I’ve been despairing about the lack of words in my life, as most of you are probably tired of hearing.
This morning, I decided to make a commitment to bring them back.
Ideally, I’d love to be reading and writing in every moment I could. But the reality is different – even when I have the time while Liam is napping, I usually have other, more pressing things to be done, or I’m just too damn tired.
Which means that I need another plan. I will return to writing when time permits, but for the time being, I can at least begin to fill the well again.
I have a stack (or three) of books to be read, but I lack the focus to do justice to new novels right now. Instead, I’m going to dive back into old favourites – into the books that inspired me to write in the first place, and the books that make me want to be a better writer. As I go along, I’m going to blog about them and the influence they had on me.
I’m going to begin with the books that originally made me want to write – L.M. Montgomery’s Emily books. Now I just need to steal some time to read.
Jaime
May 14th, 2010
I hope you find a quiet moment to deleve back into what inspires you so much. It is like visiting old friends who show you something new everytime. (meanwhile I am off to google emily books they sound interesting).