I, too, am not a fast reader, but I LOVE ❤️ to read, and write ✍️. And I love so many genres of books (and magazines). Fiction, historical fiction, essays, self-improvement, poetry, lyrics to songs, biographies, autobiographies. I even love to read cookbooks! I am usually reading several books at a time. And I follow postings like yours, Austin Kleon, James Clear and Rob Walker, to name a few.
Your writing is so very good. I do not delete your posts until I have read them.
I have enjoyed your writings, but I admit I had fears that if I read your work before a book was published I wouldn't enjoy the book as much. However, as you yourself observed in this post, 'And as the world expands, I must continually update my own memory. More than once, I’ve had to reread something I wrote months ago and rediscover forgotten details - details that, once remembered, unfold into entirely new narratives'. I suspect that when the time comes I too will have forgotten. Your stories are in a sense hypnotic and I am glad that you are sharing them.
My hope is, that when you have the books in printed form it will be fun to read with the advantage that you will have some vague remembrance of familiarity. When I have watched movies when I was younger I would watch it once and never go back thinking I had it firmly in mind. Then I learned with my girls when they were little that you can watch the same movie 50 times (which we did) and always discover something in it, in the background or the timing or the angle, a subtle joke, a reference, etc. And you notice you yourself are different every time you watch it.
Great point - time changes perspectives. Furthermore, I love a book, because then I can write in the margins and 'talk' to the author. Strangely, when I revisit the book later, I feel like I'm reading the words of a stranger.
I think even though your intention is to ultimately compile your writings into books, posting them in Substack subjects them to commentary. Your writing is so good that it draws the reader into that world, almost like an invitation to play, and the advantage is that it may also advance and expand your subject matter. Keep going, your writing is exquisite and interesting. 👏👏
I, too, am not a fast reader, but I LOVE ❤️ to read, and write ✍️. And I love so many genres of books (and magazines). Fiction, historical fiction, essays, self-improvement, poetry, lyrics to songs, biographies, autobiographies. I even love to read cookbooks! I am usually reading several books at a time. And I follow postings like yours, Austin Kleon, James Clear and Rob Walker, to name a few.
Your writing is so very good. I do not delete your posts until I have read them.
Thank you Lynn, very kind.
I have enjoyed your writings, but I admit I had fears that if I read your work before a book was published I wouldn't enjoy the book as much. However, as you yourself observed in this post, 'And as the world expands, I must continually update my own memory. More than once, I’ve had to reread something I wrote months ago and rediscover forgotten details - details that, once remembered, unfold into entirely new narratives'. I suspect that when the time comes I too will have forgotten. Your stories are in a sense hypnotic and I am glad that you are sharing them.
My hope is, that when you have the books in printed form it will be fun to read with the advantage that you will have some vague remembrance of familiarity. When I have watched movies when I was younger I would watch it once and never go back thinking I had it firmly in mind. Then I learned with my girls when they were little that you can watch the same movie 50 times (which we did) and always discover something in it, in the background or the timing or the angle, a subtle joke, a reference, etc. And you notice you yourself are different every time you watch it.
Great point - time changes perspectives. Furthermore, I love a book, because then I can write in the margins and 'talk' to the author. Strangely, when I revisit the book later, I feel like I'm reading the words of a stranger.
I think even though your intention is to ultimately compile your writings into books, posting them in Substack subjects them to commentary. Your writing is so good that it draws the reader into that world, almost like an invitation to play, and the advantage is that it may also advance and expand your subject matter. Keep going, your writing is exquisite and interesting. 👏👏
Thanks Christine! Will do. I really like the commentary. It does inspire more doodling around.
I’ve been reading and enjoying all of your writings. Thanks for sharing all with us.
Thanks Mim!