Reading and Imagination

Imagination is a fire. No, think about it. Fires start small and can either peter out if they have insufficient fuel, or can catch and blaze away forever. A log will burn for a good long while, but you can’t easily set a log on fire with a match. The match will...

Reading and Writing

I’ve heard many times that a good author also has to be a voracious reader. In my youth, from elementary school through high school and college up until 2006, I was a voracious reader. I would devour a book a week, sometimes more. Then, in 2006, during my...