My Reader’s Block Is Lifted!

I posted a few days ago about how I haven’t been able to read books in the genres I write in in years. But, hallelujah, the reader’s block is lifted.

When I got home from the MTCW monthly meeting this morning, a new book was waiting in my mailbox from amazon.com: Possibilities by Debra White Smith, the sixth book of her Jane Austen series where she has taken Austen’s books and rewritten them as contemporary inspirational romances.

I was determined to sit down and read one book this weekend—thinking it would be one of the stack of historical inspirationals sitting beside my bed. But when I walked in with this one, knowing it is based on my favorite of all of Austen’s novels, Persuasion, I decided to give it a go. And wham, bam! Four hours later, I had read the whole book, making only minor comments of frustration over some copy-editing mistakes.

Now that I’ve conquered that, I’m going to try to get some writing of my own done the rest of today and see if I can do a repeat-performance and read another book tomorrow afternoon!