Trains and books

OK now that it's snowing for real, I guess it means Christmas really has arrived. I`m off on a train trip to Toronto. The train is not merely the only transport unaffected by Canadian weather, but it is the most reader-friendly mode. I`ve packed three novels along with me. Today I`ll be reading Corey Redekop's "Husk" and Garry Thomas Morse's "Minor Episodes/Major Ruckus." I`ll alternate between them, maybe switching each hour (it`s a long train-ride). I doubt I`ll be doing any writing over the holidays. "Lava" took over seven years to write and involved over a dozen rewrites (I have half of a filing cabinet full of the printed drafts). To be frank, the whole idea of ever starting another novel seems such an exhausting prospect. Reading is the best thing to be doing.