The Hoarding of Words

I typically don’t read books while I’m writing one of my own. Call it undue influence because yes, I am influenced by books which I read and enjoy. So for me to pick up a book and read it from start to finish in two days while writing “Darkling” is a strange occurrence. Nonetheless, I went ahead and read Moira Greyland’s biopic, “The Last Closet”, in the midst of writing a book and coaching two varsity basketball games. And I can feel the influence already on my writing. When I first came up...