i write in the morning. but how much reading do i need to get inspired? one hour, two, three? all day? try… 30 minutes. i found that just half an hour of concentrated reading is plenty to get the brain juices flowing. i can usually remember what i read, too.
i used to read every book i bought, cover to cover. it would be painful, but i’d get through it. perhaps this was a bad habit from my school days. so i stopped doing that. now, when i don’t like a book, i either forget about it or skip to the very end and see what the whole conclusion was. i 