, the first country of trip, we took to writing in Cat Caffe Ljubljana. Although we had a perfectly g

I'm a sensitive soul with particular needs; even more so when I need to create, when I want to create. In fact, when I'm feeling like the world is just too noisy (maybe my mind is also just too noisy?)I struggle to fight the fears I am sensitive to. I am not able to churn out thousands of words in one sitting, perhaps the coffee shop isn't right, the background noise is just slightly that pitch higher than what I can ignore. Maybe I didn't wake up in the right way, the mornin