In our last exciting episode, we talked about the reasons why writers should also be readers. And as promised, I am here this week to stave off the objection I know for sure is coming: “But I don’t have time to read!”
Sure, you do. You just need to take a look at your day, and plan ahead a little bit.
I’ve got my own strategies, but I figure I don’t know everything (as my children are only too happy to remind me). So I posted the question on my Facebook page: When and how do you find time to read? And I also polled some experts on finding reading time: my friends at Kevinswatch.com, the official message board for fans of Stephen R. Donaldson.
The advice I received ranged from the sublime (“Pretend everything you read for work is fiction – most of it probably is”) to the somewhat ridiculous (“You were born alone, you’ll die alone… pass the time between existential voids with books!”). In between those extremes were some nuggets we can all use to maximize our reading time. Continue reading “Finding Time to Read”
You’ve heard the advice often enough: To be a writer, you should write, because that’s how you get better as a writer. But you should also read as much as you can.
You may recall from my post last month on 