Per usual, glamourous sketches and elegant inks! You will never cease to impress me with your fluid illustrations and comics.
And I'm actually in the same boat as you! Ever since I started professionally writing I have been reading less and less. Last year, I didn't finish a single book. Not one! I used to go through two - three a month while in school.
I always make the excuse, for my lazzzzy, that it's because "I wish not to be influenced by others while working on my own craft!!". Which makes me sound like a complete and utter snooty dickhead buuut nauseates others just enough to get friends off the topic when it arises, ahaha.
The worst part is that continuing to read while one writes is absolutely essential. It keeps you fresh, and prevents you from falling into the habit of using the same conjunctions over and over, the same interjections, the same bad behaviors, etc.
I was thinking about starting an online book club with my friends. I figure, if I do this, it'd be like being back in school again, which is good since I am obviously an irresponsible child anyways who can't finish the smallest of books on my own! haha. Reading the book will be my homework. If I show up to a meet without having met the goal.... ~*FLUNKY shame*~ will ensue. Problem solved?? I hope. :'(
Anyways, don't worry about not keeping up with books, comics, movies... whatever! Everyone does it at some point! And I'm sure, when you're ready, the tides will change and you'll get the chance to pick up and begin again. Try your best to not compare your reading endeavors, too. It's a very circumstantial situation. You're just not in the same spot you were before. In time you'll adjust and form a new, comfortable median. :)
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Date: 2010-07-15 03:00 pm (UTC)And I'm actually in the same boat as you! Ever since I started professionally writing I have been reading less and less. Last year, I didn't finish a single book. Not one! I used to go through two - three a month while in school.
I always make the excuse, for my lazzzzy, that it's because "I wish not to be influenced by others while working on my own craft!!". Which makes me sound like a complete and utter snooty dickhead buuut nauseates others just enough to get friends off the topic when it arises, ahaha.
The worst part is that continuing to read while one writes is absolutely essential. It keeps you fresh, and prevents you from falling into the habit of using the same conjunctions over and over, the same interjections, the same bad behaviors, etc.
I was thinking about starting an online book club with my friends. I figure, if I do this, it'd be like being back in school again, which is good since I am obviously an irresponsible child anyways who can't finish the smallest of books on my own! haha. Reading the book will be my homework. If I show up to a meet without having met the goal.... ~*FLUNKY shame*~ will ensue. Problem solved?? I hope. :'(
Anyways, don't worry about not keeping up with books, comics, movies... whatever! Everyone does it at some point! And I'm sure, when you're ready, the tides will change and you'll get the chance to pick up and begin again. Try your best to not compare your reading endeavors, too. It's a very circumstantial situation. You're just not in the same spot you were before. In time you'll adjust and form a new, comfortable median. :)