So Many Books, So Little Heart: Thoughts on Writers’ Reading Habits

By Dario Ciriello

Part of The Writer’s Life Series

JH: Getting readers to care about our characters is something every reader should strive for—but do they? Dario Ciriello is back again this month, with thoughts on writing, reading, and why we care.

A new client said something yesterday that got me thinking about the reading habits of writers, and how they change over time. She mentioned having brought two of my books prior to hiring me to edit her work, and that she’d read my book on writing but only the beginning of the other, a memoir. Of course, it flashed through my mind that she may not have cared for the other work; as a picky reader myself, I understand how different each reader is, and don’t feel in the slightest offended if someone isn’t enamored of one of my books.

“You see,” she went on, “I daren’t allow myself to read a book while I’m writing.”

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