A writer friend reminded me that as different as these last
few months have been, for many of us they were more the same as the
pre-pandemic world.
Because books are books, and stories are stories, and the
things that matter are very much the same.
But the publishing world is trying to access what is
different, not what is as before. As they do so, those of us who want to be
published are swinging in the breeze of changing winds.
To that end, I’d love to hear from others. Have you found
that you are reading/watching differently? Have your book-buying habits
changed? If you could rule the publishing world, what do you wish you could
find on virtual shelves?
Maybe the most surprising thing, for me, is that at the
height of the rapid closures and public tension I found it hard to focus on
reading or writing original stories. But shortly after, (shortly here means about
eight weeks) the ability to be a reader and also a writer returned with aplomb.
What about you?
