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The Big Reveal
- by Suzi
Welcome to the Big Reveal
I enjoy reading author interviews, but often times they don’t ask the kinds
of questions I wonder about. So I’ve assembled a group of writers at
all levels, from un-agented to published, and every week I will
have a new question for them.
Do you prefer writing or editing?
Kelley Lynn, Published Author
Hmm, this is a tough one. I really enjoy both. The writing is cool because I have no idea what’s going to happen (as I’m a panster). But since I’m a panster and I write rather fast, my first drafts are crap. So the editing is fun because it makes the story somewhat respectable. And since I don’t edit at all while I write, I forget a lot of the stuff I wrote so the first read through is always cool.
Lara Schiffbauer, Published
I like both writing and editing for different reasons. Writing is so fun because you get to create and inhabit other worlds. Editing is fun because you get to fix it all up and make the story better.
Chloe Banks, Agented Author
I feel like a fraud as a writer because I love editing. Writers are meant to love the creative process of a first draft and hate the nitty gritty that follows, but I love finding ways to tighten up every sentence. I do love pure writing too – not sure which I like most – but to take an initial idea and try to find beautiful, unique ways of expressing it, is a huge joy to me.
Valerie Cole, Agented Author
I think I prefer editing. There’s something about taking a pile of word vomit and sculpting something really beautiful out of it.
Jay Bendt, Un-agented Author
EDITING! I have a fondness for butchering my bad writing and making it better. Plus it doesn’t feel like pulling teeth like writing sometimes can become.
Mark Koopmans, Un-agented Author
I love writing, but I have a real fondness for editing, which stems, I think, from my newspaper days.
Eileen Cook, Published Author
Writing! During the first draft stage I’m not as aware of all the mistakes I’ve made. Once I get to the editing stage I start thinking of all the ways the idea didn’t meet the perfect idea that was in my head before I started.
What’s more fun: writing or editing?
The Big Reveal
- by Suzi
I enjoy reading author interviews, but often times they don’t ask the kinds Before we start back in, I’ve got two thing to mention. Congratulations to both Kelley Lynn and Lara Schiffbauer on the releases of your novels. Kelley’s is Fraction of Stone and Lara’s is Finder Meara. Make sure you check them out if you haven’t had a chance yet.
Welcome to the Big Reveal
of questions I wonder about. So I’ve assembled a group of writers at
all levels, from un-agented to published, and every week I will
have a new question for them.
Do you prefer writing with real or imaginary settings? What do you prefer to read?
Eileen Cook, Published Author
I enjoy writing contemporary books that typically have a blend of real and imaginary. I may make up a specific town or school so that I can have the flexibility to do exactly what I want.
Kelley Lynn, Published Author
Oh wow. I like both. Writing imaginary settings gives you COMPLETE freedom. So much fun. You get to make the rules. Writing in a real setting is, to me, more challenging. But the challenge is so cool as well. I think the imaginary comes easier for me. (Maybe I have a slight complex with wanting to control everything…haha)
Chloe Banks, Agented Author
The two proper novels I’ve tried writing both had imaginary settings – one was a fantasy (for children), and one was an imaginary English seaside village. But that was more because I was worried if I chose a real place I’d get the details wrong! My next novel I’m setting in a city I know well so I’m looking forward to that. I’ve read two books set in a little town I know a bit, and I loved reading them – it felt as if I was in on a secret. I don’t read a lot of fantasy but I think Discworld is fabulous, and I want to live in The Shire with the hobbits.
Valerie Cole, Agented Author
I can only wrap my head around real settings—which is why I’m a contemporary writer. However, I’m fascinated with fantasy and sci fi writers. I think it’s amazing how they can world build and create entirely new settings from scratch. I really liked Jodi Meadows’ INCARNATE series, and recently picked up Brodi Ashton’s EVERNEATH and Cynthia Hand’s UNEARTHLY series.
Jay Bendt, Un-agented Author
I always like having a bit of fantasy in any setting I work with, even if it’s already an urban setting. While I love to read straight-out-of-real-life scenarios, the writer in me prefers imaginary settings I can expand upon rather than be constricted by. I truly believe in writing what you know, and I would not be comfortable placing a story in say…Georgia, if I’ve never been there. While research could help with a big part of that, any Georgian would immediately know I’m not from there! So I like imaginary settings, sometimes balanced mixes of both imaginary and real, that allow me to truly stretch the boundaries of what’s possible.
