Last night Sharon quoted Raman of having said to writers when they bring him their manuscripts for publishing, "How many books have you read? Have you read a thousand books? If not, get out and go read a thousand books, then come back with your manuscript." His point being, you've got to have read a lot if you want to be a writer. And I thought to myself, a thousand books isn't so bad. I've probably read more. Er...Wrong. After some quick calculations, we determined that if a person read a book per week, it would take around 20 years to reach a thousand. I'm a slow reader. I'm only 25. There's no way I've read 1000 books my whole life! When I got home I counted the books in my house. I estimate I own around 300 books, probably another 300 left at my parents's house. That's only around 600 books that I own... and a lot less that I've read! So with that number in mind, I have resolved to start keeping track of my book reading. I ne
I'm eagerly waiting for you to be back blogging!
ReplyDeleteBest of luck!
Ted - as long as you're writing elsewhere ... you know where.
ReplyDeleteI am checking support all round, guess I should also give support. I hope you will blog again soon.
ReplyDeleteYou're my favourite writting teddy bear !
ReplyDeletemiss you, dear!
ReplyDeleteKeep breathing, bro...
ReplyDeleteAnd see you soon in KL Book Fair on the 24th-26th...
Later...
yes, pls pls pls write back, we all need ur wisdom!
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