- My ideal non-fiction to fiction reading ratio is 4 to 1.
- There are certain writers-as in certain foods-I just do not like. But it is still important to take them for a spin every couple of years to see if that has changed. You never know, I love mushrooms now.
- I can go a week without reading a magazine-any magazine-and not explode.
- The only way that I will devote time to fiction crafting is to firmly write it in, using indelible marker. Works every time. You’d think I would do that more often.
- I should pay more attention to contemporary fiction (that actually has a contemporary setting.).
- No matter how organized I am in other areas of my life (which is to say, I am usually HIGHLY organized) it is hard to apply that to my business for any extended period of time.
AND A LESSON RE-LEARNED:
- Know your strengths and use them to move or alter creative boundaries.
A Small Press Life: Books. Art. Writing. Life. Tea. 
Oh I can definitely go a week without reading a magazine. There are not many good ones anymore. I read the fitness ones sometimes, but even they bore me. Occasionally I will leaf through The New Yorker or a literary journal. I do have a weakness for tabloids, but I don’t buy them usually. I read them in line at the store!
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It is a big deal for me only because I use magazines as word-fillers: I am either writing, thinking about writing or reading multiple books. Occasionally, when I am not doing any of those things (or anything else) I will read a magazine to fill the word-gap. Or do a crossword. I cannot help myself!! 🙂
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I’ve never been any good at crossword puzzles. They frustrate me! Then I’ll ask my husband for help on one, and he gets it so easy. Makes me mad, lol.
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I love them and find them pretty easy to do. My husband-who is brilliant and an ideal go-to guy for crossword answers (even though I don’t need them)-loves to mess with his kitchen staff. They usually have a crossword hanging in the restaurant kitchen; anyone going by can fill it out. He likes to fill in random, totally incorrect answers (he doesn’t even read the clues) to throw people off. Bad boy! 🙂
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