To Read or to Write?

The novel writing is back on track, but now, the only thing I’m reading is my own story.

I mean, obviously it’s good. Amazing even. But I’m rereading and rereading the same scenes and putting to the page scenes that have already played on a loop in my head. I love it, but I miss other people’s stories.

I also really just got back to reading full books after nearly ten years surviving on magazine articles and ingredient lists. I’ve been back at it with a gusto and don’t want to stop, but I want to write my book. Cause it’s fun!

So I got an idea as I was redoing my TBR list in a specific notebook. I’m trying to keep only titles I know I’ll read instead of all the books that sound good. I also decided to organize my list into sections.

The front is reserved for the series’s I keep up with- no matter the genre. Then I gave equal sections to horror, science, history, historical fiction, fantasy, … I like things organized.

So, I’m going to aim for one to two books a month and stick to the novels I’m really dying to reread or try out. One for make believe and a second for information. We’ll see how it goes.

Now I’m off to work on my novel!