Today I remembered a story, or urban legend, about the time American astronauts spent millions of dollars and many months developing a pen with ink that could work in space. The Russians, so the story goes, simply brought a pencil.
It's a good message for life, I think. Sometimes, perhaps most of the time, things are simpler than we think they are. Creating patterns out of chaos is a very human trait, but is not always useful.
Anyway. I still haven't done a wrap up of 2013 yet, and don't really feel like it yet, so we'll see. I read 36 books, which I'm pretty happy with. I also read my first ever foreign language book, even if it was only a kids book.
There will also be a review up on Insurgent shortly, the sequel to Divergent.
I started writing again in these past few days, and it feels wonderful. I think I know now exactly the kind of story I want to be writing. More and more stories like the fairytale I wrote late last year - like the ones I read and adored as a child and which are simply the most fun to write. I still think stories like that are magical.
I came across a wonderful speech about reading by Neil Gaiman, which I wanted to share here: http://readingagency.org.uk/news/blog/neil-gaiman-lecture-in-full.html. It's pretty inspiring.
That's all for now, but more soon.
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