Don’t Forget to Read
We all become writers because of our love of books, but as we grow older and our lives get busier, it gets harder to find time to read. It's easy to give too much time over to your social life or to spend so much time trying to write that you forget to read. As writers, we need to work on finding reading time as well as writing time. Why do we need reading time? Put simply, writers need to read. Reading refills the creative well. Reading allows us to examine those who came before us, the masters of our craft. Beyond that, it's important to stay in touch with our love of books and with the book community. It's a good idea to read popular books in the genre…