This question feels a bit like being asked what food I want to eat. Holy moly, where do I even begin. Peanut butter, fruit, BBQ protein chips, so many good options.

The best answer to this question might be almost all of them.

From the classics, like My Cousin Rachel, to anything by Nicholas Sparks, to a longtime favorite genre of mine, cozy mysteries.

I’m currently reading one now, The Kidnapped Bride by Steve Higgs. I love his simplicity and humor. I don’t think I’ve ever read his work without laughing, which feels like a small gift every time.

Sometimes my first go-to is to write, when what I actually need is to balance that impulse with reading, and lots of it.

My writing journey has nudged me further down the road of reading even more. Reading widely, soaking up different voices, rhythms, and styles is one of our greatest resources as writers. It has helped me, and continues to help me, decide what kind of writer I want to be, besides a prolific one.