As for a setting I loved, my most recent read was The Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa, so I am in love with her work for the Nevernever (Faery land!). She did a great job at creating a whole world with its own rules of nature, its own feeling, its own life. Because of her fantastic job, her stories took on a deeper root in my mind and I was able to imagine the place as real, with stories and activity that went beyond just the characters. That’s always a great thing to stumble upon.
Lara Schiffbauer, Published
Imaginary settings are easier, because I just describe what I see in my head. When I have to write a real place, it helps if I’ve been there. If I haven’t, I spend too much time researching the place, trying to get the description right. I also feel handicapped because I haven’t had the sensory experience of the place. For reading, I enjoy either setting and can’t think of any particular setting that I’ve loved more than others.
Mark Koopmans, Un-agented Author
I love real, and that’s why I love thrillers and detective stories.
A CERTAIN JUSTICE by P.D. James is a must-read. James has such a delicious way of writing!
Do you like writing with real or imaginary settings? What about reading?
The Big Reveal
- by Suzi
Welcome to the Big Reveal
I enjoy reading author interviews, but often times they don’t ask the kinds
of questions I wonder about. So I’ve assembled a group of writers at
all levels, from un-agented to published, and every week I will
have a new question for them.
Is writing your real job?
Mark Koopmans, Un-agented Author
I’m a stay-at-home Dad to three boys (under six) so writing during the daytime is generally never a happy occasion 
I used to be a print journalist and worked for several local papers for a few years.
I’ve been a Writer since 2003, (it’s on the passport I received several months after I became a naturalized citizen.
Eileen Cook, Published Author
Writing is my primary job. I work a limited number of hours as a counsellor to keep my credentials active and to make sure there are a few days a month that I go out, talk to real people and put on something other than yoga pants.
Kelley Lynn, Published Author
No, it is not. I am a Chemical Engineer by degree. I work as an adhesive consultant for the day job. I’ve been seriously writing since July 2011. My day job has a fair amount of travel which gives me time to do my ‘writing thing’.
Chloe Banks, Agented Author
I suppose it is! I was sure writing was what God wanted me to do, but didn’t have the faith to concentrate on it solely. Then a pastor I’d never met before and who knew nothing about me, suddenly said to me, “God wants you to keep writing. You’ve got what it takes.” So, with my husband’s encouragement, I decided to focus only on writing for a bit, which was scary. That was October 2010 and it’s going OK so far! I studied science at university, but I’ve always loved writing. I used to write stories for my big sister for her birthday when I was about 7 or 8.
Valerie Cole, Agented Author
By day, I’m a digital media analyst, which means I spend my days crunching data and looking at Google Analytics. By night, I write YA. It’s the perfect right/left brain balance. I’ve been writing teenage shenanigans for six years, and seriously writing in pursuit of publication for three.
Jay Bendt, Un-agented Author
Haha, no. I wish it were, but no. I am an artist first and foremost (painter), and work an 8-5 job at a small family owned business where I wear many hats during the day. I did write as a kid, although the stories were accompanied by bad drawings more often than not. Now I am trying to find a balance between the artist/illustrator in me and the writer in me, and making time for both.
Lara Schiffbauer, Un-agented Author
Writing is my unpaid second job. I am an Elementary School Social Worker by day. I’ve been seriously writing for five years. I did write as a kid, but not like the writers who say they must write or perish did. I wrote poetry, a very short novel and an unfinished screenplay with my sister when I was in high school. I tried to carry it on, but the classes I took had obnoxious writing teachers, and I didn’t want to put up with it.
Is writing your real job?
The Big Reveal
- by Suzi
Welcome to the Big Reveal
I enjoy reading author interviews, but often times they don’t ask the kinds
of questions I wonder about. So I’ve assembled a group of writers at
all levels, from un-agented to published, and every week I will
have a new question for them.
Did you choose your genre or did your genre choose you?
What genres do you like to read?
Lara Schiffbauer, Un-agented Author
My genre chose me. I wanted to write mysteries or thrillers. I think I’ve made an Urban Fantasy Thriller with a Cozy Mystery style. Not something you want to put on a query letter! I still enjoy reading mysteries and thrillers. I enjoy the paranormal mysteries that are out now.
