Read When I'm Writing?

Q: Do you read different stuff when you're writing from when you're not? Why?

From Frank Zafiro

At any given time, I've got at least three books going. 

One is usually non-fiction, probably history. At present, I'm re-reading a biography of Augustus, the first emperor of Rome by Anthony Everitt. It is a very accessible bit of history, and after Julius Caesar, Octavian/Augustus is probably the most interesting Roman in his era.




The second book is fiction, and frequently crime fiction (I wonde...