To read or to write...? That is the question.

Here I am, contemplating the option of my near future. I am about to finish reading The Passage by Justin Cronin. I'm about 20 pages away. Which puts me at a crossroads: do I pick up another book and start reading? Or should I continue on writing my next novel, The Network? Or should I try some strange hybrid of the two? I have always believed that a good writer is one who reads and writes together. Maybe I'm inaccurate in that assumption... I don't know. But I do know that where I have left off in my novel is a very important part of the story, and I need to get back to it. My main character needs me. Who knows, maybe I need him, too.

I recently uploaded 3 of my short stories to the Kindle...

Star Maps

Wind Chimes

The Case of the Oreo Cookies

Wind Chimes and Star Maps are stories from the Terraformance Anthology. I'm still working on the 3rd story, and there are bound to be more added. I love these stories! Take a look at 'em, if you've got a free moment!
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Published on May 13, 2011 12:02
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Jesse B. Booth
Sindarin for "Live to me, friends." Basically, I attribute my love for books to J.R.R. Tolkien. Nobody else has created such a marvelous, realistic, and perfect world. Though entirely fictional, Tolki ...more
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