Patricia Hamill's Blog: I read too much! - Posts Tagged "reading"
Sidebar-I really do read too much...
So this week, I just wrapped up The First Swords, by Fred Saberhagen, fun stories I haven't read in over 10 years. Did I mention they are also huge? That's a big plus for me, because I usually devour books in a day or two.
This year I've been reading 2-3 books at a time, on average, plus writing 1-2 at a time. If it sounds exhausting, you're right, but it's worth it. I've had a lot of fun and now I have two books out there for people to enjoy.
I'm working on my third now, another completely unrelated story told from the perspective of a survivor in the zombie apocalypse, but don't worry, the sequel to Shadows of Valor is still in the works, about 25% done and I'm anticipating rolling it out in April 2013.
So, just to solidify that I do, in fact, read too much, in December and early January when I was wrapping up The Golden Ship , I was finishing up Terry Goodkind's awesome epic fantasy The Sword of Truth series for the 3rd or 4th time, starting up the Inheritance Cycle (Eragon is the first in that series) by Christopher Paolini, and starting up Robert Jordan's and Brandon Sanderson's Wheel of Time series for the 5th or 6th time (or maybe more, I re-read the whole thing every time a new one comes out).
In January, I also started writing Shadows of Valor (This of course was part of my quest to attract an agent by becoming a prolific writer).
By the time I was wrapping up The Wheel of Time again around March, I started on the Death's Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (probably also about the 5th or 6th time) and I finished up that 7 book series right about when I hit a stopping point on Shadows of Valor (including the first few chapters of the next volume) and began the process of final edits for The Golden Ship.
That's also about the time I got my first tablet and started the downward spiral into the reading frenzy it enabled. Let's see, since August, I've read the following:
The Morcyth Saga by Brian S. Pratt (7 books), The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, The Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan, Shadows of the Sun, Soul Stalker and Abyss by Laura Kreitzer, Storm Front (Dresden Files #1) by Jim Butcher, Running with the Demon by Terry Brooks, and Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. That's 17 books from August to mid October, assuming I didn't forget to include any.
So, as you can see, I read too much. But that hasn't stopped me from writing, playing, working, and getting published.
More on that last one later...
This year I've been reading 2-3 books at a time, on average, plus writing 1-2 at a time. If it sounds exhausting, you're right, but it's worth it. I've had a lot of fun and now I have two books out there for people to enjoy.
I'm working on my third now, another completely unrelated story told from the perspective of a survivor in the zombie apocalypse, but don't worry, the sequel to Shadows of Valor is still in the works, about 25% done and I'm anticipating rolling it out in April 2013.
So, just to solidify that I do, in fact, read too much, in December and early January when I was wrapping up The Golden Ship , I was finishing up Terry Goodkind's awesome epic fantasy The Sword of Truth series for the 3rd or 4th time, starting up the Inheritance Cycle (Eragon is the first in that series) by Christopher Paolini, and starting up Robert Jordan's and Brandon Sanderson's Wheel of Time series for the 5th or 6th time (or maybe more, I re-read the whole thing every time a new one comes out).
In January, I also started writing Shadows of Valor (This of course was part of my quest to attract an agent by becoming a prolific writer).
By the time I was wrapping up The Wheel of Time again around March, I started on the Death's Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (probably also about the 5th or 6th time) and I finished up that 7 book series right about when I hit a stopping point on Shadows of Valor (including the first few chapters of the next volume) and began the process of final edits for The Golden Ship.
That's also about the time I got my first tablet and started the downward spiral into the reading frenzy it enabled. Let's see, since August, I've read the following:
The Morcyth Saga by Brian S. Pratt (7 books), The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, The Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan, Shadows of the Sun, Soul Stalker and Abyss by Laura Kreitzer, Storm Front (Dresden Files #1) by Jim Butcher, Running with the Demon by Terry Brooks, and Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. That's 17 books from August to mid October, assuming I didn't forget to include any.
So, as you can see, I read too much. But that hasn't stopped me from writing, playing, working, and getting published.
More on that last one later...
It's Been a While, Here's What I'm Up to
Today I've decided to post a little status update instead of a book review. Primarily, that's because I don't have any book reviews lined up. Continue reading...
