Here’s a nifty idea that I can recommend for writers.
Under my desk there’s a suspended box (compartment) made up by my carpenter with the following dimensions: 30cm x 30cm. It’s 20cm deep and houses the reference books I work with most. It keeps them handy, yet out of sight.
There’s the Concise Oxford dictionary and the HAT Afrikaans-English dictionary. Their spines are reinforced with duct-tape. Roget’s Thesaurus, Cassell’s New French and Latin compact dictionaries are also ensconced there.
Yes, I’m old-school and prefer physical referencing to the use of software. There’s something delightful about the activity of riffling pages and poring over inked print that adds nicely to the creative mix.
