Books!

Ordered some on Amazon. They have all been shipped. I can't wait!

If anyone should be remotely interested here's what I bought:

Preludes and Nocturnes (Sandman, Book 1) by Neil Gaiman, et al

The Doll's House (Sandman, Book 2) by Neil Gaiman, et al

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Thinking In Pictures : and Other Reports from My Life with Autism by Temple Grandin

Creating Characters: How to Build Story People by Dwight V. Swain

Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight V. Swain


So I have two books on writing, two comic books, one fiction novel and one non fiction book. That should be enough to keep me happy for a while.


Hopefully the ordered books will lend some strength go my writing. Sometimes I feel that the whole manuscript is one mess. I need to tighten it. Put the scenes in the right order. Work on my main weaknesses: character, chunky paragraphs of setting, lack of setting.


Felix has become addicted to chasing the laser light from the remote control. We're giving him a "cold turkey". Seems to be working. Fisen, who will be thirteen years old this summer, jumped over one meter onto a top shelf. Looked rather effortless too. It was a lot less effortless getting him down from there, though.
(ha - talk about bad writing: "a lot less effortless")

Does writing ruin the pleasure of reading?

Forgot to put this in my previous post.

At the moment I'm reading a book of one of my favourite authors. I've saved it for a long time, it has been maturing on my bookshelf like a fine wine. I start reading and all is well, then I notice a paragraph where the same expression has been used twice. A little later the same thing happens. Then halfway into the book I discover *gasp* a POV SHIFT! Right there in the middle of the page! AND a few sentences later it switches back! HORROR!

Now, I'm wondering if this author has always written with these small blunders and if it's only now that I'm stumbling over them because of my extensive workshop exposure? Or has the author become lazy with his writing now that he has become well known?

It is with some sadness that I realize that I have become a more critical reader; it takes a lot more to impress me - and a lot less to yank me out of a story. :(