Authors Can Be Weird

Authors can be weird in the sense that they love to write, (that's why they're authors,) but they don't love to read. Or don't want to read. That is, they don't want to read any other author's book. I'm no exception to that. I plead guilty. And I admit it's weird. Before I was an author I loved reading all the Robert E. Howard books. I read some Edgar Rice Burroughs books. And most of H. G. Wells. But since those days, and particularly since I became an author myself, I haven't been able to get myself interested in anyone else's book. It might be just a matter of time. There is only so much time in the day. I have a wife, two sons, a full time teaching job, and all of those things leave little time to write. So is it a wonder I can't muster the interest to read. I've got barely enough time to read my own writing, and write my own books. And it could be that. It probably is that. Okay, so that explains me. So why don't most other authors care to read other authors' books. I think it has to do with self centered attitudes. Other authors just plain don't care about other people's books. They only care about their own book. I've found that most authors on Goodreads, for example, don't give a hoot about anyone else's books. They are on Goodreads to promote their own books. And that's it. But again, I'm guilty of the same thing. And yeah, it's weird.