Some of this and that
Jan. 11th, 2008 07:41 amFor your perusal:
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kateelliott 's LJ: Robert Thompson at Fantasy Book Critic has an interesting list of some of your favorite (or possibly unknown to you) authors and their favorite books read in 2007 and upcoming books in 2008. I've already found two more books to add to my wishlist. Fantasybookcritic at Blogspot
Also, through numerous links so I can't reference where I found it to begin with: On Tobias Buckell's site (which I now notice is from 2005, but still, interesting), a stat on How Much Does a Science Fiction or Fantasy Writer Make? He had about 70 writers respond to a survey. So for those of you unpublished novelists, you might want to take a look.
Unread books:
I'm so depressed. I have unread books lined up in the bedroom armoire. Today when I went to get the latest book I've read (I've decided to keep track of the books I read this year), on a whim, I decided to count them up. I would have guessed the number to be about 30. Sadly, it's 70. A couple of those are reference-type books. Most are genre, but about 20 (although as you can see, my powers of estimation are sadly lacking, so this might be a higher number) are mainstream. Now, even if I were up to my used-to-be speed of reading at least a book a week, this would take me over a year to read just what I have on the shelf. That's not counting the three books I ordered this morning, nor the 30 or so on my wish list at Amazon. Buying books is a sickness. Getting rid of books hurts. I wants them all, I do!!! And I wants to keep them by me forever and never let them go, because they're mine, they're precious! My lovelies.
So my plan to address this situation? I haven't one. But obviously I need to start reading more. Oh yeah, and that list isn't counting my writing advice books. I do have a plan for that, however. The grandbaby is sometimes now playing happily on the floor without needing my constant eye-contact, so I'm finding I can take minutes out here and there and read. Novels would be too interrupted to read during these snatches of time, but writing advice or reference books work quite well.
Found this site on
kateelliott 's LJ: Robert Thompson at Fantasy Book Critic has an interesting list of some of your favorite (or possibly unknown to you) authors and their favorite books read in 2007 and upcoming books in 2008. I've already found two more books to add to my wishlist. Fantasybookcritic at BlogspotAlso, through numerous links so I can't reference where I found it to begin with: On Tobias Buckell's site (which I now notice is from 2005, but still, interesting), a stat on How Much Does a Science Fiction or Fantasy Writer Make? He had about 70 writers respond to a survey. So for those of you unpublished novelists, you might want to take a look.
Unread books:
I'm so depressed. I have unread books lined up in the bedroom armoire. Today when I went to get the latest book I've read (I've decided to keep track of the books I read this year), on a whim, I decided to count them up. I would have guessed the number to be about 30. Sadly, it's 70. A couple of those are reference-type books. Most are genre, but about 20 (although as you can see, my powers of estimation are sadly lacking, so this might be a higher number) are mainstream. Now, even if I were up to my used-to-be speed of reading at least a book a week, this would take me over a year to read just what I have on the shelf. That's not counting the three books I ordered this morning, nor the 30 or so on my wish list at Amazon. Buying books is a sickness. Getting rid of books hurts. I wants them all, I do!!! And I wants to keep them by me forever and never let them go, because they're mine, they're precious! My lovelies.
So my plan to address this situation? I haven't one. But obviously I need to start reading more. Oh yeah, and that list isn't counting my writing advice books. I do have a plan for that, however. The grandbaby is sometimes now playing happily on the floor without needing my constant eye-contact, so I'm finding I can take minutes out here and there and read. Novels would be too interrupted to read during these snatches of time, but writing advice or reference books work quite well.
