IWSG – Do I Read Enough and A-Z Letter E

There’s a lot to get to today, so let’s get started!

It’s that time of the month again, when writers both secure and insecure gather across the blogosphere to share their insecurities, worries, support and advice.

Check out the IWSG website to sign up and find a whole bunch of other awesome stuff related to writing and publishing.  Also check out Ninja Captain Alex Cavanaugh’s website.

Also visit the amazing IWSG co-hosts for the month of April.

Megan Morgan,  Chris Votey,  Viola Fury,  Christine Rains,  Madeline Mora-Summonte,  L.G. Keltner,  Patricia Lynne

Writers are “supposed” to be readers.  I use quotes not to be sarcastic, but because I always hesitate to fall for the trap of proscribed behavior assigned to a particular profession.  But in this case, I tend to agree, I think most writers love to read.

And I do love to read.  As a kid, I always had my nose buried in a book, whether it was going to the store, being dragged to a family get together, or in the middle of math class.  I thirsted for new books, but was happy to dive into old favorites if I couldn’t get my hands on anything new.

These days, well, my TBR list on Goodreads is titled Books to Read in 2014.  I think I got around to reading one of those books.

I feel like a bit of a failure when I realize how it’s been since I read something new.  Part it is just being busy, with husband, baby and job taking up so much of my time.  But an equally sizable part just doesn’t want to risk trying out a new book.  I’ve been disappointed quite a bit in the last few years by books that I had high hopes for.  A couple of my favorite authors either stopped writing, or my favorite series started to go downhill, which left me feeling cold.  So, I crawled into the warm and comfort of old books that I read many times.

I plan to change that this year.  I’m going back to my Goodread TBR list, and starting over.  The nice thing about books is that they don’t go bad  Wish me luck.

What’s something you wish you did more of, whether it’s related to writing or just life in general?

It’s E day, so here’s a enigmatic series of E pics  Enigmatic in that they don’t make much sense.

I thought about covering them in strawberry jam :-)

Easter morning breakfast.  Yes, that is a bunny shaped pancake, ’cause that’s how I roll on holiday mornings.  I didn’t get around to egg dying this year.  However …

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eggs!  To be specific, four eggs and five yokes.  I have a bizarre fascination with double yokes.  I always wonder what that would have meant for the chick that might have hatched from that egg.  Twin chicks?  Conjoined chicks?  Someone who raises chickens, please, let me know.

 

 

 

To finish up with my Wednesday Word Counts:

Cry of the Hawk – 11,337

Blood Poison 2 – 1,216

Revisions are moving along and things are looking good.  Wish me luck and good luck to all of you.  See you tomorrow for the next day of the A-Z challenge.