My Guilty Book Habits

 For a very long time I didn't want to look at books. I didn't want to think about them, and I couldn't even stand to think about doing any of my own writing. My brain had too much going on to let much of anything else in.  Now, it's been a few years and I finally felt the urge to pick up a book, and I've been working on my own writing as well. I feel like it's better not to read other people's work when you're writing your own, so part of that non-reading time was due to my own creation. It's in the editing stage, working on the 6th revision, but I can see where it can potentially get so I'm excited to see if I can figure out how to get it to that golden spot of potential.  In the meantime, it's been nice to be able to pick up some books. I'm going to need to provide some comparisons for my work, and while I know it's not great to pick the most popular books (nor could I, since my work is quite different), I honestly am not sure what...

Life can get pretty crazy sometimes, am I right? Well, for me, it's been way too long since I had that burning desire to sit down with a good book. Luckily, I'm getting back to that love of reading and have read more in the past few months than I think I have in the past three years combined. Not that I've read a ton, just that it seems that way in comparison to the reading drought of the past few years.  Here's a few that have struck me as interesting reads, that were a breath of fresh air. The underlined titles are links to Barnes and Noble in case you want to pick up a copy for yourself. It's just for convenience, I don't get anything from it...well, except for the joy of sharing a good book recommendation with others.  Skin of the Sea , by Natasha Bowens This watery masterpiece was a delight to read. The material is heavier in nature as it combines some historical elements (slavery) with the fantastical elements. This is the first book of a series, and I...

I have too many blogs. So what does a person do when they have too many? They obviously start another one. I swear, blogs are like tattoos: once you get one, you want a whole bunch more. I have a few encouragement, and writing-based blogs because that is the main journey that I'm currently undertaking. I'm trying to get published, and hone my writing skills. The only down-side is that those blogs are dedicated to a somewhat different flavor of topic that I don't want to derail with talk of things that are more specific.  My writing and reading passion, is fiction. I love facts and there's nothing wrong with a great non-fiction book. Some biographies and auto-biographies are great, and I can enjoy them but they don't fill my soul the way fiction does. I'm hoping to try this blog out as a way to nerd out about everything to do with fiction, fantasy, sci-fi and the concept of storytelling in general. There may be other genres I chat about from time to time but fant...