Sa’da’s Wandering Thoughts
My wife returned my library card to me, and delivered two books. As she was going to the library, she offered to pick up two books for me. I’d put them on hold and they’d come in.
“I want to read your books,” she announced.
I shrugged. “Go ahead.”
“No, I already have a train of books to read. I just — your books look interesting.”
The subjects of her book envy are The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang and The River We Remember: A Novel by William Kent Krueger.
Book envy. It must be the most benign of all envies.
Bradford Morrow Said
This quote resonates deep in my being. Whenever I mention that I wrote, I hear from people that they’ve always thought about writing a novel. But they never take that next step. Never try. But if the writing monster has you, you are going to sit and write, even if you have no idea what you’re going to write. Writing sustains you like coffee, water, beer, air, food.
Michael Seidel, writer 