tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798360654720647336.post5240214718777046546..comments2012-10-12T13:19:34.378-07:00Comments on Shiny Sean: Blinkers onSeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14887518631587867585noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798360654720647336.post-42917194556936163472011-06-23T02:19:14.033-07:002011-06-23T02:19:14.033-07:00I tried the not reading whilst writing thing. Does...I tried the not reading whilst writing thing. Doesn't work for me. After I read Steven King's (surprisingly) brilliant book on writing i changed my approach. I now read 3 or 4 novels and a non-fiction book at the same time, whilst writing. Seems to work and I never feel a bleed into my own work really. <br />It makes me hungry to put my own words on the page, picturing someone picking them up and reading them. If that makes sense. <br />Was all set last night for the game, glass of vino, ESPN America live, then we got thumped and it rained all bloody night (afternoon) disappointing!Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14887518631587867585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5798360654720647336.post-11957426143354398642011-06-23T00:20:20.091-07:002011-06-23T00:20:20.091-07:00This is good (and a timely reminder to me). A ques...This is good (and a timely reminder to me). A question: when you are writing, can you read? And what do you read? Are you eschewing fiction until you have completed your novel? As a reader, one is immersed in another's world, which becomes part of one's own sensibility, which must have at least some affect on one's writing, however minimal. It's a problem I am experiencing at the moment, reading contemporary fiction, including yours!Max Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01971160657563340082noreply@blogger.com