5 posts tagged “books”

On one of my other sites - Moonflower's Books and Stuff - I'm discussing all my favorite books, authors, tv series, movies and more. That includes actual reviews of a kind. LOL. I'm not promising they'll be perfect, but if you like you're welcome to take a look.

I am promising that I haven't forgotten about that site or abandoned it. Eventually, there will be more reviews. Honestly. :)

I have found that many of my interests and hobbies are relatively rare. That is, not everyone shares my obsession with them. In fact, many of them never even heard of some of my favorites in a given area of interest.

It's kind of like my favorite types of animals. (Though listing my favorite animals will take time and blog post space. It might be easier to list the ones I'm not too keen on, but I digress.)

So, to get to the point, it occurred to me that my two favorite genres of books are a bit like cats and dogs. Let me explain.

Crime novels, in general, are crime novels, though there are of course historic ones, thrillers, puzzles etc. So that is the same as cats. A cat is a cat, regardless of its breed or appearance. (Though to make this a little more complicated, most people haven't heard of my favorite mystery writers either, so maybe I shouldn't take this metaphor too far.)

Anyway - With me so far?

Fantasy is more like dogs. What's a dog? A big tough, impressive one, like a - Eurasian? Yes. A lively, medium sized one, like a Tibetan Terrier? Yes. A small, adorable one, like a Lhasa apso or a Bolognese? Yes. A - you get the picture. My favorite fantasy books do have other followers, but really not that many. If I meet an average fantasy fan (yeah, I wish), I'm betting he or she might not even have heard of my favorites.

So there you have it. When it comes to crime novels, I like many different kinds. Fantasy, particularly my not so well known authors. 

Tonight I went to the 'release party' for our book - the book we, the participants of the writing course - have published. It was quite fun, and I think the guests enjoyed it. The only problem was that we had practically no books to sell. Somehow they've been lost in transit - somewhere between Uppsala and Stockholm and Göteborg... 

I still haven't worked on my novel, but I did get ideas for two original stories. At first I thought I was going to be able to start writing right away, the same night. The night, after all, is my favorite time for writing.

But no such luck. Still, I have worked out most of the things that will go into the stories. Plot, characters etc. I guess I just have cold feet. After writing a couple of stories I've been happy with, I'm afraid of making a mess of these.

The same is true for my novel, but even more so.

Oh, well. Writing is fun, but reading is necessary too. Fortunately, I have a couple of books I can read.

Suddenly, I lost my inspiration to write. I think I can guess why. Lately I've had mood swings. Some nights, I almost cry. In between I feel perfectly ok. Oh, well. Blogging and writing fan fiction can wait. The real problem is that I still haven't been able to finish my novel, but nothing's really changed there, so that's a different problem.

Of course, in the meantime, I still have a couple of other finished books that I'll submit to a publisher. As long as I can stay cheerful and I'm doing my best with that. Going for walks, even on little outings, looking for cool things to photograph, watching movies, even once or twice a week a tv show I actually like.

Though as far as tv is concerned, this is probably the worst time in a long time. Right now, as far as I know, there's just one thing worth watching. Don't get me wrong. I'd complain just as much if there was one or more shows per night, but this is going a little too far in the other direction. No wait, I think Heroes will be back. In that case, I can't complain.