Reading and Writing Habits?
For a long time, I couldn’t define what my reading style was, but i definitely knew what I didn’t like: romance novels, most science fiction, most religious books, or anything with a forced happily ever after ending. I like books with a biting sense of humor or books that look like battle scars when I put them back up on the shelf. Usually, if I overreact and throw it up against a wall, or once, in a lake, I’m going to remember it. When I don’t like a book, I’ll just put it down and not pay attention to it. But when it creates tangible drama for me, then I think about it and recommend it later. I’m not a huge poetry fan. Reading is an escape outlet for me, and poems don’t offer the same sort of solitude that I get from prose.
Top Five Authors I’ve read within the last year (not in any order):
Tom Robbins
Jonathan Safran Foer
Jhumpa Lahiri
Ann Patchet
Chuck Palahnuik
I love writing short stories. I love the revision process and all the red tape that goes along with it.
When it comes to the future of my writing, I don’t have a clue at this point. I’m seriously considering an MFA, but don’t know if I can justify spending all that time and money when I want to get into a career in nonprofits. Ideally, I’d like to work for a children’s literacy nonprofit, but we’ll see if that’s how it works out.
I was hoping to read about what you thought about Peter Everwine’s poem…
I like how you describe the books you like — and yes, in some ways throwing a book against a wall or in the lake is a high compliment. I want to read more of what you think.