Robert Enright's Blog - Posts Tagged "the-passage"
Falling in love with reading again...
You know what, as a writer, I am appalling at reading books for pleasure.
I don't have a tremendous amount of free time, as when I'm not writing or taking care of the myriad of tasks that come with being a full time independent author, I have a wonderful three year old I spend as much time with as possible.
She is my world, and spending my time off with her and my amazing wife is my favourite thing in the world.
But I also love reading.
I miss reading.
Recently, I restarted The Passage trilogy by Justin Cronin, which is my favourite series of books and I completely forgot how much I enjoy reading. The feelings it elicits, and the emotions it brings to the boil. I've laughed, gasped and cried and I'm not even at the end of the first book.
It's fantastic to feel that once again, and if at any point in time, any of my books have done that for a reader, then I consider myself incredibly privileged to have done so.
I don't have a tremendous amount of free time, as when I'm not writing or taking care of the myriad of tasks that come with being a full time independent author, I have a wonderful three year old I spend as much time with as possible.
She is my world, and spending my time off with her and my amazing wife is my favourite thing in the world.
But I also love reading.
I miss reading.
Recently, I restarted The Passage trilogy by Justin Cronin, which is my favourite series of books and I completely forgot how much I enjoy reading. The feelings it elicits, and the emotions it brings to the boil. I've laughed, gasped and cried and I'm not even at the end of the first book.
It's fantastic to feel that once again, and if at any point in time, any of my books have done that for a reader, then I consider myself incredibly privileged to have done so.
Lost in a book
I've thrown myself back into the Passage Trilogy by Justin Cronin over the past month or so and my oh my, isn't it nice to get lost in a book? I know most books aren't sprawling epics that cover over a hundred years, but when you find yourself rushing to bed early to get some more reading in, you know it's a good un!
One of my aims for 2023 was to sort of fall back in love with reading again. Might seem strange to say that seen as how I write books for a living, but sometimes it felt a little like a bus driver's holiday. As in, I spend so much time professionally with books, that doing it in my down time wasn't appealing.
Well thank you Mr. Cronin for bringing it back for me, and as I race towards the end of The Twelve (Book 2 of 3), I am chomping at the bit to read City of Mirrors again. I've only read that book once, and if I recall, it left me a weeping mess on a train back from work.
Bring on the book. Bring on the tears!
One of my aims for 2023 was to sort of fall back in love with reading again. Might seem strange to say that seen as how I write books for a living, but sometimes it felt a little like a bus driver's holiday. As in, I spend so much time professionally with books, that doing it in my down time wasn't appealing.
Well thank you Mr. Cronin for bringing it back for me, and as I race towards the end of The Twelve (Book 2 of 3), I am chomping at the bit to read City of Mirrors again. I've only read that book once, and if I recall, it left me a weeping mess on a train back from work.
Bring on the book. Bring on the tears!
Another book down...
There is something to be said about setting yourself a goal and achieving it.
I think we all need to push ourselves, whether that be physically, mentally or professionally, and I promised myself in September 2022 that I was going to give this Indie Author career a proper good go.
After years of working away, I finally became a full time author, and in the 6 months since, I have written two and a half books, with THREE more planned before the end of 2023.
Days Gone By, the ELEVENTH Sam Pope book, has been sent off to the editor this past week, and plans are already in place for The Fighter, the TWELTH book, along with Bermuda 3, and maybe...the start of something else too.
Let's keep working hard, and hopefully, I can keep bringing you some awesome books to read!
Thanks as always,
Rob
I think we all need to push ourselves, whether that be physically, mentally or professionally, and I promised myself in September 2022 that I was going to give this Indie Author career a proper good go.
After years of working away, I finally became a full time author, and in the 6 months since, I have written two and a half books, with THREE more planned before the end of 2023.
Days Gone By, the ELEVENTH Sam Pope book, has been sent off to the editor this past week, and plans are already in place for The Fighter, the TWELTH book, along with Bermuda 3, and maybe...the start of something else too.
Let's keep working hard, and hopefully, I can keep bringing you some awesome books to read!
Thanks as always,
Rob