Mark Koopmans, Un-agented Author
Yes, my genre chose me as I fell in love with the inspiration behind Donald’s story.
WIP#2 will be fiction, not sure what specific genre yet.
I read everything – even the backs of the shampoo bottles if I forget my book.
Eileen Cook, Published Author
I read everything, non-fiction, historical novels, thrillers, murder mysteries, general fiction, science fiction and YA. My first book was an adult romantic comedy, but I fell in love with the YA genre. I love the intensity that comes writing for teens- things matter deeply at that age. I start with the idea first. If I had a great idea in another genre then I would write it. I follow the story and let the genre follow.
Kelley Lynn, Published Author
The first story I ever wrote was YA. So I guess I chose the age group. Since then, I have written many genres within YA. Contemporary, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller. So… I guess I refuse to choose. haha
Chloe Banks, Agented Author
I don’t really feel as if I’ve chosen my genre yet! I suppose my current novel (contemporary commercial) chose me because I just wanted to tell the story and didn’t give much thought to genre at all. I purposefully tried to write for children once, and I might like to again. But my guilty desire is to be able to write a really spectacular ghost story. I read pretty widely, but not a lot of “genre fiction” – a bit of sci-fi/fantasy/crime/whatever, but mostly both contemporary and classic general fiction. Which I guess is what I write too.
Valerie Cole, Agented Author
YA definitely found me. Six years ago, I took a creative writing class to balance out my science and technical writing classes for my degree. We were asked to start writing a story and it could be any kind of story we wanted. So I just wrote, and I had no idea I was writing young adult. My teacher actually had to tell me and I think my response was something like, “what in the heck is young adult?” So I went to the bookstore and started reading everything I could get my hands on: Sarah Dessen, Laurie Halse Anderson, Jessica Warman, Sara Zarr among many, many others. That was the moment I was like, “yes, this is exactly what I’d love to write.”
Jay Bendt, Un-agented Author
My genre chose me, I think. I decided to write out of my love of reading, and though I’ve read many genres, I am always drawn to Young Adult more than any other. I think there’s a lot that hangs on the line when one is young, and our choices ultimately shape a very big part of who we become later on. All feelings are intense, all tragedies are great, but at the same time all victories are huge and that’s a great feeling. I think people tend to forget that spark and intensity of life as we grow older, and I can hope that my writing reminds others of what it’s like to trust fully, to fight for the things you need to even when it looks like there’s no chance in hell, to remember what it’s like to love completely and without reservation.
The biggest reason why I enjoy reading and now writing YA is because there’s always a sense of escapism and familiarity. I remember myself as a 16 year old thinking the world was falling around me and reading made things better. It showed me that I wasn’t the only one out there feeling that way, and there are always better things. My teenage years were very lonely. I see so many teens in the same place and if I write something that makes them feel less lonely, then I think I’ve done a good job.
Did you choose your genre or did your genre choose you?
The Big Reveal
- by Suzi
Welcome to the Big Reveal
I enjoy reading author interviews, but often times they don’t ask the kinds
of questions I wonder about. So I’ve assembled a group of writers at
all levels, from un-agented to published, and every week I will have
a new question for them.
What word(s) or phrases show up way too often in your work?
Jay Bendt, Un-agented Author
Then, that, sighed, so.
Lara Schiffbauer, Un-agented Author
Too many to list. The good news is I’ve moved on from “that.” It’s sad to do a word search and find that the word you thought you hardly used shows up every other page.
Mark Koopmans, Un-agented Author
Just.
Really.
Gosh.
And, (as in the beginning of a sentence.)
Eileen Cook, Published Author
Eye rolling. In my first drafts I people rolling eyes all over the place.
Kelley Lynn, Published Author
Ooo, good question. I don’t think this is ever the same across all stories. One story will be riddled with ‘that’. Others will have too much adverbs. Still others will have a phrase where I’m like, “Where did that come from?”
Chloe Banks, Agented Author
I’m having a real issue with ‘that’ at the moment. I use it way too much. I also use the words ‘just’ and ‘like’ too much. Oh, and my characters do a lot of ‘turning’!
Valerie Cole, Agented Author
I have three crutch words I’ve identified over the years: “Just,” “And then” (cue the Dude, Where’s My Car jokes), “looked.” Oh, also “leaned”—that’s a new one I just picked up on. Everyone’s leaning over or leaning against or leaning to look at something.
