Or at least reconnecting.

There are times when I’m so submerged in my writing that I don’t stick my head up long enough to take a look around me. That’s fine. I’m not saying it’s bad or I need to feel like I’m an awful person. It just means that I’m working really hard and trying to make some money in this gig we call writing.

However, I like to re-energize by picking up a book by my favorite author and just falling into the pages of their worlds for a while. And I miss them.

That’s right. I feel like I’ve had a long absence from my favs. It’s not that I don’t want to read, I just haven’t had the time. The worst part is that I have a lot of new authors (not new in the sense that they are newly published but in that I haven’t read them before) that I want to try, and just haven’t found the time.

I’m very careful when writing certain sub-genres that I don’t read anything in that particular area that might influence me. Sometimes I pick up books that aren’t even romance just to cleanse my brainpan and start fresh. It’s funny how when I do that, though, I always seem to pick up books that have strong romantic sub-plots – it’s almost like I can’t get away from it or something.

But I digress.

What I really love to do – and what I plan to indulge in today before the bad weather hits my area again – is to go to the library and puruse the shelves. So much fun. I could spend all afternoon in the library just looking at books and deciding which ones I’m going to check out and which I’ll leave for next time.

Sometimes I’m going through the shelves and I’ll find a new release from a favorite author that I didn’t know was coming. That’s soooo cool. Or I can find new favorites that I might not be sure about spending money on at this stage.

Anyhoo, I better get going. The library is set to open in about 30 minutes and I want to get there and back before the bulk of my day begins.

-Kate

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