I've found I've steadily been reading less fiction and more non-fiction. I have no idea if that's related to writing, or if I'm just getting old enough to not have fun any more. > roger n. tospott wrote: > > > Johne Cook writes: > > [Neil Gaiman] > > When you start writing fiction, you start reading less fiction. Not sure why > > this is, but it's true." > > Would you say this is true for the rest of you? Ironically, I find the > > opposite to be true for me. The more fiction I read, the more inspired I am > > by the simple flush of creative proximinity to do my own creating. > > > > I think it's a matter of simple math... there are only so many hours > > in the day, and if you spend your reading time writing, well, you > > don't have that much time left to read. > > > > rone > > I find myself less interested in other folks' stories... "now why did he > do that?", "that character is an idiot" and "I wouldn't have written it > THAT way" are harder to ignore when I'm writing my own stories. > > Kisc > >