What word(s) do you overuse?
The Big Reveal
- by Suzi
Welcome to the Big Reveal
I enjoy reading author interviews, but often times they don’t ask the kinds
of questions I wonder about. So I’ve assembled a group of writers at all levels, from un-agented to published, and every week I will have a new question for them.
Pantser, Plannner or in-between?
Valerie Cole, Agented Author
Hello, my name is Valerie and I’m a pantser. Or at least a pantser who is desperately trying to reform myself into a planner. It’s not working very well, so I guess I’m aiming for something in between. I usually draft a rough outline, but once I start writing I try to put it aside and let all the good pantsy magic happen. It’s becoming really apparent how important planning is…especially because I can’t get away with just writing kissing and flirting scenes while sprinkling plot in between anymore.
Jay Bendt, Un-agented Author
I’m an in-between type of writer. While I write mostly for fun, I have tried going by the seat of my pants before and it always crashes and burns into the deep abyss of unfinished failures. I get stuck in the swamp if I have no idea where I’m going with a story; I have to have at least a vague idea of what’s going to happen next. I will often write the big keypoints; find ways to tie relationships and plots as best as I can so that there are no giant holes in the dark for me to wander into, and know how my story will end. I don’t plan everything out line by line, though, because then it can take the joy of letting the story develop out of it for me.
Lara Schiffbauer, Un-agented Author
I think I remain an in-between type of writer, leaning a little more toward plotter. I plotted out the Age of Stars, and really liked how easy it was to actually write because the logistics were all worked out ahead of time.
Mark Koopmans, Un-agented Author
Panster and loving it
(But do check in with me post WIP #2… and we’ll see where I stand
Eileen Cook, Published Author
I was born a panster, but have developed into a bit of a plotter. I can’t have too much detail in the outline or I can grow bored with the story before I’ve written it. The outline for me is a very general map, it gets me the bulk of the way to my destination- but not all the way. I have to leave some of the adventure fo the writing process.
Kelley Lynn, Pre-published Author
Panster, all the way. Sometimes to the frustration of my collab partners. Though I will admit that my panstering used to be extreme. After writing with others it is slightly less so.
Chloe Banks, Agented Author
It makes me very un-cool and uncreative, but I could NOT be a pantser. I have to have a clear idea where I’m headed. However, once I’ve got the idea, I feel perfectly free to wander away from it. I don’t often know exactly what’s going to happen at the end, just some of the major points along the way. I let my characters dictate the plot once they’ve got going, I just need that safety net to fall back on!
Pantser, Planner or In-betweener?
The Big Reveal
- by Suzi
Welcome to the Big Reveal
I enjoy reading author interviews, but often times they don’t ask the kinds of questions I wonder about. So I’ve assembled a group of writers at all levels, from un-agented to published, and every week I will have a new question for them.
Are you obsessive about backing up your work?
Chloe Banks, Agented Author
Not as obsessive as I probably should be. I subscribe to a program called Jungle Disk which runs on my computer automatically, backing all my documents up on to an online service every single evening, so theoretically even if I lost the entire computer I’d be OK. I always intend to back-up somewhere else as well, but rarely remember. I do e-mail myself or other people occasionally.
Valerie Cole, Agented Author
Oh, yes! Command + S is practically my nervous twitch. I save everything straight to Dropbox (seriously, how did anyone trust their computer to save anything before Dropbox??). And if it’s a super important file (like a final manuscript to my agent), I save it in a special “Just In Case Everything Goes To Hell” folder in my email.
Jay Bendt, Un-agented Author
I work in Scrivener, which backs up a copy of the work automatically (I believe every 5 minutes? It’s built in), while my main copy is saved in Google Drive working off my desktop (Also saved automatically when I close). My laptop is set to back itself up every couple of days and store these items on the cloud, so all my stories are backed up automatically many times. Having my main working copy in Google Drive allows me to open up my work on my other computer devices, which means more copies are also stored on the other devices as well.
It all sounds complicated and a bit overboard, but it’s all automatic – not having to think about it is quite nice. I just have to close my file and I can sleep well knowing all my work is backed up in more than one place.
