I Have a Confession
Sunday March 23, 2008
I was intrigued by the trailers for the movie The Other Bolelyn Girl. One of my English professors in college harped on the Tudors, and my curiosity was caught. So I read the entire novel this past weekend and liked it quite a lot. But my confession is that this is the first book I've read entirely through since Thanksgiving. And probably the first fiction novel I've read in a year.
I'm telling myself this moreso than you all: you've got to read. It does wonderful things for the writer in you. Necessary things. Important things.
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Tudormania reigns! check out the first episode of Showtime’s tv show The Tudors season 2 here:http://www.sho.com/site/vip/home.do?source=tudors2_vip_blogs
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You are so right. Time to grab one of the books I’ve bought but haven’t gotten around to reading. Thanks for the reminder Allena!
I haven’t read fiction in years. Most of the reading I do as a freelance writer has to do with what I write about which is generally non-fiction.
Hi Susan, Thanks for visiting. Have you given any thought to the idea that fiction novels may have a different repetoire of vocabulary/ideas/etc that could spark your nonfiction juices? I did not explain WHY I felt reading was essential because I could not put my finger oni t until today, but I really think this is what I’m getting at– just an expansion of your horizons a bit. I am drawn to reading NF– there’s so much I want to KNOW about–but like I said, I am so glad this movie piqued my interest. Best,!