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To Write, You Must Read
I’m working on my novel again because I’ve been reading.
If you’re not writing, you’re also not reading.
The two go hand-in-hand together.
Like peanut butter and jelly.
You can eat a peanut butter sandwich without jelly, or jelly without PB, but the magic doesn’t happen until you lather the bread with both.
In the same way, you can write without reading, or you can read without writing. But until you’re reading, you will not lather a page of paper with words.
In Search of My Muse
Two Fridays ago now, I met a woman in the Washington Ave. McDonald’s of Marquette, Michigan. That day, she mentioned being a “vociferous reader.” Said she was reading a book by an Upper Peninsula of Michigan author, Ellen Airgood.
The Muse-ical woman said she’s reading South of Superior.
I went to the only bookstore in Marquette, Snowbound Books, but they were out of copies. I ordered one they said I would receive in a week. So I left my name and phone number for them to call me when the book arrived.
Half an hour later, they called me to say that someone had brought in a book that was last printed in May 2012. The book is used, in mint condition…