Lara Schiffbauer, Un-agented Author
I am a back-up-aholic. I became a back-up-aholic when I lost an entire chapter for some reason I’ve forgotten. The bad thing is it takes so long to keep everything current. I definitely have to have a system in place (first the laptop, then to jump drive, then to drop box) or I get confused on which is the “right” one.
Mark Koopmans, Un-agented Author
What’s weird is that I have Super-OCD, but was never obsessive about backing up my work – until, of course, I lost a bunch of stuff I hadn’t saved :)
My current regimen is to save my work on Word and then download the latest copy onto a USB memory card. (Every month I also burn a disc, but that’s only to make me feel better as I know any major-meltdownio will happen the day before I’m scheduled to backup.)
Eileen Cook, Published Author
I’m a Mac user so I have the Time Machine back up.
Kelley Lynn, Pre-published Author
Ummm, obsessive, no. Though I do it fairly often. I have an external hard drive that I move everything to every so often.
How do you back up your work?
The Big Reveal
- by Suzi
Welcome to the Big Reveal
I enjoy reading author interviews, but often times they don’t ask the kinds of questions I wonder about. So I’ve assembled a group of writers at all levels, from un-agented to published, and every week I will have a new question for them.
Have you ever gotten a story idea from a song, a TV show or movie?
Kelley Lynn, Pre-published Author
The collab with Jessica Salyer, THE PRINCESS AND THE THIEF, came to Jess through the song Enchanted by Taylor Swift. A future series I am DYING to write will be sorta based off the TV show White Collar. (Very loosely…haha)
Chloe Banks, Agented Author
Not knowingly. But I must get my ideas from somewhere! Perhaps, rather geekily, parts of my current novel were inspired by a painting. I’m not the type to listen to music while I work. More often I’m inspired by phrases that pop into my head and don’t seem to mean anything at the time.
Valerie Cole, Agented Author
Music is the driving inspiration to all my stories. Between my guitar builder husband and me, music is always blasting from some stereo, computer or iPhone in our house. I make elaborate playlists for my WIPs and it really helps to set the scene, find depth to a character or shape the manuscript. For the manuscript I’m working on right now, I’m listening to everything from Oasis and All Time Low to ZZ Ward and Ellie Goulding.
Jay Bendt, Un-agented Author
Many! This happens every time I hear a song I find intriguing or catchy. My mind immediately starts making up complex storylines to the lyrics. It always happens on my way to work, when I’m just listening to the radio.
Lara Schiffbauer, Un-agented Author
In my current work in progress, I watched Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and wanted to use pixies somehow. It gave me the opening scene, from which the rest of the story has evolved from.
Mark Koopmans, Un-agented Author
In 2008, I was in Texas and this guy, Donald Braswell, was on America’s Got Talent. As he was a local resident, I followed his progress, especially after his you-need-to-see-this-to-believe-it first audition and was delighted to find he lived in our readership area. Donald agreed to several interviews and when I learnt the full details, I knew this was a story that must be told.
Eileen Cook, Published Author
I don’t remember ever being inspired by a song, movie, or TV show, but I’m sure I have. Odds and ends of things collect in my head until they mix together and an idea pops out. I find a lot of inspirations from the news. I tend to collect news stories, clipping them out and stuffing them into folders. I don’t usually look at them again, but the process of cutting them out sticks them in my head in some way.
Have you ever gotten a story idea from a song, a TV show or movie?
The Big Reveal
- by Suzi
Welcome to the Big Reveal
I enjoy reading author interviews, but often times they don’t ask the kinds of questions I wonder about. So I’ve assembled a group of writers at all levels, from un-agented to published, and every week I will have a new question for them.
I’d like to welcome a new set of writers.
Thank you ladies and gentleman for being a part of The Big Reveal.
First… Tell us a little about what you’re working on.
Then… Do titles come easy?
Eileen Cook, Published Author
I am currently working on a YA novel. I’m calling it Remember Me at the moment, but I’m pretty sure this will change. I need something as a placeholder until the book is completed then the title comes more easily.
Kelley Lynn, Pre-published Author
FRACTION OF STONE is coming out March 21st. This title came very easily. So did the whole theme for the next books in the series. The story on submission through my agent, ALREADY THERE, took a little bit of time but Jenny Morris and I had it before we finished the story. The hardest one to come up with a title with was THE PRINCESS AND THE THIEF with Jessica Salyer. We had finished the book and it still didn’t have a title we liked. Even this title I had to twist Jess’s arm to like 
Kidding, kidding!
