Bill Ward's blog of all things genre
A recent article at The Independent by Johann Hari takes a close look at the familiar phenomenon of the difficulty of focused reading in the age of instant gratification email, facebook, and twitter interaction. Finding the mental quietude to properly read is becoming harder and harder, and Hari observes that the double meaning of the [...]
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Over at Black Gate I’ve put up a post that provides links to many of my reading related posts from the last year, including the recent ‘Ramp Up Your Reading’ three-parter over at Grasping For the Wind, and some of my old favorites from BG itself, such as my posts on book lists, bookmarks, and [...]
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This week I’ve had the honor of guest posting over at John Ottinger’s science fiction and fantasy review blog, Grasping For the Wind. My posts appeared Monday, Tuesday, and today, and take the form of a three-part article entitled ‘Ramp Up Your Reading.’ Those of you who have read my posts at Black Gate will [...]
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What’s with people that only read one kind of thing? Ever roll your eyes when you get to talking about reading with one of them and they tell you how many times they’ve reread Harry Potter or Jane Austen, but they’ve never tried a mystery, or a historical adventure, or something by a non-English-speaking writer? [...]
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The first thing I have for you today is my story Davy’s Toy Box, which is Every Day Fiction’s story of the day. You should read it, for not only is it enjoyable in story-terms, but I have it on good authority that reading Davy’s Toy Box is good for your overall cardio-vascular health. So, [...]
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I haven’t blogged much this week, or written much, or done much of anything truly productive. But I did read. Over at the Blog Gate (as James Enge calls it) this week I wrote about just that very subject — how to read more books. Last week you’ll no doubt recall the superhero who read [...]
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