It all started with Karen Spafford Fitz’s Vanish. From there
I moved on to the vampyre series House of Night by P.C. and Kristin Cast before
tackling Orca’s Seven the Series by seven extremely talented young adult
writers. I then discovered Shade & Sorceress by Catherine Egan and Moira Young’s
Dust Lands series. Through them all, I’ve been entranced, entrenched and
enchanted. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion was a fresh delight and The
Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima (the Seven Realms series) was spectacular.
In between, I’ve included a few series romance authors like Carolyne Aarsen, Patricia
Davids and Emma Miller, just to name a few of my favourites. On deck are The Exiled
Queen and Grey Wolf Throne, books 2 and 3 in the Seven Realms series, Into the
Abyss by Carol Shaben and The Twelve by William Gladstone. Saved for Hawaii in
October is Richard Castle’s Frozen Heat (yes, I do know he’s not real but that’s okay) plus the new Heat
book due out in September.
So have I been writing much of late? No, but I’ve noticed
the past week or so that my imagination is tingling and my fingers are starting
to itch – happily announcing that the muse is returning and with it, a new
found spark of energy eager to ignite and spew new life into my manuscripts.
I needed to let my brain relax and absorb, to escape my
everyday life and leap into someone’s else reality for a while. Books are manna
to this writer’s soul and without a steady transfusion of story, I hover on the
edge of a wasteland that, at times, edges into real starvation.
I don’t just LOVE to read. I NEED to read, just like I need
to eat and sleep. I also need to WRITE but without reading, my writing suffers
or at worse, dries up and literally dies.
With my psyche rejuvenated and momentarily sated, I can now slip
from reader to writer for a few blessed hours/days/weeks of connection, reflection
and inspiration.
And that is why I write. Perhaps one day, my words will inspire,
entrance and entertain someone in the same way I
have been over the past several weeks through these wonderful books by amazing
authors.
I can only hope. :-)