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Originally Posted by nomesque
I've noticed that my 'muse' (read, imagination, subconscious, whatever) just isn't happy unless I have 10 stories on the go at once. TEN. Once I hit that magic number, I seem to be able to buckle down and work on each of them until at least one is finished.
...Anyone else in the same boat?
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I try to keep a varied assortment in the list of things I'm currently reading. For example, I'll separate my reading of philosophy, theology, politics or world events, with a bit of more frivolous stuff like humor or fiction. It keeps me from becoming bored or overdosing on the heavy stuff. I also stick things in my Kindle like current news and science articles, and syllabuses from courses I'm taking from The Great Courses (
www.TEACH12.com) or iTunes U.
Recently I found I had almost 30 different items in my current reading list. That's too much for my poor brain to keep track of, so I decided to cut down. Now there are only 12 items, and three of those are course syllabuses.
10 is magic for me as well. In the future, I'm determined never to go over that number.