Hoping that since we live in Kittery and my husband's father grew up in Bangor, you might read this. And I worked for three years at an independent bookstore!
My husband is working on a novel--his first--and he hasn't been reading any fiction since he started because he doesn't want to get led astray or tainted or influenced in terms of his storyline (which is really good, I have to say). I don't like not seeing him reading--well, not aside from magazines and fermentation cookbooks--just doesn't seem like him. He's a geologist and I'm a former English teacher and even still he always blew me away in terms of reading volume. I haven't really been pushing it (reading) much because I respect that everyone's process is different, but my gut is struggling with this. Plus, he has a full-time job of course and we have two very young kids so his writing is of necessity slow-going--which potentially means he won't read fiction for a couple of years! He's a bit stubborn. What's your advice?
My husband is working on a novel--his first--and he hasn't been reading any fiction since he started because he doesn't want to get led astray or tainted or influenced in terms of his storyline (which is really good, I have to say). I don't like not seeing him reading--well, not aside from magazines and fermentation cookbooks--just doesn't seem like him. He's a geologist and I'm a former English teacher and even still he always blew me away in terms of reading volume. I haven't really been pushing it (reading) much because I respect that everyone's process is different, but my gut is struggling with this. Plus, he has a full-time job of course and we have two very young kids so his writing is of necessity slow-going--which potentially means he won't read fiction for a couple of years! He's a bit stubborn. What's your advice?