Quotation of the Week: Cynthia Ozick
“Hobbies? Oh, no! What would they possibly be? Even the idea is absurd. I am a tireless reader but I wouldn’t call reading a hobby. It’s a drive, a hunger, a thirst. If a day has to pass that I haven’t read I suffer.”
–Cynthia Ozick
Source: Rahel Musleah’s profile of Cynthia Ozick in Hadassah Magazine
Monday Markets/Jobs/Opportunities for Writers
Friday Find: 10 Ways to Instill a Love for Reading
Although I don’t have children of my own, I’m deeply invested the cultivating the next generation of readers–especially among the little ones who are related to me. And let’s just say that in certain cases, that has proved to be more–challenging–than others.
So I’m always interested in others’ ideas and reflections on how to accomplish something hugely important. And I really like David B. Crowley’s “10 Ways to Instill a Love for Reading.” I hope that you do, too.
Have a great weekend. See you back here on Monday!
Thursday’s Work-in-Progress: Introducing My New Column
Last week’s posts–about my day job and about how and where to locate forthcoming books for review–proved very popular. Thank you all for the comments, shares, RTs, and other indications of your interest! I hope that you’ll be pleased to know that today’s “work-in-progress” post takes up some of the threads from last week’s items. And that’s because I’m about to introduce a new “extra-curricular” writing activity grounded in my reviewing practice: a “First Looks” blog series/column for Fiction Writers Review, where I’m honored to be a contributing editor.
As the first post–which went live yesterday–explains: “This series, which I’ll be writing each month, will introduce you to soon-to-be released novels and short-story collections that have piqued my interest as a reader-who-writes. Consider it a public “to be read” announcement of sorts, a way for me to point out a new title (or two) every month and explain what about it has caught my eye. For the most part, we’ll be concentrating on books that fall within FWR’s chief interest: fiction by emerging authors.”
So go ahead. Take a peek and see which soon-to-released titles made it into the inaugural post (and why). Hope you enjoy!