For 2015 I had a few goals:
• Read consciously.
Actively pursue reading diversely.
• Read diversely.
Read work by diverse authors, across a diverse spectrum. This included reading books I didn’t want to read (more on this later).
• Read a lot.
When I’m writing a lot, reading feels distracting. Too bad, I told myself. I wanted to know more about what was being published.
• Listen up.
Listen diversely to what books are being talked about on Twitter
Read More A Year of Reading Diversely
“I need a friend in London,” I told my husband.
He looked serious. “What kind of friend?”
Read More On Being the Only Puerto Rican in London, or, What SHADOWSHAPPER Means to Me
I’m almost recovered from my weekend at SCBWI. I’ll start with all the new things to read: Henry H. Neff, The Hound of Rowan I was fortunate enough to be in Henry’s critque group at the World Building Intesive; he’s an insightful and endlessly kind…
Read More SCBWI Midwinter De-brief: The Reading List Additions
Kate Messner’s 59 Reasons to Write ought to be installed in a glass box with a little hammer next to it, and a sign that reads, “Break glass in case of writing emergency.”
Read More Kate Messner Made Me Write My Fourth Novel
I had some plans, both for reading and writing this week, but then Kate Messner‘s 59 Reasons to Write showed up and now everything else is on hold until I’m done. If the blog goes quiet for a couple of days, you’ll know why. I…
Going from reading about the overcrowding and disorder in New York’s Five Points neighborhood (eight people or more to a two-room apartment) to the ladies room at AMC Lincoln Square just after “The Lego Movie” let out.
The rest of the reading box is a mix of kid lit and adult, chiefly non-fiction.
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