Jenny Schwartz

Tag: reading

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  • Australian Women Writers Challenge 2012

    Having signed up to the Australian Women Writers Challenge last week, it’s past time I committed to at least four books that I’ll read next year to achieve my Franklin Fantastic Dabbler status. It was kind of exciting and scary to venture beyond my comfortable rut of genres and authors. I’m going to add to…

  • Australian Women Writers 2012 Challenge

    The Australian Women Writers 2012 National Year of Reading Challenge is a fantastic idea. I get to support fellow Aussie writers and nudge myself outside my reading comfort zone. I’m bound to read SF&F, romance and history, but I might stray into biography and crime as well. So I’m signing up! I’m aiming to be a…

  • Comfort Reading

    I re-read a lot — insert flashing lights for that understatement. In fact, I think my definition of a good book is that I’ll want to re-read it. Great characters, plot and writing style tempt one into renewing acquaintance. But some books are special favourites for those times when I’m tired…not depressed or in pain…

  • Writing Advice

    READ Well, that was easy–and probably unnecessary. I find it hard to imagine a writer who isn’t an omnivorous reader. When you read you get information, but you also get a sense for how others tell stories and use words. I’ve given up worrying whether what I’m reading will help my writing. I read what…