Comments on: Reading if you want to be a writer https://glendalarke.com/2008/03/reading-if-you-want-to-be-writer/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:35:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Jo https://glendalarke.com/2008/03/reading-if-you-want-to-be-writer/#comment-22725 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:17:00 +0000 #comment-22725 That sounds like a good idea, Glenda. I have been buying some ebooks of course but I was spending a small fortune on those so had to cut back drastically.

As for laziness, I was referring mainly to all the research involved in writing a novel. Jean M. Auel makes that an excuse not to write at all of course. But then none of her books were as good as the first one which was brilliant.

]]> By: Glenda Larke https://glendalarke.com/2008/03/reading-if-you-want-to-be-writer/#comment-22724 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:01:00 +0000 #comment-22724 You don’t seem lazy to me, Jo – judging by your blog!

I am having to be more circumspect about book buying now too – prices have gone up here as most English language novels are imported. A friend and I have a joint book buying programme – we buy and swop and we each get to keep every second book!

]]> By: Jo https://glendalarke.com/2008/03/reading-if-you-want-to-be-writer/#comment-22723 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:23:00 +0000 #comment-22723 Supporting the industry is OK if you can afford it, I don’t buy many books these days. However, I guess I have done my bit over the last 60 odd years so I guess I shouldn’t feel guilty – after all, I just bought two of yours LOL. I used to have a personal library of over 2,000 books plus I have patronised libraries for years. I fit in the category of “I always wanted to write a book” but maybe I’m too lazy, I certainly never got any ideas other than something similar to my blog. I did write something similar and was told by a publisher it wouldn’t sell as I didn’t have a “name” in the food world.

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