A twice published nonfiction author, I am polishing my novel "Exit, Pursued By Bear" in order to seek agent representation. I work in the field of psychology which is the subject of my self help books and informs my literary fiction.
It changes, depending on mood. And need. Some of these I have reread many times, some only once but they made a deep impression.
Wuthering Heights,
Crime and Punishment,
The World According to Garp,
As Meat Loves Salt,
Brideshead Revisited,
Bird By Bird,
Horse Heaven,
The Picture of Dorian Gray,
Endless Love,
The Lymond Chronicles,
The Wonder Boys
Favorite Authors
Dorothy Dunnett, Anthony Trollope, Michael Chabon, Oscar Wilde, Maria McCann, Jane Smiley, The Brontes, Alan Bennett, Simon Callow, William Trevor (specifically the short stories).
What I'm Reading
The Audacity of Hope, Falls the Shadow, A Suitable Vengeance, The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers.
After being behind the ENTIRE month, I finished last night, almost 24 hours early. Final count - 50,224. This might have been both the most difficult and the easiest Nano I've done so far (this was number 4). Because of a huge amount of work in October, all of which I wanted to have out of the way and off the desk, symbolically and literally, November 1st, I was overwhelmed and undermotivated ...
Well, it's down to the home stretch - the last four days of Nanowrimo. I suppose I should have carbo loaded LAST night. If I do it today, combined with tryptophan, I'll be napping for Nano, not writing. So, I'm on the writing athlete's diet during the closing days of this marathon - coffee, water, energy bars . . . and whatever protein is lying round the kitchen, when necessary. It's ...