Chloe Banks, Agented Author
My current title is The Art of Letting Go, which I’m pleased with as it fits perfectly. The book is contemporary commercial fiction, and I came up with it while I was mourning the loss of the working title for this novel – Thousand-Word Things – which I loved. My agent said the title needed a more commercial feel so I brainstormed and came up with this one pretty much right away. Luckily, he loves it too! I often find titles quite hard, but I love it when I hit upon one that just fits.
Valerie Cole, Agented Author
Right now, my WIP is a contemporary YA called Project K, which is a temporary title. I’ve been on both ends of the title struggle. Sometimes they’re really easy and fit the manuscript perfectly. Other times not so much. I do like to give WIPs a code name (like Project K) just so I have something to call it until the title sifts to the surface.
Jay Bendt, Un-agented Author
The working title is Evermore. Titles don’t come easy, so I give it a working title mostly so that my stories don’t end up filed as “thing written 01/23/2013″ because then I’d never find them again! Once I know what exactly my story really is about, then I try to come up with a suitable title.
Lara Schiffbauer, Un-agented Author
The title I’m getting ready to release in March is Finding Meara and is an Urban Fantasy. No, title’s do not come easy. I’m super-pleased that Finding Meara ended up being the perfect title for the book. I often will ask my husband to help me get a decent title!
Mark Koopmans, Un-agented Author
Aloha Suzi, thanks for the invite to be a part of the Big Reveal and I hope I can only live up to my expectations (I have complete confidence in you, Mark.)
The title of the book I have finished writing is: REVIVAL: The Donald Braswell story. It is the memoir of a young operatic tenor on the cusp of greatness who lost his voice, but found his calling.
I’ve been blessed with the ability to easily “find” titles. It was my favorite part of being a beat reporter – back in the day.
Do titles come easy for you?
The Big Reveal
- by Suzi
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Welcome to The Big Reveal
I enjoy reading author interviews, but often times they don’t ask the kinds of questions I wonder about. So I’ve assembled a group of writers at all levels, from un-agented to published, and every week I will have a new question for them.
This is the last set of questions for these writers. Thank you to Mindi, Steph, Christa, Dahlia, Monica, Jenny, Theresa, and Lynne for being a part of The Big Reveal. It’s been fun to learn more about everyone.
And next week, please join me and our next set of writers.
How often do you read?
Steph Campbell, Published Author
I am lucky to read one book a month lately. Not so much because of work, but because I have four small children.
Christa Desir, Pre-Published Author
I read 4-5 MS a week for my day job. I read about 1-2 books a month for fun/pleasure. I read ALL the time:)
Dahlia Adler, Agented Author
I have a long commute, so I’ll generally read 2 mss/ebooks during the workweek. Then on the weekends, I’ll read another 1 or 2 books. (Plus, I copy edit about a manuscript per week, though I don’t know if that counts.) So… somewhere between 3-5 per week if we’re counting mss, I suppose!
Jenny Morris, Agented Author
It depends. When I’m revising or editing everything I read doesn’t feel right. I’m really critical and I tend to put down all the books I start. But when I’m drafting I read more. A book a week. Which is a lot less than I used to. When I wasn’t writing I’d read a book in 2 or 3 days. Then start a new one.
Theresa Paolo, Agented Author
I used to read a book to two a week. Now I’m lucky if I read a book a month. I just don’t have the time like I used to. If I could I would read all the time.
Lynne Schmidt, Un-Agented Author
I read when it suits me. Can’t give an average because it varies so much. I read at least ten last year, and my Goodreads goal is 24 this year. (Wish me luck!)
Mindi Scott, Published Author
I don’t read nearly enough! I’m a big-time book binger, and always have been. I can’t allow myself to read when I have writing to do. (Which is all the time, of course.) I don’t have the discipline to simply read on the bus or a few pages before bed. Instead, I will do nothing except read, read, read. I have to set aside certain weeks during the year where I’m free to indulge.
If I’ve marked all the dates correctly on Goodreads, it would seem that I’ve read 24 books between January 2012 and November 2012. If I wasn’t a writer, I would likely read two to five books a week (variance depends upon the book’s length).
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How much do you read?
