Read Like a Writer
A = Dismantle: Anthology of Writings from VONA Workshop, Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman, Ray Bradbury Short Stories, and the Time Traveler’s Almanac, What is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi
B = I don’t have a book of prompts. I actually just use Tumblr. And I get some amazing prompts from Tumblr.
C = the Breakout Novel; Writing with Emotion, Tension, and Conflict; Deep Writing; the Writer’s Journey; Plot Perfect; and Stein on Writing.
Personally, I’ve subdivided my reading into a craft book, a business book, a self-help book, and a fiction book in a two-month cycle.
Right now, my business books center on marketing (of music, comics, Science Fiction, Kids Literature, YouTube, and Young Adult) as I’m writing Sci-Fi/YA manuscript that centers on inclusivity, my boyfriend is an illustrator who’s finishing two kids books and working on a graphic novel, and I make music and YouTube content as well.
My craft books are listed above.
On my self-help list are, Greater Confidence through NLP, You Are a Bad Ass, Brainstorms by Eric Maisel, the War of Art, You Can’t Afford the Luxury of Negative Thought, and 27 Secretes of the Prolific.
My fiction list includes the Generation One books, Graphic Novels from Valiant Entertainment (Harbinger, Harbinger Wars, Generation Zero, Imperium(mostly by Josh Dysart)), Black Panther by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Kindred by Octavia Butler, the Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez by John Rechy, Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin, and the Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
Of the Classics I’m trying to weave in, Frankenstein, Dracula, and R&J. I’ll fold more in as they correlate to my current projects.
