Recently, I joined my good friend Peter Monkey and his human, Stacy Shreves for coffee to learn more about their experiences with ARC reading. Peter is an engaging little fellow with a very expressive face. He’s a big fan of books in general, although I have occasionally suspected that he enjoys looking at the pictures more than reading the words.
Famously, Stephen King declared himself “a member of a fairly select group: the final handful of American novelists who learned to read and write before they learned to eat a daily helping of video bullshit.”
When I was a young bride, a wise, older friend gave me a basket of spices as a gift. Among the herbs were two jars of thyme. Because one always needs more time, you see, especially when one is first starting to learn something.
I have a co-worker. Yes, yes, I have a couple of “real” jobs that I drive to, and they have co-workers, but I mean at home. There’s a co-worker here. I’m never really alone.