I remember nearly 20 years ago, as I was eating lunch in the office cafeteria, someone that had observed my voracious reading habits stopping to ask me "how I motivated myself to read." It was such a foreign concept to me, because if anything, I had to motivate myself to STOP reading.
It still is pretty foreign - and maybe I should give myself a break on the "preferring fanfic" front. I'm falling into the snobby attitude trap of people that don't read it - that it must be unworthy, even when I KNOW BETTER.
It's like anything - there are good writers and mediocre writers and poor writers. There is a HELL of a lot of stuff - your massive achievement with "Restraint" being an incredible example - that is far superior to many books I've consumed on wood pulp and ink.
However, I might now get a taste of my lunchtime inquisitor's attitude when it comes to the "harder" reading that I've not been doing.
Partly as a result of this meme, partly as a result of some references in a fanfic I recently read, I actually went to the library yesterday and checked out a couple of books - one of Terry Pratchett's Discworld books and one Neil Gaiman. I read about 20 pages of Pratchett's "The Time Thief" before going to sleep. His lack of chapter breaks is actually an encouragement to not beat myself up with a one-chapter-a-day requirement (my first inclination).
It helps that the book is light and clever - two of my personal earmarks of an excellent read.
I have never overcome my addiction to bedtime reading - I can NOT sleep without it. This has resulted in sleep disruptions due to my computer's LED screen.
Anything that requires consideration and action, which calls on our reserves of emotional strength is going to be so much harder if we're under stress.
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It still is pretty foreign - and maybe I should give myself a break on the "preferring fanfic" front. I'm falling into the snobby attitude trap of people that don't read it - that it must be unworthy, even when I KNOW BETTER.
It's like anything - there are good writers and mediocre writers and poor writers. There is a HELL of a lot of stuff - your massive achievement with "Restraint" being an incredible example - that is far superior to many books I've consumed on wood pulp and ink.
However, I might now get a taste of my lunchtime inquisitor's attitude when it comes to the "harder" reading that I've not been doing.
Partly as a result of this meme, partly as a result of some references in a fanfic I recently read, I actually went to the library yesterday and checked out a couple of books - one of Terry Pratchett's Discworld books and one Neil Gaiman. I read about 20 pages of Pratchett's "The Time Thief" before going to sleep. His lack of chapter breaks is actually an encouragement to not beat myself up with a one-chapter-a-day requirement (my first inclination).
It helps that the book is light and clever - two of my personal earmarks of an excellent read.
I have never overcome my addiction to bedtime reading - I can NOT sleep without it. This has resulted in sleep disruptions due to my computer's LED screen.
Anything that requires consideration and action, which calls on our reserves of emotional strength is going to be so much harder if we're under stress.