Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes

And the point is, there should be.

To me, reading is an essential part of a writer’s life. We see what others write, we see how others write, and we see what they write about.

It is an education in itself on the genre we eventually want to write for. Call it homework, or very pleasant homework.

But…

Between everything else I have to do around the house, the time set aside for writing, the time set aside for maintaining social media, the time set aside for family, is there any time left?

About an hour before I go to sleep, though that time is considerably shortened if the book is boring.

Fortunately, quite often they are not.

The other problem is the intervals between new books from my favorite authors is getting less as they take on co-writers, such as James Patterson and Clive Cussler. And even more are…