Like I suspect most gamers who hit their gaming prime back in the 80's and early 90's, I read a lot of Fantasy and Science Fiction. I still do, but my patience and free time have cut that down by order of magnitude.
During my summer breaks in my College years, it was not unheard of for me to read a full length novel in a day, sweating up a storm as I laid out on the same enclosed porch I am currently sitting in. When I wasn't reading, I was gaming. If I wasn't reading or gaming, I was probably writing.
Truth to tell, my "Writer's Voice" back in those days pretty much mirrored the author(s) I was heavily reading at the time. Which isn't a bad exercise in writing, but it's a piss poor way to write anything of consequence.
These days, the only author I follow with any regularity is Terry Pratchett; I simply can't get enough of his writing. I'll read Neil Gaiman's latest if I can grab it on my Kindle and I'll occasionally read some short fiction. Which isn't to say I hardly read, I just read less fiction these days. I'm quite sure that tide will turn again.
It does mean that when I write Tales of the Blue Knight it is truly in my own "Writer's Voice". Forgive me as the voice falters and cracks, I haven't tried to use it much in years. It will take a few tries for it to find it's range.
It's not that I lack ideas to write, it's just that the pieces are currently half finished as new ideas pop into my head. I'm fairly sure this over-abundance of ideas isn't infinite, and I'll be able to pick thru the chaff to get to the good stuff in semblance of a timely manner. Or not ;)
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I find with my Kindle I read a lot more then I did a few years ago. Just convinent.
ReplyDeleteKindle or the Kindle apps I do read a lot, but the fiction percentage has tanked for me.
ReplyDeleteThe Kindle is just a great way to read.
My situation is similar to yours. I read a lot fewer fiction books than I used to, but i read a fair amount of history books now. However, I do listen to a lot of audiobooks, and some of them are Science Fiction. I just wish so many books today weren't part of series.
ReplyDeleteYep, a never ending series. Pratchett's writing takes place in the same world, but you can read out of order without too much consequence.
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