In general, I think people like reading for the same reasons people like watching movies or listening to music; they like the entertainment, and they like experiencing stories that are bigger than ordinary life while still being able to relate to the characters, to some degree.
Hope Hanson – 23 March 2021 Continue reading
I think there will always be readers and those who love reading. Reading can draw you into new worlds and explore concepts in a depth and from point of views that is not always found in other modes of entertainment. I think that what readers like definitely changes over time, and it is important for authors to reflect that in their writing.
JA Curtis – 21 March 2021 Continue reading
I had the idea of an advertising executive who becomes addicted to the sodas in his new ad campaign, the novel built from there.
Lee Matthew Goldberg – 16 March 2021 Continue reading
I always doubted my writing and worried that it wouldn’t be good enough. Essentially, I had to get out of my own way.
Céline Perron – 12 March 2021 Continue reading
It’s based on real events, but we know very little about what exactly played out or when and nothing at all about the personages as humans, so there was a lot of fill-in space for the novelist to supplement the historian.
N.L. Holmes – 7 March 2021 Continue reading
To put it simply, I was cold! Sunny Los Angeles sounded really nice in January-February of 2017, so I decided to write about Hollywood and the entertainment industry …
Sarahlyn Bruck – 2 March 2021 Continue reading
To be honest, I was pretty shocked even to realise that I’d conceived a science fiction book.
Spaulding Taylor – 25 February 2021 Continue reading
While I can’t explain why I love to write, I simply do. I also find writing very hard, and it may be the challenge itself that inspires me. Whatever it is, the characters become my friends, and I write about them to learn more about what will happen next in their lives.
Trevor Wiltzen – 20 February 2021 Continue reading
What came more easily was the development of the characters. I enjoyed them. I liked them. I knew how I wanted them to be. And, before I started putting words on paper, I knew how I wanted the story to end, something I consider essential to any writing project.
Ralph Webster – 15 February 2021 Continue reading
Sometimes it is great to leave the safety of the familiar for the possibilities that can only open to open minds.
Feyisayo Anjorin – 10 February 2021 Continue reading