Tag: Reading

  • Is Reading Ruining Your Writing?

    A 7-step program for recovering word junkies Writers are almost always devoted readers, and we know that exposure to good writing will help us in our own work. I firmly believe that reading widely and wisely is essential to being a good writer, despite everything else I’m about today. Reading is a good thing; it teaches…

  • Ten books that shaped my raggedy soul

    When Jack Preston King tagged me to list my Ten Most Influential Books, I was startled to realize that I had never made such a list before — not here; not on Goodreads; not on Facebook when I was on Facebook. Once in a while, I had the snarky urge to make a list of the “50…