An Explanation

This blog is mainly a reaction to my current fed-upness with not having read anything worthwhile in months. I realized suddenly that if I didn't start reading for pleasure again then all my former "creative genius" would be gone and I'd forget how to write, thereby destroying all my dreams of being the next great american author. I read it in a book once that writers who do not read for their own sheer enjoyment would cease being writers. I don't want it to happen to me. Even if I never publish anything for the rest of my life, at least I can say I remember what words like "epistolary," "bildungsroman," "allegory" mean and what the difference between "alliteration" and "assonance" is. It might seem like a small achievement, but that's that. I discovered a website called americanliterature.com and it seemed like a wonderful place to start reading short stories as a beginning to my new and fabulous blog, which will heretofore be referred to as a "glob," just to be different. It makes the most sense to start at the beginning, so I think I'll go with the alphabetical listing of the stories on the website. Thusly, my first project will be "Girl," by O. Henry. Seeing as it's by O. Henry, I'm sure it'll be marvelous.