Reading
Reading is such a simple pleasure I think there's a temptation when not in the habit of doing it, to forget just how entertaining and even thrilling it can be. It's also inexpensive.
I didn't read any fiction during May and June because I was writing a new novel. Some novelists have contagious styles and I'm too fastidious to read their stuff while I'm involved in the day to day process of making up my own.
I finished writing the novel in the middle of July (about 400 pages, working title The Colony) and in the middle of August, started reading again.
It's fair to say I haven't stopped. Nothing takes you out of yourself and transports you the way a good story does. it's both good and inspiring to be reminded of that fact.
I didn't read any fiction during May and June because I was writing a new novel. Some novelists have contagious styles and I'm too fastidious to read their stuff while I'm involved in the day to day process of making up my own.
I finished writing the novel in the middle of July (about 400 pages, working title The Colony) and in the middle of August, started reading again.
It's fair to say I haven't stopped. Nothing takes you out of yourself and transports you the way a good story does. it's both good and inspiring to be reminded of that fact.
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Sep 09, 2011 02:19AM
Francis, I agree. It's the only reason I haven't finished the Magdalena Curse. I'm writing. I am still reading it but slowly! Looking forward to more.
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Always happy to hear there's another book on the way! Can't wait for Brodmaw Bay!!
The menace comes in a slightly different guise in this one, Mark. With THOLS and Echo it was Satanism and with Curse witchcraft and with Waiting Room some diabolical dabbling with an alchemical rite. In this one I've gone for paganism. I could not believe how prevalent that was in Britain when I came to research Brodmaw Bay. Some of the customs and rites persist in the West of England to this day. And my characters encounter them. Fingers crossed you'll enjoy it.
Francis. We are tuned into the same vibes somehow. Every idea I come up with, you come out with!
