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EPISODE · Mar 13, 2026 · 5 MIN

On Writing in Bed

from A Writer's Diary Podcast · host Toby Litt

There are writers who famously preferred to be horizontal, sheet-surrounded and cosied up with cats, in order to write.They weren't necessarily bed-bound, but they found this truancy from desks, day clothes, and anything clerk-like to suit them best.Proust, Colette, Mark Twain. And, going out to ask about my reader's writing habits, I've discovered that they are comfortable between covers of both sorts. Get full access to A Writer's Diary at awritersdiary.substack.com/subscribe

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