Lol. I know how you feel. I love to write as well and can get incredibly enthusiastic about it and rattle on and on and on. It's odd as when I showed up on Steemit I wanted to just write short stories, long stories, and how to guides. Oddly now I barely write stories and try to do more how to material or material to try and help others. I recently have started to switch everything off and grab a book though. I didn't realize that recently I had stopped doing that so I pumped the digital brakes and started putting it in park to make time for reading in my own quite space. Having said this, on occasions I will treat Steemit like a free ebook store. We do have some great writers on this site. Well, talented people all around really. I appreciate you stopping by and am heading over to your blog now to check out your post. :)
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Also, on the book note- I am ashamed to say that I'm currently looking at the 4 novels I bought from a clearance bin about a month ago, all of which I'm very interested in, sitting in a stack on my coffee table, untouched :/
You can throw me into your 2 person group, I bought a book, a paperback cost almost $10.00, I am still amazed at how much the prices went up, and it sits on my shelf waiting to be read, David Weber "How Firm a Foundation", I like his work, and I love reading, but with steemit, I just need to re prioritize some real reading time, but when I start a book, I want to finish it.
I've gotten a lot more into short story compilations lately. A cop out; maybe. But it certainly fits into my schedule better; especially when there are long breaks between reading time. I get so caught up in so many different things that otherwise, I start to get confused about what fits in where :)
It's also a great opportunity to discover new authors! I only bring it up because, like you, it's hard for me to start a book and not commit to it. I've never read any of David Weber's work, but I will certainly keep it mind per your suggestion :)
I know! When I first joined, actually, I was introduced by a friend who knew that I quasi-wanted to write horror fiction. I saw this as a place where I was going to start trying to do that.
I've done absolutely nothing of the sort, however, and have instead been sharing/reviewing things of interest to me. I always tell myself I'm just "practicing" my writing skills, which I guess is certainly true to some extent. It's almost like an outlet :)
I have found some incredible writers on the site, as well as people of all talents. I just finished reading the first 8 chapters of a book being published on Steem by @dougkarr , and I was really impressed. I'm looking forward to more from him, for sure :)
Thanks for swinging by my page. I'm not sure why that particular post got a @curie vote this morning, but I am certainly ever-grateful that it did. I really appreciate you taking the time to read and comment, because despite that vote I don't think many people are actually reading it :/